List: Game Calories Per Pound

-Deer: 1100

-Caribou: 1100

-Hog: 1100

-Raccoon: 1000

-Opposum: 900

-Eel: 750

-Muskrat: 750

-Beaver: 700

-Rabbit: 525

-Turkey: 500

-Elk: 500

-Moose: 450

-Trout: 430

-Turtle: 350

-Bass (whole): 200

-Perch (whole): 125

-Sunfish (whole): 85

-Squirrel (whole): 50

Surprises? Oh yeah. Raccoon basically a Deer in disguise? Moose only 450? That puts Rabbit and Turkey above Moose!

Trout basically a pound of Moose? Incredible! Ten Sunfish is 850? That's Easy Enough!

Does this change my hunting/fishing for meat priorities? You Bet!

This is USDA info i tracked down.

-Mitch

Some Game Fat% per 1lb meat based on the Daily Value,

Raccoon-89%

Opossum-63%

Muskrat-57%

Eel-40% (Whole)

...Beaver-34%

Turkey-33%

Rainbow Trout-26% (2 filet's)

Hog-23%

Deer-17%

Rabbit-16%

Turtle-14%

Bass-5% (2 filet's)

Moose-5%

Squirrel-2% (Whole)

Sunfish-1% (2 filet's)

Trout beating Hog was shocking,

Rabbit being virtually the same as Deer is incredible, as ive heard the myth repeated multiple times about rabbit starvation... well then that clearly applies to Deer too... more correctly, this misinformation has never been checked, and is false. This is USDA info. Credits to Jacques Farnsworth for this information.