first and foremost congrats on a great deer!! thats a fine lookin specimen!
if you dont like the gamey taste - eat beef from safeway - my dad makes me eat the heart of every animal i kill (we're cherokee and blackfoot)...if you cant do that...lay down your weapon...just my opinion (you take...
nice rifle! i have a howa .308...(in comparison the same thing as yours, supposedly) and theyre awesome, you definitely wont regret it.
if you go to the southern maryland thread and go the "mondays off" thread youll see what mine was made into...and yes..you can shoot them 500 yds...its fun