Posted on 10/29/2015 8:50:51 AM PDT by w1n1
I don’t think she was faking, her face turned bright red and she tried to hide her tears.
Yeah i’ve experienced almost no outdoors at that level. Still time at 47. 2nd time i’ve mentioned my age today. Late mid life crisis. :)
I didn’t read the whole article but my Dad always taught me the first thing to do is to slice across just above the scent glands to keep that from migrating. Whether this works or not, all I know is that we never had any gamey tasting venison or elk.
I have a friend whose folks own a large cattle ranch in north central Oregon and he brought over some beef for us. The cattle there were raised on range grass, cheet grass, and sagebrush and then sold to a feedlot to finish. It was the worst tasting meat I had ever eaten and I shot plenty of deer in the same country that never tasted anything like that.
...I never understood the whole issue with "game" taste...
...why folks want their deer to taste like cow, their ducks to taste like chicken and their dolphin to taste like flounder is beyond me...
...guess I'm just weird, I've always enjoyed the variety of flavors each species provides...
Me, too. My mother would bake fish and it would be dry and stank like old fish.
Then we moved to a town next to the Columbia River, and my Dad took me ocean fishing over the Columbia River bar.
Ocean fishing for salmon was awesome. And the fish tasted superb.
Halibut from Alaska is also very good and clean.
I am not impressed by trophies hung on walls, and unlike your visitor, I am from the west coast where hunting and fishing was part of my family’s life.
We have an 8-1/2 foot-long striped Marlin hanging on the wall. I keep offering it to various bars and taverns, but so far, to takers.
I am not a Liberal.
You shot Cape Disappointment its on my bucket list so cool
Well at least you lost all your guns when the boat went down
We can hope its mid life
If the venison “tastes like crap”, maybe it’s from the hind end and needs to be wiped first! (Just a little joke ... I like venison ... especially when it doesn’t “taste like crap”!)
Guns? What guns?
Thanks. That was nice :)
i’ll spill the beans. 430 last year. 320 now. 250 by summer?
we’ll see :)
BTTT
You don’t burst into tears at the sight of a trophy, either.
I'm too cynical to comment on that.
They taste fine. I’m from N Fla and have cooked and eaten many dog chased deer. The secret is in the preparation of the meat. You can’t just take a piece of venison and throw it on the grill and put a little salt and pepper on it and get a good outcome.
If its bloody I soak it in saltwater overnight to get the blood and gamey taste out. If not I marinate the meat in my homemade citrus marinade overnight which tenderizes the meat and gets the gamey taste out. If its a roast I make little slits in the roast and push garlic cloves in then slow roast in the oven for about 4-5 hours on a low heat. You can cut it with a fork and it tastes like roast beef. Gravy on the side is always good too.
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