Have you eaten deer meat before?

Question

Just curious. No intention of hurting or stepping over anyone here. Hey, what is hunting for anyways, right?

Plus you've got a closed and open season. Right?

Answer 1

Yes Clark, I've eaten venison. Whitetail venison, mule deer venison, Elk & Moose as well.

Venison is delicious. It is one of the best, healthiest red meats there is. It is extremely low fat and low cholesteral. Many hunters in South Texas (where I'm from) donate their venison to the old folks homes & orphanages because the meat is so healthy, especially for the old folk.

Best.

ADDENDUM: Venison is still free of growth hormones & other contaminants that might plague commercial available beef/pork steak.

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Answer 2

Yep, I've eaten a lot of it. Being a wild game, the meat does not make good hamburger patties because there is not enough fat in it to make them stick together. The ground meat does make great meat sauce for spaghetti or chili. The tenderloin or backstrap tastes wonderful when fried in a little olive oil and butter in which you have browned some garlic.

To my taste, it tastes a lot like lamb but that is not surprising because deer are a realtive of sheep. Some people complain of venison having a "wild" taste. Usually this can be traced back to the deer meat not being handled properly. If good beef were treated like some deer carcasses, it would not taste too good either. When venison is properly handled, it is quite tasty and has no wild taste. Hmmm..... just talking about venison has made me hungry for some. I think I'll get a venison steak out of the freezer and fix it for supper. Fry it to a medium rare and set aside to keep warm. Then make some gravy with the pan drippings, throw in a few mushrooms ( may still have a few frozen morels). Yum! Yum!

Answer 3

Cooked and entire Hindquarter to take to an early Christmas party yesterday. Whoever says it tastes gamey, stringy, strong, or greasy doesn't know how to cook it.

Try this recipe that I used yesterday.

1 Deer quarter
1 cup Orange Juice
3 oz Teriyaki sauce
1 oz Dales sauce
2 oz Spicy olive oil or sesame oil
Marjoram Leaves
3 oz Applessauce (no sugar added)
Vinegar
Whatever BBQ sauce you like
You will need a smoker and a broiler in addition.

Mix the OJ, Teriyaki, Dales, Oil, and Marjoram in a basting bowl or some bowl that you can use to baste the meat. I actually marinate by poking holes in the meat and inserting the baste through a straw or baster or injector (whatever is on hand).

After you have injected the meat thouroughly, fire up the smoker and let it get good and hot. I shoot for an initial temperature of 300 to seal in the baste.

I also use mesquite briquets and cherry wood for smoking. ((This recipe is not a smoker lesson- email me with any questions)).

Drop the temp down to about 175 or so and start smoking the hindquarter (or whatever meat you have). Make sure to baste it frequently with the above mixture, you dont want it to get dry at all.

Many debate how long to smoke, I did mine for 7 hours yesterday. It will work with only two as all you really want to do is infuse the meat with real smoke.

After some smoke time, usally the meat will get a beautiful caramel color and have smell that will make you want to slap your father for not cooking this good.

Take it off the smoker. Start the boiler, or some big pot, and add about a quart of water.

MY next step is to bring the meat in and cut it up into about 2 inch pieces. Be exceptionally careful if your meat did not reach at least 140 internal.

Before putting the meat in the water, add the vinegar, applesauce and whatever bbq sauce you want to the boiling water (I make my own). I usually add some type of heat (i.e. HOTSAUCE) at this point as well, I leave that up to you to decide.

Add the meat and boil for at least 1 hour or until as tender as you want it. Far less time if you have a pressure cooker. Add more water if necessary to keep it good and moist

I can guarantee there wont be any leftovers.

Answer 4

deer meat is real good low fat much heathier then cow and why hunt look at it this way u go to the store and buy 100 pounds of meat at 2 dollars a pound u spend 200 dollars u go hunting for deer get a deer that weighs 100 pounds u got meat for a year and it only cost u the price of that 50 cent bullet u killed it with reall its all economics

Answer 5

Yes, I have eaten deer maet many times, it is the best tasting meat, better than beef, leaner and has no fat. It is not greasy, who said that? Yes all states have an open and end season for deer with bow, rifle and muzzle loader..... so you can go hunting with different weapons if you like.... deer meat is very healthy.... :)

Answer 6

deer and elk are the main source of meat for the winter in my house. both are delicious for the most part but there are times of the year when they are in the rut (mating season) that the hormones are running pretty hard and they get a strong taste to them. just have to get them early in the season.

Answer 7

Yes, but I don't think it was prepared properly it still had that "gamey" taste. A friend of mine had made some chili with it. I agree with you too. If people hunt only for food instead of sport I don't see anything wrong with that. They should also exercise caution to the highest degree, we don't need to hear about any more Dick Cheney's.

Answer 8

Oh yes.
I've eaten Venison.
It's wonderful.
Properly prepared, it beats beef and pork hands down.
The tenderloin, is outta this world.
The sausage is beyond compare.
It's lean and healthy red meat,
And if you enjoy that kinda thing,
You really ought to give it a try!

Answer 9

1. Deer aren't voiceless....They can make quite a squeal if the kill shot isn't accurate...

Oh yea the question...Deer meat is GREAT!!! A large chunk of butt roast cooked slow in a crock pot with all the fixins.....

I also have eaten:
Raccoon, quail, squirrel, opossum, goat, lamp, chicken, pig, beef critters (Plenty of those!), and I'm not even getting to those things that slither or swim....

Answer 10

YES...It's delicious and has less fat than Pork or Beef. If it's prepared correctly there is no "gamey" taste you will hear others talk about. Anything you can do with Beef you can make and substitute venison in it's place.....

Each state here in the U.S. has a regulated Hunting season, even California.....