Venison Soaked in Salted Ice Water??

[JakeSCH]

My good friend who has pulled off ~100 big game animals a across the US swears by storing this deboned meat in coolers of salted iced water for a few days before packaging / freezing. I have personal had several cuts of meat from him and they tasted great.

He says it pulls out a lot of the blood / gamey flavor and the water needs to be replaced a few times in those days.

Does anyone on SCH do this? I plan on trying it this year but would love to hear some other opinions?

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Yup I do it with a variety of red game meats like elk, mouflon, deer, all the way down to small game like dove and jackrabbit. I keep it in the fridge for a day or 2 and, like you said, change the water out as it draws more blood out.

 

[Kellendv]

I don't brine my deer meat, but I wouldn't tell you that you shouldn't. Personally I like the taste of venison as is. It's easy to do, you could just try it both ways. I've never eaten deer and thought it was "gamey," it just tastes like deer.

 

[ilovesprig]

Venison, I eat right from the butcher.....Ducks & doves get soaked for at least 3 days.

Like I've mentioned before, If you use a Jaccard on your meat it changes the taste and texture.....Way, way better.

 

[NBK]

Nope...be careful with how you manage your animal in the field. Cut out bloodshot meat and cool quickly. That all equals tasty venison.

 

[TRICER]

I wouldn't be opposed to brine some meat in the fridge but when it comes to storing it in coolers for a few days no way for me. Water and meat don't mix you want it cold and dry. Maybe if you were in a place where the weather was a perfect 36 deg for a few days then you can convince but meat in a water cooler sounds like bacteria to me.

 

[Ghost]

different strokes for different folks.
I like aged in the fridge for a week, I like fresh right at the spot of kill. cook it up. I like soaked in brine for other folks, takes the gaminess out, makes it more tender. I like all. LOL Except sprig (Steve) needs to talk about method more I like to hear from chef.

PS: first I need to catch something, it's being a while.

 

[Ghost]

I wouldn't be opposed to brine some meat in the fridge but when it comes to storing it in coolers for a few days no way for me. Water and meat don't mix you want it cold and dry. Maybe if you were in a place where the weather was a perfect 36 deg for a few days then you can convince but meat in a water cooler sounds like bacteria to me.

if it was cool during the day , hang the deer, skin it, let glaze in the cool air. then wrap it with deer bag. let hang for a day. then quarter , stick it in a fridge, 1 -3 days let the meat firm up,easier to cut, then butcher it. use make all the steaks, chops, ribs, stew meet , sausage, roast ect.. LOL

 

[JakeSCH]

Tagged my G13 this morning. I placed my meat
in an iced salt brine, however I am also ordering a jaccard on Amazon. Now I just need to fill my D14 in the next week before the season ends!

 

[Ghost]

Tagged my G13 this morning. I placed my meat
in an iced salt brine, however I am also ordering a jaccard on Amazon. Now I just need to fill my D14 in the next week before the season ends!

Good work. Best of luck on next tag. I an Still working on D16.

 

[JakeSCH]

I ended up striking out in D14. I saw a spike and lots of doe. Check out this D14 2x3 my friend pulled out last Friday! He just walked up on it when moving to another area to hunt late morning! I wish I had that kind of luck.

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[JakeSCH]

However, I was able to practice stalking on all the doe I saw. I climbed high and spotted two doe at 700 yards, watched them bed and closed the distance to about 30 yard. Then kicked them up. That was my highlight when I went out last Saturday.

Have you guys come across hunters who get frustrated and then unload a box of ammo out in the field? I had at least two other hunters within a 1/2 mile of me do this last Saturday. What the heck? it is usually guys around my age too, extremely frustrating.

 

[ilovesprig]

I'd rather be lucky than good.....Good and lucky is even better.........lol

 

[longbowhunter2]

I ended up striking out in D14. I saw a spike and lots of doe. Check out this D14 2x3 my friend pulled out last Friday! He just walked up on it when moving to another area to hunt late morning! I wish I had that kind of luck.

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man that is a nice buck your friend got.. yep sometimes I think it's mostly luck and time in.

 

[JakeSCH]

man that is a nice buck your friend got.. yep sometimes I think it's mostly luck and time in.

He got an even bigger one last year, same spot. Walked up on him from behind. I was suppose to be hunting in the spot he got that guy the day he got it but my boss asked me to work. It was hard seeing that text!

 

[JakeSCH]

Here is a pick of my brother with this heavy dude from last year. Deer seem bigger in D14 compared to D16.