Don’t age whitetail deer! Remove all fat (tallow), it stinks and aging deer imparts the tallow flavor.
You may age elk and moose. The fat does not stink.
Never ate blacktail/ mule deer so I don’t know about that species.
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People better learn to like it when things go to crap....
I’ve heard that the “gamey” taste is also greatly affected by area where the deer resides. Namely, in more marshy/swampy areas, the animal will taste more bleh than in dry, pristine wilderness like Sierras/Rockies/etc.
The secret is GRAVY! The secret to all good food is GRAVY. Sometimes called sauces by the French.
I hate the taste of fish
Deer are basically grass-fed goats, so you start with a huge disadvantage. You want good meat, go shoot a nice fat steer in a feedlot.
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Soak it in milk for 5 mintes before cooking.
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Brine the meat before your cook it.
I didn’t read the whole article but my Dad always taught me the first thing to do is to slice across just above the scent glands to keep that from migrating. Whether this works or not, all I know is that we never had any gamey tasting venison or elk.
I have a friend whose folks own a large cattle ranch in north central Oregon and he brought over some beef for us. The cattle there were raised on range grass, cheet grass, and sagebrush and then sold to a feedlot to finish. It was the worst tasting meat I had ever eaten and I shot plenty of deer in the same country that never tasted anything like that.
...I never understood the whole issue with "game" taste...
...why folks want their deer to taste like cow, their ducks to taste like chicken and their dolphin to taste like flounder is beyond me...
...guess I'm just weird, I've always enjoyed the variety of flavors each species provides...
If the venison “tastes like crap”, maybe it’s from the hind end and needs to be wiped first! (Just a little joke ... I like venison ... especially when it doesn’t “taste like crap”!)
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