On a much more trivial level, a rabid raccoon in my back yard tried to charge me. He didn't get far because I shot him 3 times with my little .380 backup pistol . . . which I happened to have in my pocket while my .45 was sitting on the kitchen table. You NOTICE when you are carrying a .45, I forget I have the .380 on me.
Unfortunately the .380 stopped him, but didn't drop him. He ran off into the woods, but no doubt died soon after because he left a significant blood trail down to the creek, where I lost him. He won't be missed. I had to quarantine my dogs last year on account of a rabid raccoon.
But I think I'm just going to have to put up with the .45. He would have gone nowhere at all after 3 hits with that.
No substitute for cubic inches.
I killed a large mule deer doe while I lived in Western Kansas. Other than quail or turkey, that was the best tasting wild meat I have ever had.
It tasted just about the same as beef. It did not have the wild flavor at all. Possibly due to their eating a lot of corn, milo, and wheat. My hunting partner and I shared it 50-50. His wife prepared some loin for a meal and invited me to eat it with them. Boy she knew how to cook it. It was both tender and flavorful. My wife was deceased by then and I just took all of mine and left it with them, I asked if they would invite me to eat a few times if they would.
That is the best way to have it prepared. By someone who knows hos.