How many people actually think deer meat is good?

I don't think it is "good", I think it is "Awesome"......never liked it until I started to butcher my own deer.

x2 it's the best

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I love it, I would rather eat deer meat most days than beef.

It's just about the only red meat that is served in my home.

Wow! I just saw this post minutes after finishing up a great venison supper.

Here is the deal - if you don't like deer meat, it may be from how you are preparing it.

I did like everyone else did - have it processed into sausage, ground "beef", and then fried the backstraps. If that is what you do you are missing out.

When I have my deer processed, very little goes into sausage anymore. I have the front shoulders sliced into "steaks" and of course leave the backstrap alone.

Take those steaks when you are ready to cook them, trim all of the white stuff off and take the bone out, and then marianate them in your favorite marinade. I like Teriaki and also vinegar and olive oil.

Grill the steaks - and by that I mean sear them. 5 minutes on either side is about right. Too much and they will be tough (remember venison is very lean to begin with).

I do the backstraps the same way.

Once you start grilling your meat, I doubt you will ever go back to chicken frying it or covering it up with a bunch of bacon and jalepenos. It is some of the most delicious meat you can put on your grill, it is just real touchy to grill because of how easy it is to overcook.

In my opinion some of the nastiest tasting meat is ground venison. That stuff is horrible (at least what I have had). I have had some that was decent, but it was because it had jalepenos, cheese, and bacon mixed in it.

I have a steer in my freezer at all times and we enjoy the deer in the freezer just as much as the steer.

I do know what you mean, but I do butcher a steer every year for my family and there is definitely nothing better than a rib eye taken from a steer raised to eat. When you eat beef that has not been subject to commercial feed lots and steriods, you will come to understand how modern man kind of took to eating this animal. Darn good!

i wish i enjoyed but i dont. I also dont like the taste of lamb or anything with a "gamey" flavor. I used to be able to tolerate it until i had a old buck chicken fried. After that i ruined it for me. I do give away all the deer a shoot to people that need/want it.

x2!! except we like to marinate those badboys in mesquite marinade. Its is great I promise

I disagree I think that venison hamburger meat is some of the best...you can do tons with it. Chicken fry, meatballs, chili, burgers. Then you can make your sausages.

I don't know who's cooking your meat, but you need to find another cook

I am not crazy about it. If it were that good we would farm deer and hunt cattle.

I enjoy a chicken fried ham steak or tenderloin from time to time but the only thing I really like is dried deer sausage.

I'd rather have a ribeye or pork chop for dinner than ground deer burger.

That being said, I am not a super chef. I love to eat fish, dove, quail and can cook a hell of a steak, but venison is something I haven't mastered

i prefer beef, i buthcer my own, and had it from several different people. Doesnt even come close to beef, axis, oryx etc. I wont eat it, usually give it away.

Miller I'm gonna try grilling ham steaks from a young doe.

I like my steaks rare to begin with. I'd really like to give that recipe a try.

What marinade do you use?

a nice grass fed steer is pretty good. I like the fillet and Ribeyes. I pretty much like the same thing on a deer, but deer makes better sausage, sticks and jerky IMO.

I can tell that your cooking had stunted your growth at some point and continues... ..so I can understand not liking venison

If you take the time cutting out ALL the white stuff on a deer, you will be amazed at how good it tastes. They would farm more deer is it was easier to properly butcher them. I get about 2/3 of the meat off a deer than most people. I cut all the white stuff out and cook it up and give it to my dogs.

Being able to sleep in a drawer has its perks

My favorite is KC Masterpiece "Honey Teriaki". My boys like KC Masterpiece "Steakhouse". I like to mariante the deer steaks or backstrap 24 hours before I plan to grill them.

Using a gas grill, I set the heat on medium and let the grill get up to about 350 degrees. I'll seer the meat for about 5 minutes on each side, maybe a little less if the grill is running a little hot. If you take it off with just a little pink in the middle they are perfect.

I have had friends who have never had wild game come over to my house and absolutely love the venison I grill like that.

Ima try that out. Thanks for the tips!

Best venison steaks I have ever had were cooked at a birthday party what was catered by Perinis. They built fires and the coals like they wanted. They then put shovel fulls on top of bare ground. They used completely open metal grills about 12-14" tall on the bed of coals. They used spices on the 3/4" steaks but would not tell me what they used. They melted butter and had the steaks in the butter for about an hour. They put them on the grills for 3 minutes per side and then pulled them off. Best venison I have had grilled. They had it down to an art.

I'm going to have to try the recipe above also because I've never been that fond of it either. I guess growing up in a poor family eating deer meat every night didn't help much either, just got plum sick of it. Not sure it's any cheaper in the long run either like some claim. What does it end up costing? $15 bucks a pound, maybe more.

I think its pretty bad overall. I give most of mine to less fortunate and my dogs.

If its so good why does everybody always have "their" own recipe? Always soaking it or marinating it or frying it to make it taste good.

Give me a steak or hamburger anyday of the week.