Do all North American grouse taste about the
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...same?
Paratroop kid got a spruce grouse up in Alaska. I've seen one in the Rocky Mountains but have never ate one. The only grouse I've ate are sharpetails and prairie chickens. Do most North American grouse taste about the same for those of you who have ate at least 2 different species?
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Re: Do all North American grouse taste about the
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To me, ruffed grouse taste the best. I've had spruce grouse and ruffed grouse.
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Ruffled grouse is a excellent tasting bird!
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IMHO ruffed grouse are nothing like sharp tails or prairie chickens. To me they are better than pheasants or the chicken you buy in the store. Spruce grouse tend to be pretty gamey
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I eat ruffed grouse, Sharptail grouse, and spruce grouse every Fall/Winter.
Ruffed grouse tastes the best. Sharptail is second, and Spruce grouse is third.
Ruffed is white meat.
Sharptail is kinda in the middle between white and dark meat.
Spruce is dark meat.
I don’t have a problem eating either one.
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The kid said his grouse was eating berries. It still had a berry in its mouth.
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I've eaten ptarmigan, ruffed grouse, Sharptail grouse, and spruce grouse , all are top choice eating. I never paid that much attention to which was better eating.
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What do you all have in the Bighorns? I saw a grouse there, was that a blue or a spruce or are both in the Bighorns?
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Depends on what time of year you eat them. YOY spruce grouse in the fall are the best. We have 3 here ruffed spruce and sharptail. Sharptails are good late into march,spruce and ruffed not much good that late.
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All I've had was prairie chicken. IDK that they are as good as quail but I love them in the pasture or on the plate
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