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Oh, something else. I’ve always HEARD venison fat is a no-no in any otherwise meat dish. Seeings how I’ve become progressively more skeptical of this source of information I put that common knowledge to the test.

I shot the biggest bodied deer I’ve ever taken during muzzleloader season this year. 210 lbs. and fat. So while shootemette and I were processing I cut some small pieces of the ham with some very pretty white fat and dropped it unspiced in the frying pan. Meat was just fine so I tried the fat. No problem. No worse than a bite of beef fat. Was going to save the fat for grind but shootemette vetoed the idea. But next year if there’s plenty of acorns again I’ll do a couple pounds at least.