Which tastes better: buck or doe?

[seth30]

Doe

[PA BEN]

WE have eaten a lot of does in my house, most of the bucks we got were in the early season. Not much of a difference at all. The does seem to be a little more tender. 

[coachcw]

grind it all up and add enough other stuff and most deer are eatable . buck or doe really doesn't matter , the thing about a buck is when he's all rutted up and stinky you just think he's gonna taste that way kinda like power of suggestion. most people tell you ways to mask the flavor to hide the gammie taste . the only deer I've ever shot that where good are garden feed blacktails and a bc buck that lived in farm land and was grass feed .

[hunter6191]

there is more to the taste in what it eats, time of year, how old it is, where it was shot and how it was taken care of than just saying a doe taste better than a buck. Hands down best deer I have ever eaten were bucks shot in farm country in early Sept. Ill take a young buck any day over a 8 yr old saggy sally for meat quality . I shot a doe years ago in November perfect shot, went 5 yards and fell over temps below 20 cut it up a few days later after hangin..worst deer I have ever eaten, like biting into a tire! old doe...worn down teeth.

Could not agree more, my dad use to tell me the exact same thing. Only thing I can add is if your able to take it before it is excited and gets the adrenaline hormone going due to the brain activating fight or flight mode is best.

[tonymiller7]

Age is more of a determining factor than sex.  Except for during the rut.

[Mongo Hunter]

+1 for Doe.

I think if you look at the simple odds of what will more likely taste better it would be a doe. your more likely to get a buck that's all rutty and nasty than a Doe. than again I like the horns hanging on the wall.

[bobcat]

I've killed a few bucks during the rut and the meat was never "nasty." I guess I've just been lucky.   

[vandeman17]

I have always marinated my deer steaks in 7up or Sprite along with my seasonings and never had a gamey flavor. This worked for both bucks and does, young and old.

[coachcw]

I've killed a few bucks during the rut and the meat was never "nasty." I guess I've just been lucky.   

maybe your a smoker ? 

[D-Rock425]

This rutty deer thing I've never understood.  I've shot a few nasty stinky bucks but never have I had one taste bad.  Can't tell the difference if its taken care of properly.

[Buckmark]

Tag soup tastes better than a doe.      

Some poeple also think beets taste good.....
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A milk on its lips button buck or almost all faded away spots on a new this year doe is fork tender......
20lbs of filet mignon doe over 80lbs of ground old tire.....

[Ripper]

It has more to do with what they eat. Corn fed Midwest white tails are the best tasting deer there is, buck or doe.

[CMG]

there is more to the taste in what it eats, time of year, how old it is, where it was shot and how it was taken care of than just saying a doe taste better than a buck. Hands down best deer I have ever eaten were bucks shot in farm country in early Sept. Ill take a young buck any day over a 8 yr old saggy sally for meat quality . I shot a doe years ago in November perfect shot, went 5 yards and fell over temps below 20 cut it up a few days later after hangin..worst deer I have ever eaten, like biting into a tire! old doe...worn down teeth.

  The truth.

  Anyone who has raised beef for a while knows how feed/age/field care and hanging time make the difference in taste, (In this order).

  It does matter - unless you kill the flavor with a crockpot! No offense, I have used the crockpot for ease plenty of times, and it is tender and good. But steaks alone for the pure taste of venison...it matters.

[weathergirl]

Lots of great points by so many people...thanks for all the input!  We'll see what happens during late season archery...