I know that deer meat is called venison; are elk, caribou and moose meats also considered venison?

Answer 1

Deer/Venison is a category of antlered game that covers animals in a wide range of sizes, yet all of them can be cooked in the same way.

The largest member of the deer family is the moose. The wapiti or elk as it is often called in North America, is the second largest member of the deer family. The mountain caribou is the third largest of the deer family.
http://ushotstuff.com/wg/

Venison is the term for the meat of deer. The meats of moose, elk, caribou, and antelope are also properly termed venison.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venison

Answer 2

Probably because that's what it was called in Old english, or maybe French, or Germanic (all langueages that formed our own). Or it could be dialectic: there was a time when people in England didn't all speak the same form of English. In one spot, plural nouns could be formed by adding -ren to the word, whereas in another spot adding -s would form the plural: that's why we say children today, instead of childs (and that explain why Julia Childs has that last name). As such, that could be the reason deer meat is called venison: Some group just called it that, and then that got assimilated into the main language which we now call modern English. Or it could be a division between the classes. In england a long time ago, the higher class tended to use a lot of french with their english, and would consider the poor people's language vulgar. That's why we call cow meat beef or steak-steak was what the higher class called it (same wthing with veal, instead of calf), and people emulated them. So, maybe the higher class peoples called deer venison, and it caught on. So, in summary, there are many reasons why, but no one really knows, except maybe linguists.

Answer 3

Caribou Meat

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

Correct-a-mundo

Answer 7

I WOULD THINK SO