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Deer with a strong game flavor
Posted on 6/6/12 at 6:17 am
Posted on 6/6/12 at 6:17 am
Last year I killed the biggest deer of my life. It was a 10pt that went 210lbs. It was an old deer that was in the peak of its rut. When it was in the back of my truck you could smell that nasty bastard from about 40' away. Well after cleaning and deboning him I let it soak for about 8 days letting the water out of the icechest daily. I processed it with a doe I killed 2 days before and now my whole batch of meat (which I had seasoned when processing) has a very strong gamey(sp.) taste. This weekend I took out some backstrap to fry. I ran it through the tenderizer and soaked it in milk for 2 days. Still same result gamey as frick. I also took some of that backstrap that was in the milk and tried to marinade it in italian dressing (which should be a sin) in an effort to knock out some of that bad taste and still same result. Anyone have any tricks I can try or do I just have to just deal with it. ETA none of the other deer I have ever processed have tasted this way.
This post was edited on 6/6/12 at 6:19 am
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Posted on 6/6/12 at 6:48 am to NattyLite
I've had some bad ones before but I just deal with it. I still love me some deer meat on the grill 
Posted on 6/6/12 at 7:12 am to KingRanch
Im trying my best but the shite is bad. Looks hood on the wall though.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 7:16 am to NattyLite
I've had some pretty strong ones as well. Cooking them down for a long arse time in a heavy tomato gravy (sauce piquant) did wonders.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 7:51 am to NattyLite
That's why I pass on mature bucks while they're rutting
But seriously I would try dooshays sauce piquant or some pack mule gravy. Maybe wrap some in Bacon and bell pepper on the Grill. And next time don't soak the doe with the Buck
But seriously I would try dooshays sauce piquant or some pack mule gravy. Maybe wrap some in Bacon and bell pepper on the Grill. And next time don't soak the doe with the Buck
Posted on 6/6/12 at 7:57 am to NicoBlues
I've had a hand full like this over the years. You usually tell it before you even eat it. I've been giving away the big ones I kill the past few years.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:00 am to NicoBlues
yep. you can't get rid of the game taste, but you can infuse it with other flavors by cooking it down in a gravy, stuffing with peppers, etc.
If it's musk and shite
you might be screwed but as far as gamey, the stuff I ate growing up was gamey as frick and I'm used to it and kind of enjoy it.
They were run by dogs and I always heard the build up of lactic acid or whatever when they were killed made em gamey.
If it's musk and shite
you might be screwed but as far as gamey, the stuff I ate growing up was gamey as frick and I'm used to it and kind of enjoy it. They were run by dogs and I always heard the build up of lactic acid or whatever when they were killed made em gamey.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:02 am to NicoBlues
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sauce piquant
acid in the tomatoes helps break it down I guess. I'll usually put a rabbit in there as well If I have one.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:02 am to Dooshay
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ate growing up was gamey as frick and I'm used to it and kind of enjoy it.
ditttto
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:07 am to NattyLite
I add a lil vinegar in the water when soaking the meat and that seems to help draw some of that out....
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:09 am to NattyLite
Sorry to tell you this but you have the Whitetail AIDS now. Good luck.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:12 am to NattyLite
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I've had some pretty strong ones as well. Cooking them down for a long arse time in a heavy tomato gravy (sauce piquant) did wonders.
This. Every mature buck I've ever killed had a real gamey taste. Although, I do somewhat enjoy it, (tolerate I should say) my wife won't eat it. I just cook it down in a stew, or sauce piquant. Although, it still has the taste, but with the different flavors it neutralizes it.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:14 am to NicoBlues
Try soaking in vinegar. My grandmother used to do it with all her deer. I think the old people would use it to take the sheen off of meat before the days of refrigeration. If you soak and drain it before cooking the vinegar taste should be gone by the time its cooked.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:50 am to tiger7166
What they said about the vinegar in the water. Works on boar hogs too.
Posted on 6/6/12 at 8:57 am to NattyLite
Have used vinegar before, it works.
An old black woman in St. Francisville told me about milk.
The absolute best I have ever used was to add milk to the marinade and soak that shite for a day or so. Works on anything, made a big boar I shot last year taste as sweet as a little piglet slow roasted in an oven bag.
Milk is now the base of all of my marinades on wild game.
An old black woman in St. Francisville told me about milk.
The absolute best I have ever used was to add milk to the marinade and soak that shite for a day or so. Works on anything, made a big boar I shot last year taste as sweet as a little piglet slow roasted in an oven bag.
Milk is now the base of all of my marinades on wild game.
This post was edited on 6/6/12 at 8:57 am
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