ORIGINAL: rogerstv
Guess you guys would freak knowing I soak my steaks in several salt water baths for a few days to draw the blood out. It really removes the game flavor and doesn't seem totoughen the meat. IMO
The other side of the coin is that maybe I have never had a truly "good/aged" venison steak. I would tend to argue, but I have been wrong a time or two.
One other way to get around the issue is to shoot only deer w/spots!
I really have to question why you would subject that excellent venison to salt water. Illinois Whitetail is some of the best venison known to mankind. There is absolutely no "gamey taste" to corn and soybean fed deer. A very slight irony aftertaste maybe, but definitely not "gamey".