I have never used a merinade of any kind on any meat. I like meat to taste like meat. I either Roast it or chicken fry it or can it. Just like beef. I never shoot anything for meat except does of any species. I have the meat cut and on ice within eight hours of the kill. Mule deer, whitetail, elk and black bear. I like it all. I have eaten some very good moose but also moose can be the rankest stuff on the planet. I had one old bull that my dogs wouldn't even eat. All of our deer are grain fed farm country deer that feed 95 percent on grain and alfalfa.