My main goal for deer hunting each year is to fill the freezer with enough meat to last my family until the following deer season. I have heard the term "Gamey" used many times but don't actually understand what is meant by it. Like someone posted earlier, deer meat tastes like deer meat and smells like deer meat when cooked. If you are expecting it to taste/smell like beef you will be disappointed 100% of the time. My children have been raised on venison so in the rare occasion we run out of it and I have to substitute with beef they think it tastes weird. lol