Thread: How do I know a goat is good for eating? What do I look for?

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Does it have meat on the bones?

Seriously tho, don't despise the shoulders. If they are not all shot up they are amazing slow cooked. Shot placement for meat retention is advised.

Hunted a Billy the other day, not a huge one but had decent horns, balls and a goatee, did the smell test immediately after shooting and wasn't that strong, fried up a test piece of back meat and it tasted as lamby as ever. Made a beautiful curry.
Just do the smell test each time don't automatically be put off billies as a rule.

wow @1toeknee1 thanks

Originally Posted by cally woo

Sorry, novice question but if you can help a new guy out I'd appreciate it.

Fat fat fat cant go wrong but have a look at lungs liver any spots cysts strange colour no go - best I ever had was a big boer goat wether that had gone feral -damn good

best one Iv had surprisinly was a young not stinky male that was in real good nick
cooked it on a fire while some prick kept stoaking it up haha @Bushman

Just tried something new for me after watching an American hunting show. Diced the meat from a goat leg, removing nearly every last bit of fat, gland, silver skin and other connective tissue. It's low yield meat processing, but the final product is good enough for relatively hot and fast cooking.