I prefer mule deer to white tails but doubt I could tell the difference in a side by side taste test.
Old dry does and cows eat the best, but I hate to take the lead out of the group.
I have never thought I could taste the sage from animals taken that were feeding on it.
I think antelope have more flavor, but just natural and not due to feed.
The yearling animals do not have enough flavor to match older ones.
Properly taken care of meat is way better than meat mishandled and prepped.
Tim

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein

At Khe Sanh a sign read "For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never knew".