MichaelT. You may have misread my post. I didn't say I didn't eat them I said they tasted terrible. I don't shoot anything that we don't eat. I add nothing to my deer meat unless the taste isn't up to par, thats when I add other ingrediants and spices. Thats why I make burger out of buck meat. The reason, in my opinion, they taste so bad is because of the rut. Some people hunt for antlers and some of us hunt for meat. I have never run across anyone who wastes the meat. Giving it away is good if you don't have a taste for it.