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Having evolved in my meat-hunting ways, I soon became the hit at many dinner parties, except for a couple when I didn’t get the memo that most folks at the party would be vegetarians.

“This isn’t gamey like venison is supposed to taste. It’s delicious! Can I have more?” I heard that enough times to make me wonder if there was some sort of a conspiracy against wild game. Most game will be delicious if a hunter takes the time in the field and the kitchen to treat the meat with respect it deserves. Some instances, such as taking a big buck during the rut or an old mountain goat, warrant burgering and canning most of an animal due to slight gaminess or toughness. Canning is a great way to turn sixty pounds of smelly meat chock-full of hormones into excellent eating. Canning game you forgot from last season is a good way to maximize taste as well as space in your freezer for fresh meat.

All this writing has me drooling. I think I’m going open a can of venison for breakfast burritos and marinate some steaks for dinner. My girlfriend, a vegetarian for years until she met me, is sighing in disbelief.