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Originally Posted by id10t

For those that think it is "gamey" etc

There is a big difference between shooting a deer and having it butchered and on ice with 2-3 hours vs shooting a deer and throwing it in your truck and then hitting every bar in the area to have a beer or two while you show off your monster buck, eventually ending up too drunk to butcher it until the next day


I am fortunate in that my "hunting" is from a buddys living room couch, when we shoot a deer it is butchrred and on ice in about 2 hours from the trigger pull. Seeing as how our muzzle loader season starts in October and we are more likely to be smakicking mosquitos than complaining about cold toes and fingers

Many years ago, when I was a kid, we had some venison that my grandfather or uncle had bagged. I didn't care for the taste, and I even remember my dad talking about it being "gamey".

A few times in the last 15 years, I had a buddy that did hunting gift me some of the deer that he bagged including backstrap, stew meat, and ground, and I never noticed any strong or distinctive flavor. It tasted like meat.