Oh I wasn't poking fun at the sizes if deer anywhere,just pointing out that diet has a lot to do with size. Male white tail in north western Ohio are between 130 and 300 lbs on the hoof.I suppose a big muley would go 300,mine did.If it were not a none typical,it would have made Boone and Crocket.
My cousin got a 3 or 4 year old , in '64 that did make Boone and Crocket from the same area .At that time it was the secord largest buck ever taken in the Vail area.We figured mine was about 7 years old,silver timber buck,past his prime.
I've hunted in Colorado,PA,West Va and Ohio. The Pa deer and West Va white tails were rather small,no antlers to speak of.The Ohio and Col deer were the largest .I had pictures of over 40 does in a group in Col just prior to a storm rolling in.The deer were smarter than us,we awoke up to 8 inchs of snow on the ground . I've seen some powerfull snow falls but nothing like the Col rockies.It can go from sunny to a white out in just a few hours.
Now about the gamey taste,some like it I don't.If you make a roast and smother it in tomatoes it takes most of the wild out,also 7-up does something.
If we made summer sausage we would add some beef to the mix .It seems to me the fat from a deer is were the nasty taste is and should be removed.The addition of fairly lean beef along with the deer made some good sausage. Man it took a lot of beer to make that sausage,or so it seemed.
Crazy.
