# What does wild beaver taste like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874 "2002-12-06T05:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/1 "2002-12-06T05:40:27Z")
Wild and gamey or just like chicken? Surely some enterprising, woodcrafty doper has partaken of the busy [castor canadensis](http://www.beaversww.org/beaver.html). What’s the meat like under that luxuriant pelt? ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/2 "2002-12-06T06:26:09Z")
tree bark? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/3 "2002-12-06T06:31:10Z")
Presumably you can’t buy it in stores. [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6470/wildp50.html](http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6470/wildp50.html) ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/4 "2002-12-06T06:38:36Z")
I don’t know but at I am watching “Leave it to Beaver” right now. It’s the one where they capture a rabbit and it has babies and Beaver thinks they are rats eating “Henry” (the rabbit) I think June cooks them all for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/5 "2002-12-06T06:38:45Z")
**[sub]What does wild beaver taste like?**[/sub] **Astro!** With this question, you leave opportunities open for endless puns! Endless, I tell you! Ahem, to the question: Once while on a camping trip, food ran short, a plump Castor canadensis revealed himself and a .270 Winchester round was put to use. Beaver (that kind) is unbelievably tough. They use their muscles doing all that dam building, and they are _hard_. The flavor wasn’t bad. You wouldn’t call it “like chicken”, though. My best advice, forget about tasting that type of beaver, and try to shoot a turtle or catch a fish if you need some supper while in the wilderness. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/6 "2002-12-06T06:43:50Z")
I’m having to physically restrain myself from making a horrifically tasteless joke. I think I deserve a medal for this. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/7 "2002-12-06T07:02:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*I’m having to physically restrain myself from making a horrifically tasteless joke. > > I think I deserve a medal for this. \*\* Go ahead, **andygirl**. Somebody’s gonna’ do it, might as well be you. I already had to restrain myself, and we don’t need all these restrained dopers at once, do we? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/8 "2002-12-06T07:05:44Z")
A gentleman would at least buy me dinner before he attempted to restrain my wild beaver. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/9 "2002-12-06T07:27:46Z")
From Feynnis Canadensis… I can say I’ve eaten much better than wild beaver. It doesn’t top my list of wild meat I would choose to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/10 "2002-12-06T08:10:57Z")
A lot like Bald Eagle actually. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/11 "2002-12-06T08:12:56Z")
But not at all like Spotted Owl. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/12 "2002-12-06T09:05:25Z")
Dodo was the best, but there’s not much left in the freezer. I’m hoping to get one of those Korean giant turtles for soup, before they are all gone. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/13 "2002-12-06T13:24:04Z")
Tuna ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/14 "2002-12-06T13:41:15Z")
Where is **Bryan Ekers** on this one??? ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/15 "2002-12-06T14:01:07Z")
Much gamier than the farm raised kind. Guess that works on both levels… ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/16 "2002-12-06T14:02:29Z")
It tastes just like Groundhog. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/17 "2002-12-06T14:12:52Z")
Not bad if you stay away from the tail. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/18 "2002-12-06T14:26:37Z")
There’s probably a kit somewhere that’ll teach you how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/19 "2002-12-06T19:14:10Z")
Before or after douching? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874/20 "2002-12-06T20:04:16Z")
You don`t have the option of knowing, take your best guess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-wild-beaver-taste-like/140874.md?page=2)