- According to the George Mateljan Foundation's World's Healthiest Foods website, venison and other wild game has been hunted as food far longer than beef, chicken and pork.
- Venison is high in protein yet low in saturated fat. One 4 oz. venison steak provides 68.5 percent of a person's daily protein requirement and has more iron than beef for less calories and fat.
- Farm-raised venison and elk are more readily available than wild meat because deer meat hunted in the wild cannot be sold commercially.
- If purchasing farm-raised venison or wild elk from a specialty store, choose dark-colored, finely grained young meat for the best flavor. Hunting wild deer and elk is a popular way to obtain the meat as well.
- According to Outdoor Life, elk meat is low in fat and has less cholesterol than other red meats. And unlike farm-raised animals, wild elk have never been fed steroids, growth hormones or antibiotics. Venison is rich with vitamin B12, riboflavin, niacin and vitamin B6, and has approximately 1/3 the calories of beef.
