Remove gaminess from meat.

[BowOnly81]

I keep ice on mine with the drain open for a few days thats about it,

Yep, same here

[EdO]

Why? I'm not even sure what "gaminess is." I've always just shot em, butchered em and ate em. They always seemed pretty good to me. Cept maybe for beaver and porcupine. They always seemed a little on the greasy side. Do away with the grease and they were pretty good also. Better than the tasteless stuff you get at the local HEB/Walmart/Target/whatefver.

[NAVY CHIEF]

No baking soda....you can put in ice and apple juice....5 days....it's almost like a brine....i do this with feral hogs only and not sows just the boars....

[TexasJeff75]

If it's late winter hang the animal before quartering and let it bleed out as much as possible. Put on ice in the igloo for 2 days or get it in the butchers cooler asap. Don't let the meat soak in igloo water but keep fresh ice on it.

If it's warm weather, let it bleed for a couple of hours (includes gutting / skinning quartering time) and get it on ice in the igloo. Keep fresh ice on it and keep it out of the igloo water.

Drain the water off every few hours when you add ice.

When you prepare the meat for cooking a 2hour soak in milk or 50/50 cider and water will leech the meat. Marinade and cook or chicken fry the cutlets. At least this is what I do and my whole family is always impressed with how good it is. Soy sauce is great for quick marinade if you don't have time to leech the meat.

[JustinJ]

some of y'all use way too much effort to make venison, a meat that tastes better than beef, taste like beef.

[AntlerCollector]

I hang mine in a walk in cooler for at least a week, then process it. Never heard of the baking soda. I may just put a big box or two in my cooler and let them sit opened.

[Skinny]

I've never understood why people flush out the natural God given flavors of wild game. You might as well buy hot dogs at Minyards.

Skinny

[AntlerCollector]

I've never understood why people flush out the natural God given flavors of wild game. You might as well buy hot dogs at Minyards.

Skinny

X2. I've never soaked mine in ice and water.

[Boomerang]

Processing it yourself breaking down each muscle does the trick. Australian range feed beef has a game taste versus grain fed. Soaking a steak in water for 1-2 hours makes it taste like grain fed beef.

[frazee3200]

I keep ice on mine with the drain open for a few days thats about it,

Me too

[DJ Hunter]

Soak the meat in a mixture of vinegar and water to remove, or at least to reduce, the "gaminess" in wild animal meat.

[Bowyer]

I always thought "gamey" flavor came from meat that was tainted, not properly handled when feild dressing and skinning or not properly chilled.
I do the icing in a cooler and have kept deer on ice for as long as 7 days. No baking soda and no "gamey" flavor.

[Bowyer]

I hang mine in a walk in cooler for at least a week, then process it. Never heard of the baking soda. I may just put a big box or two in my cooler and let them sit opened.

I would do this if I had a walk in.

[muddyfuzzy]

i will never put any of my meat directly in contact with water or ice again. i simple let it bleed of for about four days the finish processing it out.

[Uncle Saggy]

Guess I'm weird,but I like the "gaminess" flavor.

Yup, me too.