The buck had just started to bloat a bit and I cleaned it and got it back to the this time it was getting quite warm outside.Seeing some huckleberries,we stopped to pick them and finally got home after lunch,where I hung the deer and then butchered it. Worst tasting deer I ever had should have been the best,I shot a nice fat fork blacktail buck early in the morning on opening day in September,but went back to get my wife to help me drag it back up to the road.The kids were still sleeping so by the time we got them up,fed them breakfast and the went back to get my buck,a couple of hours had passed. In the case of all game, a great deal depends on your care in the field and after getting it home. Early season critters are generally better all round. This is due to the type and state of the vegetation they are eating. And some of the 'Revert' bucks we've taken that did not participate in the rut were excellent eating. That said, we've taken the odd Big Boy that was just fine. Younger deer are almost always more tender and very good table fare. On the other end of the scale, I was involved with a farm cull, and those well fed deer were perhaps the Best venison we've ever had. The animals I took there were good eating, but definitely had a little taste of the game in them - likely due to the fact they had pretty well eaten everything green from as high as a man stands on down.

For instance: I got in on the last of the LEH Fallow hunts on Sidney. I would tend to agree with that assessment.įallow btw can be as good (or even better) than whitetail - depending on where / when it was taken. Can't speak for fallow deer as I've never had it My take is that mule deer are the most gamey followed by black tail and white tail is the best.

Taste of elk vs deer