True, the Bambi syndrome.

People here are not as familiar with deer here. Most people have never seen one in the wild. Venison is a rare and exotic meat. The only venison I usually see in supermarkets is venison mincemeat. Some fillets but rarely. Roo meat through Metromeats is a lot more common. Mince, fillets, hamburgers, rissoles etc.

I use the minced roo or venison to make my version of mince vindaloo.

Deer in the media is regarded a pest animal to be exterminated, feral, damaging to the environment. Funny roos aren't seen in the same damaging manner. So I think the Bambi syndrome is less prevalent here in Australia. Vegetarianism, fruitcake veganism and of course meat destroying the planet through "climate change" and other agenda driven propaganda, are more issues among sheople brained idiots against meat in general.

But I know many people over cook venison and game meats. Low in fat it should not be cooked well done, and if so,cooked to keep juices intact. People burning a badly cut slab of venison on the bbq have a tough dry piece of meat. Game meats, roo, venison of course being lower in fat. Medium rare or rare, seared, maybe finished in an low or medium oven, keeps it tender and juicy.

Simply astounding if some people no longer even know the source of meat. Soon the digital "smart" phone will do all their thinking for them.

Pity that hog couldn't be made into casserole chunks or minced. But it's not like I haven't wasted the majority of feral pigs I've shot in Australia.

I've always wanted to harvest a Kangaroo Island wild pig for meat. When I hunted them, the farmer asked to have it if I shot one and didn't want it. The weather was the coldest wettest for the year and the pigscstayed bedded down when I was there. So I didn't get any. A dog to push them out if the very thick low scrub would have been useful. I could hear them moving in there, but it was like a low solid hedge with pig tunnels.

KI pigs have been wild for over 200 years. Released by whalers and sealers as castaway food sources. The KINpigs have assumed some boarlike features.

I don't know how many if any survived the huge KI bushfires a few years ago. Devastated the Western two thirds of the island. Hundreds of KMs away including the sea in between I had smoky skies from those bushfires and even a light film of ash falling down.

While officially a "pest" I hope some KI feral pigs survived.