Anyone eat beaver liver??

I keep all the beaver meat I can,, have done it for years,, but I’ve wondered if anyone has ever kept and ate beaver liver??
I’m personally not a fan of liver,, beef or chicken,,but my wife loves liver and onions… just wondering if anyone has done it and I can save some beaver liver for her

No but it makes good catfish bait.

I know it's edible but I don't personally go for the organ meat in beaver since it's not that big and it's more trouble to open up a beavers organ cavity. If you bother to take the liver you can grab the heart as well though.

Liver filters out the mercury, DDT all the nasties that enter the body. Enjoy!!

Yes, Friend told me about it and he cooked some and it was good.
First you have to like liver.
it was very mild and tender .
He cooked it in milk, I think it was called poached .
It was rather good.

Like Mole said, mild. Try it.

I had a friend who ate lots of beaver and muskrat. He died young with a rare form of brain cancer. Not sure if its related.

I’ve heard that beaver liver is great. Never tried it though.

Eaten it several times, if you like live and onions you'll like it. I'm amazed at how large of a liver that bvr have.

This^^^^

I'd have to be incredibly hungry...starving...to eat such.

Sorry swamp, you’re out… and staving..lol

I mean to be fair about Liver collection, most herbavors have way less accumulated than a predator will. If you're in an area that isn't particularly mercury heavy you'd most likely be no worse for wear. (Maybe avoid beaver liver from the great lakes though.)

Can't be any worse than cow liver with all the vaccinations etc. Beavers are free range meat!

Like everyone else here I have heard it’s very good. Good enough that a logger told my buddy - I will tell you where the beaver are if I get the livers!!

Why avoid them from the great lakes? What are they eating with more mercury in this area. Do the trees and lily pads have more mercury in them?

I would rather skin a skunk than eat liver from anything, it tastes tainted when fresh to me, like it was cooked in paint thinner.

In February, I used to get a strong hankering for beaver liver. I'm not much of a liver fan, but love beaver liver. Always got it friom pristine bush slkoughs with no mercury, etc. Best liver I ever had. I think a 30-lb beaver has a 40-lb liver

Depends on the environment the beaver are living in. If it's a heavy agriculture area, they are absorbing a lot of ag chemicals. Thats why muskrats aren't reproducing as they used to. Too many herbicides and pesticides in the water.

Thanks everyone

No

I dump the guts out of every beaver as long as I have enough pails. It’s easier that cutting the castor & oil sacs out. The liver is actually a lot bigger that you’d think, great bait, and the frozen rib cage makes a great handle for hauling around.
That being said, I ain’t eating it, but I’ll have beaver stew tonight with these 2 little guys!

Strictly speaking yes the plants will have more mercury as well, but the water itself is actually contaminated. I believe Superior and Erie are the main offenders, but the entire water table in the area is suspect. The fish in the area is famously contaminated and I assume anything else spending lots of time in the water is bound to get a bit of a dose.