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Message: <blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1221922" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Not necessarily. Sometimes, during the rut (mating season) if there is a lot of competition between bucks for available does, the bucks will stop eating for a period of time and that... combined with their higher activity levels and increased amount of adrenaline and hormones in their bodies...will cause their meat to be a bit tougher and "gamier" tasting. In my area the rut is on, but there are always plenty of does available and food is plentiful so I have never had this problem with any bucks that I have shot. Another cause of "tough" meat is an animal that is gut shot or otherwise hit poorly and which runs for a long distance before dying. Running causes lactic acid to build up in muscles; if a wounded deer dies in an exhausted state its meat will have more lactic acid in it than one that was killed quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>