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The flesh of a game animal used as food.

Game meat, deer

The flesh of the deer.

Venison is deer meat. Because it is lean, venison needs moist heat when cooking to keep it tender.

Deer Meat. The term Venison covers the meat from any laege game animal such as antelope, caribou, elk, deer, moose, and reindeer. Venison is probably the most popular large game meat eaten today. The term comes from the latin" venatio" to hunt.

Venison is the modern term for the meat of deer, elk, red deer, moose, caribou, and pronghorn. Venison may be eaten as steaks, roasts, sausages and ground meat. Organ meats are sometimes eaten, but would not be called venison; rather, they are called humble, as in the phrase "humble pie."