Best of luck to your Brother. I hope he shares with you!
Of all the ‘wild meats’ Elk is by FAR my favorite. But, corn & soybean fed Venison is pretty darn good too - much to the local farmers’ dismay. ;) I’ve been watching two nice 8-point bucks on our land and quite a number of fat & sassy doe. Hoping for a good harvest here this Fall. ;)
But don’t bother harvesting those Northern deer - fed on scrub brush and Pine? You really CAN taste the difference.
My brother does a good job of field dressing/cooling his venison quickly so it’s rarely gamey. Last year, however, he had an old buck that, despite being handled well, was a bit on the gamey side ... I mix the meat with cheap (fatty) hamburger & that tones it down. That’s mostly what I have in the freezer right now: “old buck”.
I did get some elk burger from him a couple of years ago, plus my dad got an elk decades ago so I’ve had plenty of exposure to elk meat - I do like it better than venison.
So what I would like to know ... what does ‘moose’ taste like? It must be pretty good stuff - it seems to be what all the Alaskans want in their freezer come winter. Of course, one moose fills up a lot of freezer space, too! The moose meat stews I’ve seen on cable or recipes online look fabulous.
Another question ... I absolutely cannot eat mutton. I have tried and tried ... must be something in my genetics ... can’t stand the smell or the taste. So on the outdoor hunting shows, I see guys killing wild sheep & then sometimes, they’ll cook some of it over a fire. Does wild sheep taste like domestic mutton? Inquiring minds would like to know.