What is the best tasting deer?

Axis deer are generally considered by most hunters to be the best-tasting game meat.
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What tastes better whitetail or mule deer?

I don't discern much difference in taste between the two and feel a good mule deer is every bit as good eating as a whitetail. The only thing I have noticed is that in the rut, mule deer bucks seem to be gamier smelling than a whitetail buck and the meat can be stronger tasting when they are rutting hard.
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What meat is deer most like?

When people describe venison taste and texture, they often use words like rich or earthy; this is a festive-tasting meat, often imbued with hints of the acorns, sage and herbs that the deer enjoyed during its life. It's also considered to be less juicy and succulent than beef, but also smoother and firmer.
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What game meat tastes the best?

The Whitetail should be at the top of the list if not for the unbelievable uniqueness of our animal that is our number one. 1) Without a doubt, the mountain sheep (Dall, Bighorn, Desert Bighorn and Stone sheep) offer the finest tasting meat ever to be consumed by mankind.
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What is the best tasting animal?

  1. Lamb. Some types of meat we eat much more often while others we eat really rarely. ...
  2. Pork. Pork is one of the most consumed types of meat in the world. ...
  3. Duck. Duck is tasty meat that is eaten in all parts of the world, especially in China and East Asian countries. ...
  4. Salmon. ...
  5. Lobster. ...
  6. Beef. ...
  7. Chicken. ...
  8. Deer meat.
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VENISON OR LAMB which tastes best ?



What wild animal has the best tasting meat?

Deer. Among the game meats, deer are always high-ranked, with some deer species remaining at the top of the chart. Chital or axis deer, which is native to India but found in Texas and Hawaii, have the tastiest wild meat in the world. Venison, or the meat from white-tailed deer, is also very popular among hunters.
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Does elk or bison taste better?

Our conclusion was that while all three burgers (bison, elk, beef) were delicious – elk was the most flavourful and the clear winner. Elk was preferred for flavour and texture. It had the most taste of any of the meats and seemed not to need as many toppings.
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Are black bucks good eating?

Blackbuck meat is one of the best exotic table fares around. Blackbuck are true gazelles; grazers. Grazers tend to be a mild meat with little to no gamey-ness.
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What part of a deer is best for steaks?

The tenderloin, striploin, knuckle and rump are the most tender cuts. Medium-tender cuts are the eight rib rack, top round and bottom round. The flank steak and osso buco are the least tender. Less tender cuts generally require slower cooking.
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Do corn fed deer taste better?

With easy access to a nourishing food source, these deer tend to taste less “gamey” than those who had to forage. Corn-fed deer aren't as lean and have a milder taste than those that eat acorns or sage.
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How long should a deer hang before you butcher it?

You should let your deer hang for 2 to 4 days at minimum before processing to avoid this. For the best tasting deer meat Mississippi State University recommends 14 to 18 days of hanging time. A general rule of thumb is, the older the deer, the longer the hang time.
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Can you eat fawn?

Shoot a Fawn.

Fawns are cute, cuddly and cloaked in tasty, tender venison. I've killed a bunch of them and will do it again, given the chance. Yes, some people will ridicule you for shooting them. My advice for that is to offer them a fried fawn cutlet.
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What does Blacktail deer taste like?

Blacktail sniper

Tasted like eating juniper! Had mule deer from Montana and it was worse. I think the cooler ride back to Oregon had something to do with it.
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Is deer meat healthy for you?

Venison's health benefits are many. For starters, it's one of the leanest, heart-healthiest meats available — low in fat, high in protein and packed with zinc, haem iron, and vitamin B. It's also economical. “If you get two deer a year, you have enough food for the entire year,” Czerwony says.
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How do you get the wild taste out of deer?

In The Kitchen

Prior to cooking, soak your venison steaks overnight in buttermilk. This will help pull the blood out of the meat and remove some of that gamy taste. You can make buttermilk simply by adding vinegar to regular milk from the carton. Simple as that.
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What do fallow deer taste like?

Even when other food is readily available, some fallow deer eat prickly pear cactus and often succumb to massive ingestion of the cactus needles. Fallow venison is highly valued for its tender texture and beef-like flavor.
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What size is a trophy black buck?

Native to India and Pakistan, the Blackbuck is a medium sized antelope with distinctive spiral horns that are ringed with 1 to 4 spiral turns and can be as long as 28 inches. A trophy Blackbuck has horns that are 18+ inches and in Texas they rarely get much longer than 21-22 inches.
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What is a good size black buck?

Typically any trophy black buck hunting will include horns on males that are between 18 and 28 inches, although since they are rare and definitely unique even much smaller horn lengths make great trophy mounts. Full head or horn only mounts are one of a kind for that conversation piece you have been looking for.
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What is the healthiest red meat?

What is the healthiest red meat?
  • Pork: Choose lean options of pork such as a pork loin, tenderloin and center cut chops. ...
  • Steak: Choose leaner cuts of steak such as flank, round, sirloin, tenderloin and ball tip. ...
  • Ground meat: A variety of meats are available ground – chicken, turkey, pork and beef.
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Are elk Ribeyes good?

Very tender and tasty.
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Is deer meat healthier than bison?

In a single three-ounce serving, bison contains slightly less calories and protein and is also a bit lower in micronutrients like niacin, thiamine, iron and riboflavin. Bison does, however, contain slightly more zinc, vitamin B12 and selenium than venison.
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What taste better elk or deer?

Elk meat is widely considered the better-tasting, less-gamey meat to venison. Sure, wild elk still does have a hint of gamey flavor, and that's largely due to its diet. Bark has a way of fouling the taste of meat. Plus, fat stores gamey flavor, which elk have very little of.
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What is the most gamey meat?

Interestingly, one main reason lamb is thought of as gamey is because of all our domesticated meats, lamb is the one most often raised entirely on grass. Only Colorado lamb is commonly finished on grain.
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Does moose taste good?

Moose doesn't taste like chicken! The meat is very dense, and because all their fat is stored between the hide and the muscle the meat is very, very lean. It tastes like its habitat -- moose eat a lot of willow, so to me it tastes like willow buds smell in the spring. It has a strong "gamey" taste, most people say.
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