ORIGINAL: vabyrd
No hormones, free range, organic, lean, and cheap. What more could you want? Too often people say it tastes gamey. Doesnt chocolate taste chocolatey? Proper processing makes for better meat. I don't like anyone messing with mine except me. One thing I like to do is soak it in a kosher salt solution before cooking. That helps pull the blood out, which gets rid of some of the iron (blood) taste that people refer to a gamey...
I would agree with everything you said, except for CHEAP. The amount of time and money I invest on a yearly basis (Hunting Lease, Insurance, foodplotting, land improvements and up-keep, gas to lease, minerals and supplemental feeding, feeder and game camera batteries, etc.) makes it very expensive. Some years I don't even actually harvest a deer.
Would I change any of it? HECK NO!!!
Great idea about soaking the meat in a salt/water solution. This is the way my wife prepares everything except the veniburgers. It really does help with drawing the blood out. Less blood = less gamey.
Eat all the deer meat you can. It is healthy and as someone esle stated Doctor Recommended. Venison is the only red meat my dad eats, with exception to the occassional ribeye, due to health issues with his heart. Doctor said it was the best red meat due to it being so lean. Not having all of the artificial stuff in it has to be a lot better for you as well.