sbhooper
Well-known member
I shot nothing but mulies for years in Arizona and New Mexico. We always liked them just fine. Since returning to Nebraska, I have shot some mulies and LOTS of white-tails. Rut or otherwise, white-tails taste better than the mule deer. They even smell different when field dressed.
I skin and bone-out deer asap and either freeze them right away, or keep them in a fridge for a few days first. We have never had a deer that was too strong to eat-muley or white-tail.
We live primarily on wild meat and so we do not think about the difference too much. They are all good and this is really just splitting hairs. The bottom line is take good care in the field and at home. Learn to process them yourself, so that you do not have to question whether or not some idiot processor gave you someone else's pile of crap. I thoroughly believe that processors turn lots of people off eating deer, due to their poor handling of product.
I skin and bone-out deer asap and either freeze them right away, or keep them in a fridge for a few days first. We have never had a deer that was too strong to eat-muley or white-tail.
We live primarily on wild meat and so we do not think about the difference too much. They are all good and this is really just splitting hairs. The bottom line is take good care in the field and at home. Learn to process them yourself, so that you do not have to question whether or not some idiot processor gave you someone else's pile of crap. I thoroughly believe that processors turn lots of people off eating deer, due to their poor handling of product.
