I' m no expert compared to everyone else here, but from our own personal experience we have found that soaking steaks in vinegar and salt water for a few minutes helps with the gamey taste. You can also cook the meat with onions and that helps too. Don' t panick if you puncture the stomach while gutting either. The first deer that I gutted I accidentally ruptured the stomach with my knife and I worried about having ruined the deer meat all the way home. We washed the cavity out as soon as we got home about an hour later and dried it with paper towels. None of the meat had a bad taste. However, I don' t think I will ever, ever forget the horrible smell and the psshhh sound from the stomach! Yuck!!