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Title: Which deer is your favorite to eat ??
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 01, 2011, 02:15:39 PM: Being a Pennsylvania boy I always thought whitetail where the best eating but I must tell ya I love blacktail ...not the ones shot in the rut but early bow season they are the best .....The taste of that meat makes my mouth water and as a matter of fact I think I tose a nice long backstrap on the BQ TONIGHT .. and all I do is rub olive oil all over it season it with garlic - italian seasoning - pepper and BQ IT AND I MEAN SON IT WILL TEAR YOUR FACE OFF .... HAHAHAHAHAHA YEAH I am always extreme !! Sorry about that !!!!!!
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Post by: bucklucky on May 01, 2011, 02:17:54 PM: Whitetail, Mule deer then these moss eating blacktails :chuckle:
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Post by: Angus on May 01, 2011, 02:18:06 PM: Blacktail, specifically Sitka blacktail put all others to shame, IMHO! :twocents:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 01, 2011, 02:20:09 PM: Hell that moss is good seasoning THEN ....HAHAHA
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Post by: Craig on May 01, 2011, 03:25:11 PM: I like those whitetail that live in the crop fields their whole life. Taste good.
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Post by: Alan K on May 01, 2011, 03:28:43 PM: These Idaho WT's have been pretty damn delicious! Muley and BT are a wash. :dunno:
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Post by: oldleclercrd on May 01, 2011, 03:32:48 PM: Whitetails all the way! Too bad they dont have as much meat as a mulie does!
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Post by: chester on May 01, 2011, 03:58:06 PM: Dead ones, the live ones fight too much.
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Post by: Bluemoon on May 01, 2011, 04:43:48 PM: I have had whitetail from SE and NE Washington. Mulies from the sand dunes, waterville and the Glacier Peak Wilderness. But, IMO nothing is better then a SW Washington Blacktail...Very mild and succulent.

I have always been fortunate to have one shot kills on relaxed animals. No endorphins pumping in there bodies. With the Blacktail they are Gutted and hung within 1/2 hour. I let cool down overnight and cut and wrap the next day...
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 01, 2011, 04:54:56 PM: Fallow :drool: Best eating deer :drool: Next is our acorn fed bench legs :drool:
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Post by: turkey slayer on May 01, 2011, 05:05:48 PM: Waterville plateau wheat fed mule deer. Mothing like shooting a 4 year old that yo can cut with your fork :EAT:
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Post by: gasman on May 01, 2011, 05:09:34 PM: Apple fed Muley's
Grain fed WT
Blacktail made in to peperoni or jerkey.
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Post by: calawahsteelie on May 01, 2011, 09:44:39 PM: 1-Early season Blacktail
2-Clearwater Whitetail
3-Mulie
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Post by: ORCA_SIX on May 01, 2011, 09:48:40 PM: SW Blacktail
Muley
Would love to try Fallow or Sprocket.
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Post by: p-ohana on May 01, 2011, 09:52:38 PM: Axis deer, everyone I've eaten was been has been outstanding and never gamey.
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Post by: DoubleJ on May 01, 2011, 09:57:57 PM: The one I have on my plate at the time
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on May 01, 2011, 10:17:41 PM: 1. Blacktail
2. WT
3 Muley
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Post by: wsucowboy on May 01, 2011, 11:03:04 PM: Quote from: gasman on May 01, 2011, 05:09:34 PM
Apple fed Muley's
Grain fed WT
Blacktail made in to peperoni or jerkey.
:yeah: :drool:
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Post by: PolarBear on May 01, 2011, 11:05:25 PM: Wt, BT then Muleys last.
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Post by: grundy53 on May 02, 2011, 06:49:51 AM: Quote from: PolarBear on May 01, 2011, 11:05:25 PM
Wt, BT then Muleys last.
:yeah:
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Post by: sakoshooter on May 02, 2011, 09:34:27 AM: They all taste good as long as they're not shot during the rut or soon after.
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Post by: PolarBear on May 02, 2011, 09:47:33 AM: And if they are taken care of properly. There is nothing that tastes worse than a buck that has been riding around in the back of a truck all day with the hide on in 70 degree weather. :puke:
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Post by: grundy53 on May 02, 2011, 10:06:18 AM: Quote from: PolarBear on May 02, 2011, 09:47:33 AM
And if they are taken care of properly. There is nothing that tastes worse than a buck that has been riding around in the back of a truck all day with the hide on in 70 degree weather. :puke:

