The heart is delicious, and has the taste of any other muscle group. I don't like liver, but the dogs love it, as well as the other "unedible" scraps trimmed away. I freeze them in small packages, and boil the pack contents and allow to cool before serving to the dogs. Its funny watching them go nuts in anticipation wheneever deer scraps are boiling n the stove![QUOTE
TimSr,
I like the heart as well but don't care for the liver either, but it is always retrieved and used to be fed to the dogs as well till I found out a buddy of mine in Cols. likes them. He gets them now and the dogs don't like the idea.
But they do get a lot of the extra trimmings that would normally be thrown away at a commercial processor. Not much goes to waste.
Another big reason I like to gut/field dress, besides retrieving heart and liver for eating, is it gives me a chance to inspect main organs(lungs,liver, heart etc) for discoloration,tumors etc. to help insure I'm going to eat a healthy animal.
Correct me if I'm wrong
TimSr but seems I remember about 7-10yrs ago the ODNR strongly encouraging hunters to inspect main organs for abnormalities?
I do the same with smaller game(rabbits,squirrel) as well.
PS. ...and yes, those tenderloins are surely coming out.