Dave Smith > writes:

> On 2021-05-03 8:08 p.m., Daniel wrote:
>> A friend of mine gifted a bunch of axis deer backstrap as well as a load
>> of other really good meat. Creme de la creme as they say. I've never had
>> deer much less axis deer that he hunted in hawaii.
>>
>> I was told that it's easy to overcook and that it comes out pasty if
>> overdone. So, with that in mind, anyone with experience with wild game
>> meat have tips for me to prevent this mishap?
>>
>> I would not want to mess this up regardless, but it gives alot more weight
>> for me personally that he's dying of cancer. He was making room in his
>> game freezers for a few elk that he killed last season.
>>
>> I've had the meat now for about a month but it seems high time to pull
>> some out to grill.
>>
>
> He killed the elk last season and he is just making room for them in
> the freezer now? I think I would pass on the free meat.
>

Now, maybe it was two months ago. Time flies. They were hunted up in
Montana. The kills are kept there and stored in freezers until the end
of the season. Then the butcher operation cuts and quarters the meat to
put in vacuum packed bags and frozen. At the end of the season, they are
packed in freezer trucks and driven to the hunters to be delivered. The
driver starts along the west coast and delivers on the route down. They
work east.

I've had Elk at his house for BBQ. Delicious.

I grilled the backstrap last night with a rub I usually put on steak. I
will never forget the experience. What tasty meat that was.

He also gave me duck from last season. I don't mind food that's been
frozen for months. I eat it all the time. But, maybe I'm not as fancy as
you.

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Daniel
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