Emu For Coastie

[assateague]

I didn't realize you were banned, so don't know if you got to see this or not. Figured I'd put it here as well.

Went out to a small hunting camp, deserted this time of year, since it's the only sort of clear spot near where one of the emus had been sighted. Me and a buddy set up, and he started tapping on the bucket call, and this guy came in in 5 minutes, almost on the dot. My buddy couldn't see him, and kept tapping, almost making me not get a shot. I got him to stop with the call, Mr. Emu came out perfectly, and got dropped. The video sort of sucks, but it was a BLAST!

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[3legged_lab]

You killed that freakin Emu already!?! Thats awesome. How'd the new knife work?

[assateague]

You killed that freakin Emu already!?! Thats awesome. How'd the new knife work?

I feel like a dumbass for completely forgetting about it until right now. It's in my tackle box. Oops.

[Olly]

No friggin way, when I saw you were going in a run away emu hunt I was like that bird is half way across the state.

Good job man, you should get those feet mounted or something I believe it's the common part of large birds to be mounted. I've seen ostrich feet stuffed before.

Prolly the only person I know who's ever got to hunt an Emu.

Sent from your honey hole.

[duckkillerclyde]

Neighbor had a bunch of them. He hauled them to the auction. Then he hauled about half of them home and set them free.


Now you know two people that have hunted emu.


The meat was tough as leather and mixed it 60/40 with pork. I was glad when I ran out of emu meat.

[centex]

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[Olly]

Didn't you say you were looking for a second Emu? Any luck?

[assateague]

Not yet. I only invested about 2 hours this weekend, and no dice. The pressure isn't nearly there, so I'm trying to enjoy the second one.

[Westie25]

Have you eaten any emu yet?

[assateague]

Yep, it's all gone (my share at least). I thought it was delicious. It wasn't tough at all like Clyde had, but could be because this one was younger. Looks just like venison. Hardest part for me was cooking it enough, since I love my beef/venison rare, but not my chicken. And even though it looks like beef, it is a bird after all.

[Westie25]

I've heard from several sources it was tasty.

[assateague]

In my opinion, it tasted exactly like venison, even the texture was the same. The steaks were definitely better than the drumstick, though. I'm not sure they tasted different, but it messes with your head eating what appears to be a drumstick covered with steak. Just not what the mind is used to- meat is supposed to be "stringy" coming off of a drumstick, not like eating bites of pot roast off of the bone. A little odd to the senses, which may have influenced my opinion.

[JGUN]

Yep, it's all gone (my share at least). I thought it was delicious. It wasn't tough at all like Clyde had, but could be because this one was younger. Looks just like venison. Hardest part for me was cooking it enough, since I love my beef/venison rare, but not my chicken. And even though it looks like beef, it is a bird after all.

Do you cook your waterfowl til it's well done? If you do that's like eating crispy bacon or burnt marshmallows! I would have cooked it like a steak. That's how we did the sandhill crane last year.

[Westie25]

Bacon is meant to be eaten crispy!!!

[assateague]

Yep, it's all gone (my share at least). I thought it was delicious. It wasn't tough at all like Clyde had, but could be because this one was younger. Looks just like venison. Hardest part for me was cooking it enough, since I love my beef/venison rare, but not my chicken. And even though it looks like beef, it is a bird after all.

Do you cook your waterfowl til it's well done? If you do that's like eating crispy bacon or burnt marshmallows! I would have cooked it like a steak. That's how we did the sandhill crane last year.

No, but I "trust" wild birds a little more. Don't know why. This was cooked like a med rare steak, as opposed to the cold and bloody inside like usual.