Yeah no kidding. I really don't get why people do that. That is probably the number one reason a lot of people don't like the taste of wild game.
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Post by: wsucowboy on May 02, 2011, 10:18:15 AM: Quote from: PolarBear on May 02, 2011, 09:47:33 AM
And if they are taken care of properly. There is nothing that tastes worse than a buck that has been riding around in the back of a truck all day with the hide on in 70 degree weather. :puke:
:yeah:
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Post by: bearpaw on May 02, 2011, 10:21:54 AM: dead :chuckle:
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Post by: jason4429 on May 02, 2011, 10:23:30 AM: I've never tasted a bad deer.I do all the processing my self and i won't add any other meat to it.If i wanted it to taste like pork or beef .I would just eat pork or beef.
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Post by: PlateauNDN on May 02, 2011, 10:36:35 AM: The one in my freezer next to the vegetables waiting to be cooked! :drool:
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Post by: zackmioli on May 02, 2011, 11:57:28 AM: grain fed whitetails are hard to beat imo.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on May 02, 2011, 12:10:41 PM: Alfalfa-fed mule deer are pretty darn tasty.
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Post by: C-Money on May 02, 2011, 12:52:19 PM: Its hard to beat a clover/corn feed Pennsylvania whitetail. I have shot and ate quite a few of those PA deer. I guess they are still my favorite, but the Whitetail and Muleys in Oregon/Washington eat about the same to me!
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Post by: Gobble on May 02, 2011, 03:49:07 PM: Whitetail
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Post by: longknife on May 02, 2011, 04:09:49 PM: I LOVE me some Mule deer! Dont know if its the high protien grass, from the elevation?
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on May 02, 2011, 04:22:24 PM: Corn and Soy Bean fed whitetails from my place in Missouri. Nothing better.
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Post by: PolarBear on May 03, 2011, 01:52:46 AM: I wonder how corn and soy bean fed blacktails would taste. I have some grain corn and soy bean seeds to plant for the local critters this spring.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on May 03, 2011, 02:02:53 AM: -I like Mule Deer!
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Post by: ML_Hunter on May 03, 2011, 02:51:18 AM: Never had the chance to chew on muleys although a muley hunt is on the top of my list for a "dream hunt". Between whitetail and black tail, i'd go with the black tail for the most part...although that farm crop white tail doe my cousin took last year was one tasty critter!
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 03, 2011, 05:24:41 AM: Whichever one I have cut up.
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Post by: MIKEXRAY on May 03, 2011, 08:50:42 AM: My 2008 mule deer was our best tasting deer to date, I've had whitetail & blacktail but the mule deer was the best. I attributed it to my best meat care so far, never really thought about different species tasting different. I had shot him when he was calm with my bow & he bled out in about 15 seconds, I had him quartered , down the mountain & on ice cooling in 2 hours. Tasted great ! We actually fed hamburger to lots of family & friends & no one ever knew the difference. First time for that. I shot him up in the Bumping , maybe he ate better all spring down low ? Out of meat now & need another this year. Mike
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Post by: dirty24d on May 03, 2011, 08:59:07 AM: Quote from: MIKEXRAY on May 03, 2011, 08:50:42 AM
My 2008 mule deer was our best tasting deer to date, I've had whitetail & blacktail but the mule deer was the best. I attributed it to my best meat care so far, never really thought about different species tasting different. I had shot him when he was calm with my bow & he bled out in about 15 seconds, I had him quartered , down the mountain & on ice cooling in 2 hours. Tasted great ! We actually fed hamburger to lots of family & friends & no one ever knew the difference. First time for that. I shot him up in the Bumping , maybe he ate better all spring down low ? Out of meat now & need another this year. Mike

Mike your right on, my blacktail this year was ridiculously good, i attribute it to the fact that he was grazing for awhile pretty much pressure free, and I thwacked him with a double lung and heart shot. from arrow impact he was down and out in less than 2-3 minutes ran about 25 feet. Had him gutted within a half hour, hanging skin off in 1.5 hours and at the butcher the next morning.

I'm out of meat now though so its time!!!!
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Post by: willapawapiti on May 03, 2011, 09:03:21 AM: Most years I would put Whitetail at the top, but this year's SW Wa. blacktail is the best ever!
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Post by: Caseyd on May 03, 2011, 10:03:40 AM: Whitetail or Mule Deer......

As long as they are grain fed.
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Post by: boneaddict on May 03, 2011, 10:05:29 AM: I think they spell it differently.
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Post by: PolarBear on May 03, 2011, 10:19:19 AM: Drop an e and add an a? :chuckle:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 03, 2011, 10:46:26 AM: Thats why I have always loved bow hunting .. early season deer are awesome ..does not matter which one neither .... as long as its a quick kill not one gut shot and chased 3 miles ..... :chuckle:
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Post by: KillBilly on May 03, 2011, 11:03:33 AM: the one in my freezer
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Post by: raevan on May 09, 2011, 04:31:00 PM: I have found that the best tasting are the ones that are garden fed, regardless where its from. It never seemed to matter which type of deer it was, if it was eating up our garden during the year, and someone in the family shot it, It has always been the best tasting.

Maybe the satisfaction of getting rid of the pest and the fact that we fed it had something to do with how good it taste.
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Post by: huntnnw on May 09, 2011, 10:29:48 PM: Sept grain fed whiteys
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Post by: Huntbear on May 09, 2011, 11:17:12 PM: Her name is Bambi. :chuckle: :chuckle:

Oh wait., wrong thread... sorry ..
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on May 10, 2011, 11:53:13 AM: Any age blacktail for me will do the trick... High country mule deer.... Wt is jerky, burger, sausage, ect.... As long as it's mixed with something....
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Post by: RAMSFAN on May 10, 2011, 01:17:45 PM: Waterville (area) wheat fed deer......goooood grubbin'!