Have any of you tried making venison biltong?

The f does the taste have to do with the dogs chasing the deer?

I shot a BEAUTIFUL 2.5 year old doe this year at my dad’s lease with my .308 at about 85 yards. She dropped where she was standing, and I pulled the trigger while she was looking away. She never heard it. She is one of the best tasting deer I’ve ever taken. It was like eating a juicy, flavorful tender steak.

Same lease this year, I shot a weird four point about the same age with my bow. His hide was covered in warts, which is from a protein deficiency I found out..I’ve been hunting my whole life and never seen a deer covered in warts like this. It was kinda gross to be honest but I was told they didn’t affect the meat, that it was surface only. I noticed his meat was not as tasty as that doe I took with my gun. It was just slightly different but not as tender, a little more game flavor to it.

I don’t know what this has to do with stress or whatever but I could definitely taste a difference in the quality of meat.

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Never heard of this until now. I looked up the recipe and it looks like it would be a fun project to make it.

Personally, I can't tell any difference in deer that are running from dogs. It could be because we only run beagles so the deer are not being pushed like in front of walker dogs. They just kind of trot around.

I’d give it a try. I lived off biltong when I stayed in South Africa for 7 months. Got busted trying to bring a few kilos back. Damn beagle in Atlanta.