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Another (rare) rainy day here and thinking about what to cook outside when the sun next shines. What’s your favorite wild game fare? Or, in light of our grandkids’ answer, what’s your most unusual favorite?

I just asked our three local grandkids whom we’re keeping this weekend what theirs was and they immediately and enthusiastically answered, “Panda!” (as in Panda Express 😉)

Squirrels, marinated and grilled

Dove and eland.

Dove, wild bobwhite, and duck.

Elk, ruffed grouse, and walleye.

Elk, most upland birds probably Bobs first, and waterfowl off their nesting grounds. But, if you want fresh and unusual, 'yotes are in season?

Snipe, woodcock, dove, woodduck, GW teal, acorn fed greenheads, wild quail. Gil

Snapping turtle stew.

One fine morning in the duck blind in eastern Arkansas we were joined by a good friend who was a restauranteur in Forrest City. He loved to cook more than hunt ducks and would often go with us just to cook our breakfast. This particular morning he had a couple armloads of stuff loaded into the boat headed to the blind, including a small charcoal grill. By about 9 a.m. he said it was ready and we wanted to eat it while it was hot. He had made duck "rolls". They were absolutely the most heavenly duck blind breakfast of my life. Filleted mallard breast meat, sliced thin, and rolled up in the right "direction" to bite through tenderly, with ground sausage and cream cheese rolled into them before grilling. I'll never forget them, and make them occasionally for myself and friends. Just wonderful.

The small inner venison loins sliced lengthwise, marinated, and grilled. It's tradition for the first deer killed every fall. Weirdest was probably cobra. I was very very hungry so "good" is relative.