I Have a deer, am clueless, but processed it anyways - UPDATE

[PurpleChicken]

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Surprisingly there was no smell at all. I know a deer has scent glands
on the lower legs but I removed those. I also wore rubber gloves and
threw all my clothes in the wash and me in the shower right after I
processed it. It was a young doe too and we don't have corn around
here. They eat mostly grass and various plants.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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I'm refraining from calling it roadkill for mental reasons. It wasn't
killed on the road, it just sustained an injury. It was killed by a bullet
in my back yard.

Now that dead possum with the flies and vultures on it we had for
dinner last week was roadkill.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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I will try that. What spices do you recommend I use?

How about the ribs?

 

[HennysMom]

PC - you're doing great

Like MissP said - dont throw away the neck - thats where alot of roasts come from.

Soak soak soak - thats the key to deer... ya gotta soak it

 

[PurpleChicken]

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In CT if you hit it it's yours. I didn't hit it. Someone else did and it ran onto
my property. It made it 50 feet from the road before is crouched down
due to a broken leg. The person who hit it reported it and then drove away.

 

[MissPrissy]

Very basic, PC.

I only put in chopped onion garlic black pepper and salt during the initial cooking.

Once you take the meat off the bones, strain out the broth to remove all the particles of stuff and reserve it - let it sit and let the floaty stuff settle to the bottom.

Use the clean broth and some of the meat and put yourself together a kick butt stew.

Put the rest of the neck meat in the freezer with some of the broth to keep it from drying out and getting tough.

 

[the1much]

what does soaking do for a deer? take away the "gamey" flavor,,,,,, that we LIKE lol



EDIT: ta say,, ive processed hundreds of deer and have never soaked,,, thats why imma askin

 

[PurpleChicken]

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All the roasts are frozen now. I have a pot full of small cuts brining
in the fridge and the neck, backbone, and ribs on ice.

Dang, I gotta go to work.

 

[HennysMom]

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Well ..yeah... LOL! Its a personal taste thing - some people like the gamey taste and some dont. Deer is VERY gamey..

I'm betting PC, given its his first time tasting deer - should try it both ways, but... bet he wont like how gamey it is

Betcha a dollar!

 

[NurseELB]

I'm glad they reported it! Otherwise it would've only served the local wildlife, not your family. Not to mention the bonding time you've gotten to have with your son. That's a memory he will never forget (Hey, Dad? Remember that time we gutted that deer?). Good for you!