RE: Venison-longer in the freezer=less gamey?
I butchered this deer on my own. Took real good care to cut out the silver/blue stuff etc. We were really disappointed with our first tastes of the burger and roasts since I put a lot of effort into it. As gamey as the first meals were, the meals 9 months later were superb. The first roast my wife made in a slow cooker and I no more than walked in the door from work and announced "venison tonite huh". The roast she just made I had finished nearly all of it before she asked how I liked the "beef"...which I thought was fine and she then told me it was venison. I really wish I could figure out what happened. The burger I ground was pure venison, no pork or anything added, no one could even taste a hint of gaminess.