a old friend said this the best tasting deer he grew up on were all shot in August before the rutt and before they had sex that year. i ask a Montana butcher who has butchered plenty deer ,elk and domestic animals and he said my old friend was right,the best tasting wild deer and elk that are shot early before the rutt are the best eating. i myself when i do shoot a nasty stinky rutt`in buck i skin the buck,wash the carcass will and hang it in a clean ,cool place for a couple weeks or put the quarters in a large cooler full of ice ,meat always taste better then.
