The trick with any meat is to trim off all the silver skin that you can, and tenderize with a mallet. Grinding works but like anything else you get out of it what you put in it. You take hour after hour hunting spend a little time prepping your meat.
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Meat from a mature buck deer - is it edible or not?
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Meat from a mature buck deer - is it edible or not?
It's all good, of course a young deer can be better than an old deer. That being said I do not care for an older buck that has been rutting for a long time. They smell, the hair on the legs under the hawks starts to fall off because of them pissing on their hawks for a couple months. Also a buck that has been running does for a month seems like the meat is a darker red. Those usually get made into sausage. I can usually be a little more picky because I normally take off 10-15 whitetail a year.
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Originally posted by Mr. Stickers View PostIt's all good, biggest part is how it is cared for after you squeeze the trigger. Proper cleaning & bleeding out in fresh ice for a few days goes a long way. Drain bloody water everyday & keep plenty of fresh ice covering meat.
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Originally posted by Mr. Stickers View PostIt's all good, biggest part is how it is cared for after you squeeze the trigger. Proper cleaning & bleeding out in fresh ice for a few days goes a long way. Drain bloody water everyday & keep plenty of fresh ice covering meat.
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Originally posted by Sleepy View PostThe only thing tender and juicy I know of is the tenders and straps. Nothing else is really made to slap on the grill. Quarters and necks make great roasts and they will tender up with juiciness just fine after a long bath in a crock pot. If you don't like roasts, grind it up!
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When I was a younger lad, say 20 yrs ago I killed an old mature buck. He had to be 7 or 8 yrs old. I was thinking that I needed to give the meat away. Well I kept it on ice a few days and grilled a bit of it. Dang. It's just fine. The whole deer was absolutely fine.
I had been listening to folks talk about old bucks and how they taste. They didn't know what they were talking about. Or didn't know how to cook it.
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