Tasty Roe Buck in Rut?

[BigFish]

Hi,

Just wanted opinions of butchering a Roe Buck from the Rutting time.
Is the meat better / nicer if the rut is avoided or does is not make any difference to the meat?

Also as a side question.. Jamie Oliver seems to rate deer meat as follows but didn't include Roe.
Where would you put Roe on the tasty scale? (Fallow being the tastiest in his opinion)

1. Fallow
2. Sika
3. (Farmed) Red
4. Muntjac

 

[takbok]

Roe is up there with the best IMO. Never noticed much difference in the venison from rutting bucks.

 

[FISH BOY]

I harvested a couple of roe bucks last year and they tasted great to me.

Personally I prefer muntie then roe then fallow in the order of species I often cook.

 

[VSS]

Personally I prefer muntie then roe then fallow

Me too!

 

[AGR]

Shot my first CWD last week. Very tasty, possibly the best!

 

[stubear]

Roe is up there with the best IMO. Never noticed much difference in the venison from rutting bucks.

I agree with takbok - never noticed much difference in them between rutting time and out of the rut to be honest. Same with munties as well, they seem to be flipping delish all year round.

Now fallow and red deer on the other hand... -___-

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

SEND ME A MUNTIE AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW AS I,VE ONLY EVER HAD ROE BUCKS DOES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME. sorry about the caps lock.

 

[wytonpjs]

I'd put Roe as -1, ie first, then muntie

 

[Kjf]

SEND ME A MUNTIE AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW AS I,VE ONLY EVER HAD ROE BUCKS DOES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME. sorry about the caps lock.

CWD
Muntjac
Roe
Fallow
Red
Not grassed Sika yet...................


Im after munty at the end of March,

If I get 2 or 3 ( I usually do) I'll give you one if you want to pick it up mate,

I gave Hendrix rifle one last year,

He loved it

Mmmmmmmmmmuntjac, luverly

Kjf

 

[kennyc]

Sika, then all the others in no particular order

 

[Keith Edmunds]

I think a lot of it is down to the age of the deer and the way the meat is handled as much as it is the species. If you are travelling to your stalking ground and your summer roebuck has had a few hours at 25 C or more, it will have a more detrimental impact than the same situation for a winter doe.

That said, I do like roe and probably muntie second

 

[paulbshooting]

+1 on the age of deer and how the meat is handled. Munty is our favourite, then roe, red, fallow. Not had Sika for a while but recall that being great too.

 

[NoIDeer]

They're all good to eat but :-

Muntjac
Roe (Don't really notice a difference during rut)
Fallow
Red
Chinese
Never eaten sika.

The preference for smaller deer venison could be a bit to do with home butchery and logistics, we eat more of them?

The chinese I shot and ate was a little strong but very nice. One of the finest steaks I have eaten was from a red hind loin.
We eat muntjac, at least twice a week.

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

CWD
Muntjac
Roe
Fallow
Red
Not grassed Sika yet...................


Im after munty at the end of March,

If I get 2 or 3 ( I usually do) I'll give you one if you want to pick it up mate,

I gave Hendrix rifle one last year,

He loved it

Mmmmmmmmmmuntjac, luverly

Kjf

yes please keith i could maybe do a swap,cheers pal.

 

[Kjf]

yes please keith i could maybe do a swap,cheers pal.

Ok I'll contact you. I'm okay for a swap mate.

Got roe n red in freezer.

Unless U have any CWD LOL

kjf

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

I have roe only,

 

[dartmoordog]

I strongly believe that the taste and texture of any Venison, can be effected by the way it is butchered and prepared. Does anyone else think the same?

 

[Freeforester]

Dartmoordog you are correct re prep & butchering, imo.

The venison from a mature and actively rutting male deer of any species (Roebuck included) will taste differently ('stronger') than that from a non-rutting animal, you can see, taste and smell the difference if you care to do so; personally speaking, I wouldn't give rutting red stag venison to my dog, much less to another person, as that is the surest way to put someone off eating venison for a long time, and the principal reason why many older people are wary of even trying it, by simple word of mouth from someone else who was unfortunate enough to have done so; if the Continentals want to have them for sausage making or whatever, then by all means let them have them, but don't serve it up to your close friends or family!

That said, Roebuck venison from the rut period is discernably stronger in taste than otherwise, but not to the extent that it is unpalatable.

 

[Freeforester]

A chef who teaches aspiring chef students in Scotland serves them up loin of roe, wild red, and farmed red;

90%+ prefer the roe when they taste them side by side, with the farmed loin coming last almost every time.

Summer red deer stag meat is fantastic, and I've had the most delicious wild fallow loin in the past too, but as a confirmed roe venison eater, a good sika hind takes some beating!

 

[cjs66]

The liver of a rutting roe buck is to be given a miss, it’s rank! No difference in the venison though.