HA! Actually, I 'wet aged' my venison. I had a processor who did the butchering of almost all of my deer meat, but I aged the back strap and a couple other cuts. Spices in a bourbon and cream mixture goes a tremendous way to tenderizing the meat to succulent proportions!
@jack-dodds That was 1988. I can't believe I was that young - 41. Myself and four other men leased that property in Goldthwaite, TX. 3600 acres. The owner has oil wells on it, ran cattle and angora goats that were sheered each year and 50 acres of 'papershell' pecan trees that he harvested. With all that and our annual lease fees, he made a pretty substantial living.
We made it into a deer reserve with the help and oversight of the Texas Wildlife Management Program. We raised a lot of whitetail animals.