Yummy. One thing that makes a difference when I eat whitetail is if the fat is left on.
In my humble opinion, it is the fat that gives whitetail meat that extra “gamey” flavor. If it’s trimmed off when butchering or shortly after, it just tastes better—to me.
I eat a lot of venison because I let hunters hunt deer on my land for a payment in meat, and I always trim the fat as soon as I get (unless it is sausage!). The more they bag, the more meat in my freezer.
The key to decent venison is to get it dry and cold as soon as possible.
2-4 hours from the kill.
Otherwise it tastes like crap, like any other meat would.
Vension filet warpped in bacon can’t beat it.
as a Native American, I laugh my ass off at white people that dont like “gamey” meat. you want cow, go to the store. I also have friends that wont eat wild duck because of gamey. that is the purpose of us hunters, get GAME. game is gamey.