I think a lot of it has to do with how it is field dressed ,aged and prepared, along with what a person is use to. I usually hunt deer, and antelope. We have both Mulies and Whitetail. I have a friend who thinks Mulies are not edible. I love Mule deer. I hunt as many or more of them than Whitetail. So far this season we have already eaten 2 deer and 1 antelope. The antelope was delicious . It only lasted 4 days . We are a family of 10 so a deer goes pretty quick. I always field dress a deer immediately. Then age it at least a week. If it is hot out, like it has been here, then I age it in a cooler that we bought at a school auction. It is a milk cooler and hold 40 degrees all the time. I can get 2 deer at a time in it. If I freeze the meat then i always de-bone it so as to have a milder taste and not have any bone sour. How it is cooked also makes a big difference. Some people don't seem to be able to cook wild game without making it taste tough . And for some it's all in their head. I've had people tell me that antelope or Mule deer is nasty. I fix some and serve it without them knowing what it is and they talk about how good it is. The I love to watch their face when you tell them what it is. I did that with some snapping turtle soup i made. They loved it til I told them what it was, then I thought they were going to puke. Plus wild game shouldn't taste like corn fattened cow anyway. This concept of it having a wild gamey taste is baloney. It is wild game , that doesn't mean it tastes bad, just tastes different.