Nutrient content of wild game meat vs domesticated meat.

[Single Shot]

I only have this in Word. Maybe someone can convert it for all to read.

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[TCLouis]

I did go back and edit this table after posting it and it will NOT take the edits and save them.



Nutrient content of wild game meat vs domesticated meat.
Note: *100 grams equals about 3 1/2 ounces.
Note: ** Not trimmed of fat before analysis.
All other samples of meat were trimmed of visible fat prior to analysis.
Species Protein % Fat % Cholesterol (mg/100g*) Calories (Kcal/100g*)
Antelope 22.5 .9 112 144
Beef USDA choice 22.0 6.5 72 180
Beef USDA standard 22.7 2.0 69 152
Buffalo 21.7 1.9 62 138
Chicken 23.6 .7 62 135
Crane (Sandhill) 21.7 2.4 123 153
Deer (Mule) 23.7 1.3 107 145
Deer (Whitetail) 23.6 1.4 116 149
Dove 22.9 1.8 94 145
Duck (Domestic) 19.9 4.25 89 180
Duck (Mallard) 23.1 2.0 140 152
Elk 22.8 .9 67 137
Goose (Snow) 22.7 3.6 142 121
Grouse (Sharptail) 23.8 .7 105 142
Grouse (Sage) 23.7 1.1 101 140
Lamb 20.8 5.7 66 167
Moose 22.1 .5 71 130
Partridge (Gray) 25.6 .7 85 151
Pheasant (Domestic)23.9 .8 71 144
Pheasant (Wild) 25.7 .6 52 148
Pig (Domestic Pork) 22.3 4.9 71 165
Pig (Wild Boar) ** 28.3 4.38 109 160
Rabbit (Cottontail) 21.8 2.4 77 144
Rabbit (Jack) 21.9 2.4 131 153
Squirrel 21.4 3.2 83 149
Turkey (Domestic) 23.5 1.5 60 146
Turkey (Wild) 25.7 1.1 55 163
Widgeon 22.6 2.1 131 153
Surveys show that carcasses of domesticated animals have 25 to 30% fat while the average fat content of wild game animals is only 4.3%. Not only is the fat lower in game, but is also healthier. Fat from wild game contains a much higher proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids, good fat and is lower in saturated fat, bad fat.

[DLCTEX]

This confirms my thoughts on the food value of rabbit meat. One fiction writer writes that the characters ate rabbit, it wouldn't do for a sustained diet strength wise, but would keep the hunger off until they could get some large game. I thought at first he was speaking of amount, but figured out he was speaking of food value. He was all wet, as I thought, but I had never searched out facts. Not the only facts this writer can't get right. Thanks for the info, I find it interesting. Dale

[yarro]

If all you are eating is rabbit, you have a hard time getting enough fat and can actually get too high a level of protein in your diet. You need a certain amount of fat in your diet and some animals are too lean for a human to eat only that. Also, a diet too high in protein for very poor energy levels and proteins take much more water intake to utilize than fats or carbs. A diet too high in protein will also cause you to burn off your fat reserves much quicker and less efficiently. With larger game you can eat a higher portion of the fat to make up for an animal being overly lean, but you really can't do that with a small animal. Nutrition is about balance. Too much carbs, fat, or protein has consequences.

-Yarro

[MT Gianni]

"Experts" say that you have to eat the brains, organs and eyes if rabbit is all you have for enough protien variety. There was a reason that Native Americans ate the contents of the Bison's stomach after a Buffalo Jump work party. I wondered about the table. i'm sure it's close but there isn't much fat to be found on a cotton tail and it seems like even less on an Antelope, though we mainly shoot bucks post-rut. A buck or bull will loose a lot of fat during the rut. Gianni

[Bullshop]

When I was hunting fur I used to find cottontails half eaten by coyotes. When they could find plenty of rabbits they would eat only the front half. If you have ever skinned a cottontail or any wild rabbit you know that the fat is arround the head and sholders.
Howd them coyotes get so smart?
BIC/BS

[Slowpoke]

Kind of like the bears and the Salmon.

When I was trapping full time and I got a fat greyfox, bobcat or coyote I always figured most of there groceries were packrat's, squirrel and quail.

Found a dead bobcat once at a waterhole with a face full of porcupine quills, skin and bones.

good eating