Mississippi Hunting Seasons
After the hunt, or a gift from a friend, we always try to come up with new ways to cook wild game. Recipes handed down or recommended by older people seems to be the better of the recipes.

E-Mail any good "Wild Game" recipes and add to the growing list... Thank You!

Oven Venison Roast

  • 5 pound roast
  • 1 can onion soup
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms
  • 1 bottle Italian dressing
  • 2 sliced onions
  • 1/2 pound bacon
  • 2 Tbs flour

    Marinate meat in Italian dressing in refrigerator overnight. Before cooking add 1 Tbs flour to marinated mixture and shake.

    Place onions around roast and cover meat with raw strips of bacon. Pour soup and mushrooms over roast. Roast in pan at 280 degrees for 45 minutes for each pound of meat. Drain drippings into a sauce pan and heat. Add flour and make a thick gravy.
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    Venison Marsala

  • 2 venison steaks cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 4 minced cloves garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon sweet basil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1 pound fresh mushrooms sliced
  • Marsala wine

    In an electric frying pan or large skillet add butter, olive oil, garlic, basil, and salt. Sauté together for a few minutes. Add venison strips-sauté for ten minutes. Add 1/4 cup chicken broth and 1 pound of mushrooms. Cook for ten minutes. Add Marsala wine to taste. (Note, a good quality Marsala wine will require less while a cheaper quality will require more.) Continue cooking at a heat of about 325 degrees until you're satisfied with the taste. For best results, allow completed recipe to sit refrigerated over night and serve re-heated the following day.
    Enjoy!...Mike Prislupski

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    Venison Pepper Steak w/ Noodles

  • 2 lbs cubed venison
  • 2 cups barbecue sauce
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 4 cups of noodles
  • 6 diced cayenne peppers
  • 6 diced jalapeno peppers
  • 1 large onion (diced
  • 1 1/2 cup of sliced mushrooms
  • 1 TB butter

    Cut 2 lbs of venison into 1 inch cubes. Brown in 12 inch skillet with butter or shortening. Add mushrooms, diced onion and garlic powder. Mix barbecue sauce, honey, cayenne and jalapeno peppers in a large bowl. Pour sauce in skillet and cook until meat is thoroughly cooked, stirring occasionally. Boil noodles. Serve steak and sauce over noodles.

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    Turkey and Wild Rice Casserole

  • 2 cups wild rice
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • 5 cups chicken broth
  • 1 can sliced water chestnuts
  • 2 cans chicken broth
  • 4 T chopped onion
  • 1/2 t chopped garlic
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 T Parmesan cheese (grated)
  • 4 cups diced wild turkey
  • 1 lb. sliced mushrooms
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • 1 t butter
  • 2 cups celery
  • 1 can water chestnuts (sliced)

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine wild rice, brown rice and 5 cups chicken broth and cook until done. In mixing bowl, toss rice, wild turkey and mushrooms. Add cream, butter, celery, water chestnuts, 2 cans chicken broth, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Pour into baking dish and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake 1 hour.

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    Ham and Squirrel in Wine

  • 1/2-lb. ham slice, diced and browned (or 1/4 lb bacon)
  • 2 squirrels cut into pieces
  • Flour
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 2 T Butter
  • 2 T Oil
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 t Marjoram
  • 1/2 t Rosemary
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 dash Tabasco
  • 1/2 t Worcestershire sauce

    Brown the ham pieces until crispy or cook and crush bacon. Shake the squirrel pieces in flour, salt, and pepper and saute until brown in butter and oil, turning often for about 12 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, cover, and cook over fast simmer for 20 minutes more.

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    Squirrel Stew

  • 1 squirrel, cut into 7 pieces
  • flour
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 1/2 Tb. butter
  • 7 cups boiling water
  • 1 tsp. thyme
  • 1 cup corn
  • 3 potatoes, cubed
  • 1/4 tsp. cayenne
  • 3 medium onions, sliced
  • 2 cups canned tomatoes with juice

    Roll the squirrel pieces in flour, salt, and pepper. Brown in butter. Add squirrel and all other ingredients, (with the exception of the tomatoes), to the boiling water, cover, and simmer for 1/2 to 2 hours. Add the tomatoes and continue to simmer another hour.

