Smoked Beaver?

[DaveT261]

Back when I was about 20 or so a trapper gave my dad a freshly killed beaver and my mom put it in a huge roaster she had and roasted it all day.  I remember it not having that rodent gamey taste but similar to roast beef. I was wondering if anyone here has ever smoked one.  Heck if you think about it they eat wood and probably already have the wood taste.  Beaver season is still quite a ways away but I do know a quite a few trappers and might try to get one from one of them.

[NorthShoreMN]

I have not smoked them myself, but was lucky to have had a friend that did.  He and his wife were trappers and would bring me smoked beaver hind quarters a couple of times each winter.  It was very lean and tasted like a good ham. He claimed all they did to it was an overnight brine and long slow smoke with maple.


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