Diet has a lot to do with it for sure! I've eaten a nice young mulie doeI tookin southern Idaho's sagebrush country, and she was tender but tasted bland and kinda, well, like sagebrush. I've eaten a young Northern Idahowhitetail buck I tooknear alfalfa fields, and the meat was very sweet tasting. When it comes to the fry pan, I prefer whitetail over mulie, but will pass on both for an elk steak!