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    Fried Rattlesnake

  • 1 large rattlesnake
  • 1 qt. water
  • Tarragon (dash)
  • 4 Tbsp. salt
  • Thyme (dash)
  • 1/8 tsp. paprika
  • Oil
  • 1 cup flour

    Soak rattlesnake carcass for 2 hours in salt water. Rinse and dry meat well. Cut meat into chunks to fry. Coat each piece with mixture of flour, paprika, pepper, tarragon and thyme. Fry chunks of prepared rattler in oil until golden brown.

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    Rabbit Cacciatore

  • 2 rabbits cut up in pieces
  • 1/2 tsp. oregano
  • 1/4 tsp. mace
  • flour
  • 1/4 tsp. powdered cloves
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 Tb. oil
  • 1/2 lb. mushrooms
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 2 Tb. butter
  • 12 oz cup tomato sauce
  • 12 olives sliced
  • 1 rib celery sliced
  • 2 Tb chopped parsley
  • 1/2 cup white wine

    Shake the rabbit pieces in a bag with flour, salt, and pepper. In a casserole dish saute the pieces in oil until golden brown. Cook until golden. Add the onions, green pepper, celery, and parsley. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the wine, oregano, mace, cloves, and cover, and simmer for 10-15 minutes-until meat is tender.

    In a separate pan saute the mushrooms in butter for a few minutes, add the tomato sauce. Stir together with the sliced olives. Add this mixture to the rabbit pan and serve.

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    Rabbit Stroganoff

  • 6-7 slices bacon crumbed
  • 2 rabbits cut in pieces
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
  • 1 1/2 tsp. thyme
  • 1/2 tsp. pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 8 large onion chopped
  • 1/4 lb. sliced mushrooms
  • 3 tsp. butter
  • 2 1/2 cups sour cream
  • 1/4 cup sherry

    Fry bacon until crisp and crumble, set aside. Roll the rabbit pieces in the flour mixed with mustard, thyme, pepper, and salt, using all of the flour mixture if possible, and brown the pieces over medium heat. Add the chicken broth, cover, and simmer until the all pieces seem tender, about 15 minutes.

    While the rabbit is simmering, saute the onion, mushrooms in butter and set aside. When the rabbit pieces are done, thoroughly stir in the sour cream, onion, and mushrooms. Simmer for 5 minutes without letting mixture boil.

    After 5 minutes, Stir in the sherry, bacon and the rabbit pieces. Simmer until the rabbit is heated again.

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    Fried Rabbit

  • 1 rabbit
  • 1 qt. water
  • Tarragon (dash)
  • 4 T salt
  • 1/8 t paprika
  • Thyme (dash)
  • Sage (dash)
  • Oil

    Soak rabbit for 1 hours in salt water. Rinse and dry meat well. Cut meat into parts to fry. Coat each piece with mixture of flour, paprika, pepper, tarragon, thyme and sage. Fry rabbit in oil until golden brown.

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    Cream Rabbit Casserole

  • 5 T Butter
  • 2 Rabbits cut into pieces
  • 1 1/2 cups thick cream
  • 1/3 cup vinegar
  • 5 Scallions diced
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1/2 t Thyme

    Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in casserole and brown the rabbit pieces lightly in it. Mix the cream, vinegar, scallions, salt, pepper, herbs and butter to the ingredients. Pour half the cream mixture over the rabbit.

    Cover casserole and simmer over very low heat for an hour. Be careful not to burn the mixture. Skim off the butter and add remaining cream mixture. Heat gently for 10 minutes until sauce thickens.

