Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Every new hunter and venison cooker asks how to make their game meat less gamey. In this video I will share my top six tips based on my own experience in hunting, processing, butchering, and cooking my own venison. Follow these tips, and your wild venison deer meat will be the best you've ever tasted.

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00:00 - Intro
01:39 - Processing
04:21 - Cooling
05:40 - Harvesting
06:23 - Butchering
07:27 - Soaking
08:30 - Cooking
09:55 - Conclusion
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