# Non-hunters: do you have a game-meat source? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736 "2010-11-15T12:33:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/1 "2010-11-15T12:33:18Z")
It’s deer-shooting season here in Indiana, been bow-hunting season for a few weeks already, and I have a friend who has bagged three so far. Yay! Now, if I tried shooting a deer, I’d be crying over a clean kill, going into therapy over a messy kill & puking during the field dressing. I know my limits. But Ah loves me some venison & so am quite thankful for friends who can do all that! Got no moral problem with it at all. So any non-hunters here have hunting friends who set you up with your favorite game-meats? ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/2 "2010-11-15T13:23:44Z")
Our local butchers are great for game - rabbit (wild), venison (farmed, rather than wild), grouse, partridge, pheasant etc. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/3 "2010-11-15T14:04:38Z")
Not sure where you are in Indiana, but if you’re anywhere southeast of Indianapolis, you might want to give [Jungle Jim’s International Market](http://www.junglejims.com/) of Fairfield, Ohio a try. They have a pretty good selection of game all year round, and not just venison but game from other parts of the country like elk or moose. They’ve got game birds too. Actually, Jungle Jim’s is probably worth the trip from anywhere in Indiana. I’ve gone to southwest Ohio just to go there, and I live in western New York. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/4 "2010-11-15T14:16:19Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > So any non-hunters here have hunting friends who set you up with your favorite game-meats? Yep! Unfortunately, they didn’t have much luck last year. The only things that stop me from hunting myself are: 1. Lack of weaponry 2. Field dressing a deer is nasty, bloody work. It’s not so much the squick, it’s the sheer effort involved in disassembling something bigger than me. And I find fishing godawful boring - though I have no problems with scaling/cleaning a fish. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/5 "2010-11-15T14:40:30Z")
No, and I wish I did - I do have a family friend that hunts, but he hasn’t been so lucky lately and I think he donates all his kills. I haven’t had venison in ages. I haven’t asked at the meat market, though. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/6 "2010-11-15T15:47:34Z")
I work opposite a deer park, so when they do the annual cull the Park Rangers/Murderers let us buy the venison quite cheaply - [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s\_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bs3+2jt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.918331,24.521484&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bristol,+Avon+BS3+2JT,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.444325,-2.631912&spn=0,0.011973&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.444294,-2.631803&panoid=XnWA7a4YLCy6Upt-qmCIJQ&cbp=12,9.74,3,8.37](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bs3+2jt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.918331,24.521484&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bristol,+Avon+BS3+2JT,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.444325,-2.631912&spn=0,0.011973&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.444294,-2.631803&panoid=XnWA7a4YLCy6Upt-qmCIJQ&cbp=12,9.74,,3,8.37) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/7 "2010-11-15T15:58:55Z")
Yes, we have lots of friends and family members who hunt, and a neighbor who likes to dress deer in this garage (heh). We can get deer, quail, and pheasant whenever we want it. It’s also available at a couple of local specialty markets. Funny that Jungle Jims came up. For years I had recurring dreams about it… before I’d ever been there or heard of it. One great big high-ceilinged labyrinthlike grocery store… ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/8 "2010-11-15T16:40:30Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Not sure where you are in Indiana, but if you’re anywhere southeast of Indianapolis, you might want to give [Jungle Jim’s International Market](http://www.junglejims.com/) of Fairfield, Ohio a try. They have a pretty good selection of game all year round, and not just venison but game from other parts of the country like elk or moose. They’ve got game birds too. > > Actually, Jungle Jim’s is probably worth the trip from anywhere in Indiana. I’ve gone to southwest Ohio just to go there, and I live in western New York. I’m in SE Indiana. It’s about a two-hour drive. Haven’t even thought about that! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-hunters-do-you-have-a-game-meat-source/560736/9 "2010-11-15T23:36:25Z")
I have friends who hunt duck, pheasant, and turkey, and I could get the occasional bird from them. However, I promised my dentist I wouldn’t eat anything with bird-shot in it.