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    Rabbit Stew

  • 1 rabbit cut into pieces
  • flour
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 2 1/2 T butter
  • 7 cups boiling water
  • 1 t thyme
  • 1 cup corn
  • 3 potatoes (cubed)
  • 1/4 t cayenne
  • 3 medium onions (sliced)
  • 2 cups canned tomatoes w/juice

    Roll the rabbit pieces in flour, salt, and pepper. Brown in butter. Add rabbit and all other ingredients, (with the exception of the tomatoes), to the boiling water, cover, and simmer for 1/2 to 2 hours. Add the tomatoes and continue to simmer another hour.

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    Stuffed Quail

  • 8 quail
  • Butter
  • White pepper
  • Paprika
  • Garlic powder
  • 1 pkg. stuffing
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups broth or stock
  • 4 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp. sesame oil
  • 6 beef bouillon cubes
  • Your favorite marinade

    Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Dress and prepare each bird. Rub each bird with butter. Sprinkle each with white pepper, paprika and garlic powder. Prepare packaged stuffing and stuff each bird. Place in roasting pan and add water, broth or stock, soy sauce, sesame oil and bouillon cubes. Cover and cook 2 hours. Make an incision in birds to check doneness. If needed, continue cooking for another 30 minutes. When done, evenly coat birds with a marinade and cook, uncovered, until marinade is hot.

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    Stuffed Possum

  • 1 possum (whole)
  • 1 qt. cold water
  • 1/8 cup salt
  • 5 beef bouillon cubes
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 celery stalks (chopped)
  • 2 onions (sliced)
  • 1 bag packaged stuffing

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Soak possum in cold salt water for 10 hours. Rinse meat in cold water and refrigerate 2-4 hours. Prepare stuffing according to package directions. Stuff possum cavity with prepared packaged stuffing. Close cavity tightly. Place stuffed possum in roasting pan, add water, bouillon cubes, bay leaves, celery and onion. After 2 hours turn meat. Reduce heat to 300 degrees. Cook for 1 more hour. Test roast, if not done reduce heat and cook until done.
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    Pheasant En Creme

  • 1 pheasant (quartered)
  • 1 can (10-1/2 oz) condensed cream or chicken soup
  • 1/2 apple cider
  • 1 T plus 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 3/4 t salt
  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
  • 1/3 chopped onion
  • 1-1/2 c sliced mushrooms
  • paprika

    Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place pheasant in ungreased baking dish. Mix soup, cider, Worcestershire sauce, salt, onions, garlic and mushrooms. Pour over pheasant. Sprinkle generously with paprika.

    Basting pheasant occasionally with sauce, bake uncovered 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until tender. After baking pheasant 1 hour generously sprinkle with paprika.

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    Wild Duck Roast

  • 2 wild mallard ducks
  • 1 t salt
  • 1/2 t pepper
  • 1/4 t rosemary leaves
  • 1 medium onion (chopped into 8 pieces)
  • 1 apple cut into 8 pieces
  • 2 stalks of celery chopped
  • 1/2 c butter melted
  • 1/4 t pepper
  • 1/4 t rosemary leaves

    Heat oven to 350 degrees. Clean ducks. Wash and pat dry. Stir together salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and 1/4 tsp rosemary leaves. Sprinkle in cavity and on outside of each duck.

    Place half the onion, half the apple and half the celery in each cavity. Place ducks breast side down on rack in open shallow roasting pan. Roast 40 minutes. Combine butter, 1/4 tsp pepper and 1/4 tsp rosemary leaves. Baste duck frequently during roasting. Turn ducks and roast 50 minutes longer or until done.

    Ducks are done when juices are no longer pink when meat is pricked and meat is no longer pink when cut between leg and body. Remove ducks from pan. Split in half lengthwise. Discard stuffing.

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    Sauerkraut Dove

  • 12 dove breasts, cut into pieces
  • 3 Tb. butter
  • 1 lb. can sauerkraut
  • 5 slices bacon
  • 1 lb. hot Italian sausage sliced into pieces
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tsp. crushed caraway seeds
  • 2 cups beer
  • salt and pepper

    Saute the dove pieces in butter until browned. Set aside. Drain the sauerkraut but save the liquid.

