Venison - Whitetail Deer

Orders of $400 or more from our source, Grande Premium Meats, SHIP FREE! These game meats freeze well - See Elk, Venison, Chevron (goat), and Lapin (rabbit). Plymouth pilgrims and Wampanoag natives ate venison at the first Thanksgiving, saying grace over the whitetails that staved off starvation. Pioneers, fur trappers, priests—the quest for New World freedoms, riches, and souls was fueled by the flesh of whitetail deer. And long before these settlers arrived, whitetails formed the very sinew and soul and sustenance of the first Americans. So forget apple pie. There is no food more fundamental to this nation than a haunch of deer. Venison Nutrition Why eat venison? Because venison is low in fat. Because it can be obtained relatively cheaply. Because it is free of the pharmacological stew of growth hormones, antibiotics, and antifungals fed or injected into commercial livestock. Because venison resonates with the current slow-food movement, and locavorism, the hip new mantra of commun