How to tone down the gamey taste in deer meat?

[BigE]

Make sure its nicely trimmed fat tendons all that. Then just to lower the gamey taste you have to get alot of that blood out. The way i do it cheap and effective is just soak the meat in water move it arround drain the water and keep repeating that process till the meat looks kinda grey. That just tells you the blood is coming out. After you think its good enough no blood left you can use any seasoning or recepi you want. Ive served deer meat and elk to people that have said they hate and would never eat it again without telling them what it is. After they finish they say that was some good stuff. Then i tell them what it was and they dont believe me. So just drain that blood out and from there you can do what ever you want.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

That sounds horrible.  Soak the meat?!?!  No way!  Cool clean and DRY.  Let it air out at a cool temp and cut and wrap.

[pianoman9701]

That sounds horrible.  Soak the meat?!?!  No way!  Cool clean and DRY.  Let it air out at a cool temp and cut and wrap.

  Soak it until it's bland? Is that the plan? Yuk!

[WSU]

I soak liver for a bit to draw some blood out.  Don't others do that also?

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

Yes liver and heart can be soaked.  I only wipe the meat down to remove any hair or debris.  The meat needs to stay cool clean and DRY.  If it's October I hang it in the shade for a few days large game bags can keeps the flys off.  Vinegar also keeps the bugs off.  Just spray it down then cover with game bags or sheets.  Let cure for a few days to ten days depending on temp.  The cooler the temp the longer it can hang for.  I'd say 50 and below it can hang for ten days.  55 and up I'd only hang it for three to four days.  The point of hanging it up is to let the meat cure like they do with beef.  Trim all the fat while it's hung.  Then remove the sinue as you break the muscle groups down.  Then once the roasts are free offat and sinue.  Cut and wrap and freeze ASAP. 

Getting the meat wet will ruin the meat.  It will speed up the decomp process. 

Cool, clean and dry.

[pianoman9701]

I soak liver for a bit to draw some blood out.  Don't others do that also?

Yes, salt water for a little bit.