All the does I have eaten were great except one with it's ribs sticking out. It was from an over populated area that forced the deer to eat anything to live. It had a bitter taste from eating mt laurel.
Most of the bucks I thought would be gamy were great. A couple smelled and tasted like tarsal gland. It could be that the processor got some gland fluid on his gloves when he skinned the deer and transferred it to the deer.
I always remove the tarsal gland now before I skin a deer or take it to the processor to be skinned.
I have had meat from a friends bucks over the years, again, every now and then one will be really gamey. I have never had this gamy taste show up with does.
I hunt an area now that is surrounded by about 1000 acres of corn and soybeans, no gamey tasting deer come off this land.
Topic: venison flavor buck vs doe (Read 1051 times)
