gamey deer!

[txlawdog]

I ice mine down at least a week, draining each day with more ice added. I also pour some white vinegar each day as I add ice, and then take to a processor that does not mix customer's meat when processing. So far so good, even with a 140# boar hog and no problems. Maybe I'm just lucky.

[Delirious]

This ^^^^^^ Or you can try and soak the meat in white vinegar and water over night before you cook it. Change out the solution atleast once and squeeze all the blood out of the meat into the since before re submerging. Either method will help tenderize the meat as well.

That's what I do. I soak the backstrap and everything in a cooler for 4-5 days with ice changing the water daily. On the last soak, I add about 1/4 cup of white vinegar to the mix. I then freeze everthing. When prepping, I let is soak a day or two again in water and my wife who won't eat anything that has a gamey flavor can't tell the difference. I contribute to getting all the blood out and then the vinegar.

[Archery1st]

I guess - I have been lucky. I have never had one of mine turn out gamey or rank.

[Kdog]

I guess - I have been lucky. I have never had one of mine turn out gamey or rank.

X2, although the first deer I ever killed had the most "gamey" taste. He is the only one that I did not quarter at camp and process myself.

[BNUTZ KILLIN]

The mule deer we have taste bad. I always give them away after I kill them. They taste like a cedar bush.

[redfish76]

Never have a problem with bucks killed in October. However, once you get into mid November, you can start to taste the gaminess coming out.

[Coach W]

Been there before..worst I ever had was a rutting mule deer that was all hopped up on sage.. Smelled so bad I threw the frying pan away as well.

Oh man Sage! I can still taste it. Nastiest buck I ever had was sagey! and rutty.

If you shoot one in rut especially late in it expect it to be gamey. 1/2 with beef and its better. But still not great.

[Coach W]

Rutting bucks are RANK. I've actually thrown some of the meat out before even processing it. Sometimes even after aging for a week on ice it still smells like something crapped on something that died.

I hate to waste meat, but an old rutting buck can sometimes be inedible. Jerky is about all you can do with it, and even that can be gamey.

Thats histerical!

[cooker2]

When you get it back and decide to thaw some out to cook....soak the meat in water as well for a day and that will also help.

[Dirtymike]

Only gamey one I had was the hingquarter off of some road kill.

[timbobowhunter]

Soak Venison in Salt Water Over Night In Fridge. Next Morning Drain and Rinse, Then Soak Meat In Buttermilk. Makes All The Difference in The World!!
Takes The Gamey Taste Out!

[mikeyt]

Are you sure it was your deer meat you got back? have you used that processor before?

+1

[Mayhem]

mule deer is the worst.

[Bonesplitter]

20 oz of vinegar poured over the meat while aging in the cooler does wonders.

[buffalorider]

I process my own and have never had one that way terribly gamey. My coworker, however, brought some ground venison for hamburgers to work. I couldn't even eat it. He used a new processor. I don't know what they did or didn't do, but it definitely didn't work.

Like most others, I soak mine in salted ice water for 3-5 days to draw out the blood before I process it.




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