[starkd]

But isn't that true of most any game meat?

I've heard that bear meat can be tough and grisly, but I was told it depends on how you butcher it.

[mpsprd]

I've eaten deer, moose and even beaver from hunting and trapping. They will taste amazing if handled well and given early to a butcher.

Old bucks don't taste as good, but younger deer have amazingly tender meat.

[Turing_Machine]

> But isn't that true of most any game meat?

Most so-called "gamey" meat is down to poor handling of the meat. Hogs are an exception... uncastrated males do taste bad to many people.

[coffeebeqn]

I always thought gamey was from high activity of the muscles. Farmed animals certainly don’t run around forests fending for themselves

[b112]

I always thought gamey was from high activity of the muscles

An animal's diet affects its flavour. Eating all manner of random foods, makes partially the gamey flavour.