Actually Cougars are pretty tasty. They have the least parasites of all furry critters in the wild,,,, """wild""" cats normally eat fresh kills since they are fussy eaters.
The roast look like a real light pork loine before cooking in a crook pot,,, once they are done cooking they are like a light coloured soft roast beef.
I always considered Elk as butter meat of the critter Kingdom,,, then I find out that Cougar is twice that of Elk.
No spices required either,,, less a salt and pepper sprinkle before baking.
What an eye opener fore sure.
PS: again ,,, cats are pretty clean animals even though they are not keen on swimming and water sports,,, most of them are that is. One female cat """Normally""" kills 40 to 50 ish Deer per year,,, they will attempt to take out every Rabbit they come across and birds or nests with eggs in them.
Cougars eat like royalty since they have carnavor skills and speed that many wild critters don't. The are the butter butter meat. Yum Yum.
As for Coyote,,, well,,, I won't go there. Let's say it this way,,, they don't taste any thing like pine or pork ,,,."""Porky-Pine""" they cook up nice as well,,, dark dark beef style roast when done.
I know how they got there name since they taste like it,,, Ha.
Cheers from the 49th and North