If it tastes urine soaked, someone isn’t cleaning the deer properly, and getting the crap in the guts and/or bladder into the meat.
You can also use deer meet and mix it with beef for things like hamburger or chili, or pork for sausages. Deer is a lot leaner than domesticated animals so the added fat from beef or pork usually makes it taste better.
Entirely relevant. He was spotlighting illegally, next to a camping area, he shined the spotlight on the woman, it reflected in her eyes, he thought she was a deer, he failed to identify his target, he shot her, she died. He was found guilty in a court of law: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/4607426/Hunter-sentenced-over-death
Yeah, I was being facetious, it’s more like the anal gland secretions ;~) I’ve had it prepared dozens of ways by people who swear they know how to cook it and… nope. To be fair, I barely like red meat aside from burgers.