re: Have any of you tried making venison biltong?

Any farmer that has slaughtered and processed a lot of his own meat will tell you that the animal that gets all excited and rambunctious just before the bullet puts it down will not taste as good, nor be as tender, as the one that is totally calm and at ease at the moment of it's demise.
Took a doe this year that had just run 3/4 mile after being flushed from a neighbor's grove and it was BAD compared to my usual venison.