Does pheasant that hasn't been "hung" ie freshly killed, still taste gamey?

Answer 1

No... it still tastes like shite

Answer 2

It is the state in which it was shot, cleaned and prepared. Was it a clean quick kill? Was it agitated prior to being shot ie: chased, fighting. all the fore mentioned aggravate the adrenalin (gamy taste). If is was shot clean, dressed with out puncturing the vitals and dripping the juices in the cavity. You should not have to much gamy taste . To be on the safe side due to the pellets penetrating soak the game in heavily salted water for a hour if fresh and until thawed if frozen. This draws out the blood. to reduce gamy taste soak in a bath of at least 2% milk, Whole milk is preferred. Place in a container that is just slightly larger than the bird to reduce the amount of milk required.
Bon appetite!
Hanging the meat is required to allow the enzymes to start to decomosing the meat allow tenderness. As with all animals tha tyou hang if yu are going to hang them do so that they are in their natural position while alive. Otherwise the fibers are streched out of proportion. for example witha deer or cow hanging them by the hocks is "normal " but not the best. This has been done only because it is convenient for the butcher and requires less space in the locker. The old practice of hanging required youhang them until the weight of the bird pulled the head off of the birds while being hung by the neck or until a light green film covered the meat on skinned animals. This was then trimmed off and butchering then commensed. Due to modern health regulations 14 days is nice 21 is even better.from my personal perspective. I have 30 years hunting, 40 years cooking experience and was a professional hunting and fishing guide and one of the top archery whittail guides of NA.

Answer 3

yes and you are supposed to leave them "hanging"

How long game should be hung is a matter of individual taste and the weather. If it is warm and damp, the natural processes can occur with frightening rapidity. I tend to hang my pheasants in the garage singly (never as a brace, so that air can circulate) for between five and ten days, longer if there's a frosty snap.

Answer 4

Yes, it stil has the "gamey" taste. Wild birds are "blood" meat and this is a large part of the "gamey" taste. A wild birds metabolism is very fast and the blood rushes throughout there system, hence darker meat and "gamey" taste.

Answer 5

i´ve shot and ate pheasant the same day - and think it taste´s better the than hung.

Answer 6

Gamey to me is earthy, a thank you to describe this may be to look into mushrooms, somewhat some the extra wild mushrooms have a woody or earthy tast, no longer as independent as say the easy white.

Answer 7

I've never tasted peasant, though I believe the term for such nowadays is "chav".

I am not really bothered whether they are hung, freshly killed or just bludgeoned, just as long as it is at least one of them!

Answer 8

Tastes like chicken

Answer 9

Yes it does and I think it tastes better

Answer 10

Yes very much so

Answer 11

its still tasty but its better if hung for a couple of days or so