depends on cut of meat.
as for taste .....i prefer the taste....if its gamey to some its gooood to me.
the backstraps (when boned out) are given a light coat of soy and then thrown on a hot grill. 5 minutes a side. ends will be medium and the middle will be rare. im sure factors such as thickness of backstrap, how close to flame, length of cooking time, etc can vary.
I like to have a butcher cut the backstraps/backbone into chops...they will look like lambchops. yummy!
3 minutes a side on grill...good to go.
as we speak my 6 year old(just got off the bus) is scarfing down some crockpot stew made with a couple small roasts from a doe. used the basic mccormick slow cooker powder mix, threw the 2 roasts into the crockpot along with cut up potatos,celery, 1 onion cut up and one bag of petite carrots. 3 hours on high 3 hours on low. I then removed roasts and cut into 1/2" slices and put back into the pot.
yum
Nick