Hog vs deer

[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by ScubaLatt

Would you soak a ribeye or filet mignon in ice water for a week before eating it? NO! Soaking in water turns the meat bland. Properly prepared, deer will not taste wild. Wild hog either. Would you soak your picnic ham or your boston butt for a week in ice water? again, no!

don't have to do that to store bought meat, cause the butcher does it, everything is hung in a cooler before it is processed

on the rare occasion that i kill something(deer or hog) i put it on ice for 7-10 day to bleed it out, we "process" our own, i don't find that it kills the wild flavor, you don't want it to soak in water cause that will change the flavor and make the meat mushy, ice it down with the drain open so that the water will drain