And, Jim Bridger, the famed mountain man and scout, claimed cougar was the most delicious meat of all! And snake-even venomous ones could be eaten-tasted like.you guessed it. So, squirrels were “barked,” that is, the bark or wood shot from underneath them so they would fall and then could be butchered without lead shot in the carcass. Squirrels were hard to hit and most larger caliber guns would obliterate much of the animal. Although venison, buffalo, rabbit, turkey, geese, and duck were the most commonly hunted, squirrel, possum, cougar or other wild cats, boar, badger, raccoon, and snake were perfectly edible.
Nearly anything that had fur or feathers could be eaten and was. Settlers learned to forage off the land, hunting and gathering berries and native fruit, nuts, edible bulbs.
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