I trapped a half dozen Beavers and saved the back straps, quarters, hides, caster, and tails.
Figured I'd use the castor for trapping scent. The hides I'll end up getting tanned. The tails....??? Read they were edible but every YouTuber said they tasted like lard and fish more or less....no thanks. I immediately washed all the meat off after cutting up in case I had any gland leakage on them. The backstraps and quarters i aged for close to a week. It amost smelled like fresh grocery store pork after aging. I got alot of blood out with the aging process that's for sure. Let it sit in the fridge wrapped and suspended. I tried a back strap the other day. WOW!!!! It tasted like the best quality beef steak I've ever had! But it was chewy. I only fried it for a couple minutes in oil cut up into small pieces. I'm thinking about getting burger made with all the quarters and having some tallow mixed in? Suggestions?