In some other parts of the world dogs are used as table fare. Is there any known health risk to trying coyote backstraps ?? Thanks

Skinned more than a few in the S.W Never even thought about eating them, but probably have in mexico.

well if you're starving it'll make a turd and any piece of meat is edible with the right chef. that said  I think i'll pass on songdogs till i'm starving.

I just spent that last 7 weeks in S. Korea. While there I asked the folks I am working with to take to a restaurant that serves Boshintang (Dog soup). In general, Koreans like the stuff. The lady that owned the restaurant said I was only the second American in 10 years that she has had in the place and the only one to finish my meal. The meat was good, tasted like roast beef. I definitely will eat it again. (I am going back next Friday for six weeks). If it were me, I would give it a try. While most Americans do not think dog is for eating, a relatively large number of the folks I know also feel the same way about eating deer meat. In my opinion it is all in our heads. We in the US are brought up to believe that horse, dog, cat, etc. are not food; however there are parts of the world that eat all three. BTW, I currently have two GSPs and have had dogs all my life, except for the few years I was away at college.
I am sure that as long as you cook it past rare it should be as safe as any game meat. Let us know how it tastes if you get past your conditioning and can bring yourself to eating it.

jack

I could never get past the smell, after skinning one. Maybe if someone else skinned, cleaned and cooked it I might give it a try.

I was doing some research on this and found out the liver on coyote or any dog is poison to humans because of the high vitamin A content.

The only liver I can eat, is pork, and then only in the pudding or bar-b-q hash. I'm allergic to the iron, so no danger of me eating any dog or 'yote liver, anyhow!

I'll let you know in 2-3 weeks; I put one in the freezer for just such an experiment. I've cooked red fox (it's not bad) and that's probably similar to coyote. The Mrs. & I are getting ready to drive out to Great Lakes to watch our youngest graduate navy boot camp; that's why I'm not cookin' coyote for a little while. As far as health risks, if it doesn't look contaminated/infected and the animal behaved normally prior to the shot, I would think it's okay. Think about all the stuff that went into that hunk of plastic-wrapped, styrofoam-trayed meat from the supermarket during its' lifetime. I'll take my chances with the wild stuff

Thanks. This is the kind of question that requires an open mind.
Did not know about the danger of the liver, though I had no inclination to try that. If anyone does try it, please come back here and tell us.Thanks again.

Most animals a subject to infestations with parasites particularily roundworms in K9s. As the animal gets older and its immune system stronger the larval stage will encyst in the muscle tissue. So if you plan on eating it make sure its well done.

Alot of you are braver than I am.lol. If it were anextreme emergency or I fell on real hard time's I guess I would try it . But I hope that time never come's

I'm not going to eat any big boar meat, and certainly not any 'yote! When it smells too bad to skin, it's not going to get skinned and processed to eat by this old redneck!!!!!!

just off topic a little . when i was a class "b" guide in the foothills of alberta, the class "a" guide i worked for swore that mountain lion was the best wild game there was. i wasn't buying into that at all, but darned if , when we killed the next cat, he didn't bbq up some of the ham and backstraps and it was darn fine chewin. tasty and tender. He also claimed lynx was just as good. which turned out to be true too.

A trapper i was learning from, a long time ago in southern manitoba , cooked and ate coyote on a regular basis. mostly in stews and as burger. As long as it's well cooked he claimed it was as good or better than venison. i tried some , it was ok. but i still had some misgivings about eating dog. but when your hungry after after a day on the "line that stew tasted pretty darn good. so i guess it's all in the presentation. i don't eat liver at all. so i guess i'm safe there...john t.

I ate dog when I was stationed in South Korea, tasted like roast beef.

I thought it tasted like Kitten.

gut, I ain't eating putty tat, if it smells like fish, if you get my drift!  Of course, I've always been told that once you get past the smell, you've got it licked!!!!!!!!!

Never tried coyote or domestic cat, as a kid however we attempted to eat anything we killed. Tried a hind quarter from a bobcat, was a lot like pork as I remember. Still not overly fond of coon, merganser, and a few other critters, but in a pinch meat is meat.