We've had an older cow that damned near ate like good beef. Tender and tasty, with minimal gaminess. And we've had them in varying degrees of health that were a bit more gamey.
But they're really not bad at all. I love the stuff.
We prided ourselves in losing no meat, due to the way we handled our moose, even in warmer fall weather. I knew others who were not as thoughtful.
The first time I ate caribou, however, a fairly porous meat that can easily or readily absorb the flavors in the place it's hung (we rarely hang/age any wild game, by the way), someone had hung them in a walk-in veggie storage area (like a concrete root-cellar of sorts), and every steak or roast to be cut from those 3 'bou tasted like a musty, old, walk-in veggie cellar. Nearly caused me to avoid caribou for a LONG time afterward.
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