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Show Deer meat flavor best if proper care is taken Deer meat flavor is best when the hunter properly cares for the animal after the stalk is over. The closer a hunter can come to professional profes-sional packing house methods of meat care, the better the game will taste on the table. Wildlife officers remind out-doorsmen out-doorsmen that failure to cool game properly before transporting trans-porting it, hauling it in places where it can't cool, and Inadequate Inad-equate cleaning of game are three of the major causes of poor flavored meat. In caring ifor deer meat in the field: (1) The animal should be cleaned and dressed dress-ed immediately; (2) All blood and hair should be washed from the carcass before taking tak-ing it home. Water won't hurt the meat if allowed to drain off; (3) Meat should be allow- ed to cool before being transported trans-ported home or to the locker. Hang the deer so air can circulate cir-culate freely around it both in the field and at home. |