    In a deep skillet fry the bacon until it is half done. Set aside. Brown the sausage in the bacon fat. Add the sauerkraut, bacon, garlic, caraway seeds, and beer and with two forks mix thoroughly. Simmer for 10 minutes.

    Pour half of this mixture in a casserole dish, lay in the browned dove pieces, then cover with the remaining sauerkraut. Simmer, covered for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Add beer or kraut juice if it cooks down too much.

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    Dove w/ Mushrooms

  • 16 Dove breasts
  • 4 cups rice, uncooked
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 4 Tbsp. margarine
  • 1/2 tsp. rosemary
  • 1 lb. whole mushrooms
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 1/4 cup favorite wine

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute rice in skillet with margarine over medium heat. Cook until light brown in color. Place rice in bottom of casserole dish. Rest dove breasts, meat- side up, on rice. Sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, pepper and rosemary. Surround breasts with mushrooms and onions. Pour wine over meat and rice. Cover and bake 30 minutes or until rice is fluffy and breasts are tender and cooked through.

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    Skillet Dove

  • 16 dove breasts
  • 1 1/2 gallons water
  • 3/4 cup white vinegar
  • Garlic powder
  • Paprika
  • Onion powder
  • White pepper
  • Peanut oil

    Soak dove breasts for 2 hours in water/vinegar mixture. Wash each breast and dry on paper towel. Spice top side of each breast with garlic powder, paprika, onion powder and white pepper. Place each breast, bone-side down, in skillet with peanut oil. Cover and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat. Turn meat, cover and cook until done. Serve with rice and a salad.

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    Fried Venison Steak

  • 2 pounds venison steak
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 cup flour


    Mix buttermilk and water in bowl. Soak steaks for at least 1 hour. Remove steaks and drain. Place steaks on meat board and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tenderize by hacking both sides. Roll steak in flour and thoroughly coat both sides. Fry in 1/2 inch hot fat until lightly brown. Turn steaks only one time while cooking.

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    Venison Meat and Gravy

  • 2-1/2 pounds venison stew meat
  • 3 tablespoons shortening
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper


    Put venison stew meat in a heavy pot with shortening, salt and pepper. Cook until browned. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. Add 1 cup water. Cover and simmer until tender. Heat 1 cup water to boiling and stir in 1 tablespoon flour. Add flour mixture to meat. Cover and simmer 15 minutes. Addition water may be added if needed.

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    Venison Sausage

  • 7 pounds lean venison
  • 3 pounds pork fat
  • 1/3 cup salt
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons sage
  • 2 teaspoons pepper
  • 2 teaspoons red pepper


    Cut venison and fat into 1/2 inch cubes. Mix all ingredients and stir with meats. Run through sausage grinder. Make into patties 1/2 inch thick and fry as needed. Makes 10 pounds sausage.

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    Roast Quail

  • 8 quail
  • 16 slices bacon
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 lemon (sliced)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper


    Stuff cavity of each quail with 1 tablespoon butter and 1 slice of lemon. Rub salt and pepper on outside of quail. Wrap 2 slices of bacon around each bird and secure with toothpick. Place birds in large skillet. Add 1 cup water, cover and bake until tender. Remove cover and broil 10 minutes or until browned.

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    Rabbit Stew

  • 2 medium rabbits
  • 8 cups water
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons salt
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons pepper
  • 1-1/2 cups cooked corn
  • 2 small onions (chopped)
  • 5 small potatoes (quartered)
  • 2-1/2 cups tomatoes (diced)
  • 1/2 pound salt pork
  • 1-1/4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon flour


    Bring water to a boil in a heavy pot. Add rabbit, salt and pepper. Bring back to boil and add corn, onion, tomatoes and salt pork. Cover and cook on low heat for 1 hour. Add potatoes and cook 45 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. Mix flour and butter into paste, and stir into stew. Simmer about 20 minutes.

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