ORIGINAL: BIG DONNIE BRASCO
Thanks everyone... I really hope I did not spark a heated debate. "to each his own"

I have done it twice and you are right, you will undoubtedly have to discard some bashed up meat, but I have yet to have to discard the backstraps

Both times it was young Kansas does, and MAN they were tasty!
Hope everyone gets their deer this year!
BDB
good for you man... at least it got put to good use and not just discarded in a field or in a dump somewhere...gotta love them backstraps!!