Eating "organ" meats

[Trenton G.]

I always take the heart if it's in usable shape. It's probably my favorite cut on the deer. I just put it in one of my gutting gloves and take it home. I like beef liver but haven't taken the deer liver before.

[Al Dente]

Heart, yes, Tongue, if it were bigger, Liver, NOPE!!!!. I cannot get past the minerally taste of any liver.  And for the record, beef tongue is astronomically high. One of my favorites, but I am not willing to pay a premium price of $17.99/lb. for it.

[Littlejake]

What are some of your deer heart pickling recipes? Mine is just vinegar and pickling spice.

[dnovo]

Raised on a farm and we always had beef heart, tongue and liver.
Deer heart is my favorite from a deer. I always save them. I like liver but got away from deer liver when I was hunting large agricultural farms with the herbicides and pesticide they spray on crops.
I love beef tongue but never saved deer tongue as it seemed pretty small for the trouble.

[Rathbuck]

When I was a kid, we always ate the heart and liver.  Heart was okay, but liver always was awful.  Now I save the hearts for a buddy of mine that pickles them.  Not a fan, but he loves it.

[stevem]

Liver and onions-  what a treat!  Growing up my family left the heart and liver in the field.  Once I moved to Colorado, I spent a day with Leon, a older gentleman who was born and raised in the mountains near Basalt.  Talk turned to hunting and he said when he hunted, he didn't see elk or deer, but deer liver or elk liver.  That fall my brother shot a cow elk and I salvaged the liver.  Cooked it fresh that night in camp and it became a tradition to have fresh liver and onion with each success.  The next day after that first liver Leon came by camp.  I said "I have something for you."  He said "is it elk liver?"  I had saved him 1/2 and he was practically jumping up and down.  I don't eat a lot of liver, but that first fresh liver and onion meal is just the ticket.

[TooManyHobbies]

I keep almost all deer hearts, liver is left for the coyotes. I never remember to pack bags, so I leave the heart attached until I get it home. Then pull it out with the windpipe when skinning.

[Jerry Gille]

Nope. Negative. Heck no. Ain't gonna happen unless I'm starving and then only MAYBE.  Can't do organ meat. You are all way tougher than me! 

[two4hooking]

Organs no, heart heck yeah!  It is a muscle!  Yummy treat after a successful kill!  I do cook it though