One thing that we never had at home that I particularly liked after a successful hunt was what they called purloo. Purloo is a thick stew built around the meat of some wild animal, most usually squirrel, rabbit, or raccoon. Here in my adopted state of Kentucky, burgoo is a specialty at public gatherings. No one quite knows the origin of the word burgoo, it could be from a mispronunciation of the word barbecue to a mispronunciation of bird stew, but the origin remains a mystery. Family members, who are natives, added to that definition.
Wild game is a possible ingredient of burgoo.
One compared it to the children s story Stone Soup. In the story there is a supposedly magic stone that makes soup. The trick was to get folks to get adding vegetables, like onions and potatoes, to the mixture. Another term I first heard in Kentucky is varmint suppers where wild game is served. Politicians like to show up at varmint dinners to show they are of the people.