Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Food and Entertaining: [header] How to cook venison (deer meat ) [title] Use only venison that has been field-dressed correctly. [step] The longer the meat stays on the deer carcass after the animal was shot, the tougher it becomes. Choose only deer meat that was cut, skinned, wrapped and refrigerated promptly by a professional or an experienced deer butcher.

Ending1: Ensure you supply fresh, clean cut meats. This is why catching the venison by hand is highly desirable and requires a substantial butcher's equipment including one decent small cooking pot and an important roux or stew utensil. Ending2: If you're using venison meat on a tom or elk carcass, cut into sections, each section should be divided. [title] Prepare your venison so it is easy to move it. Ending3: [substeps] Venison should also be aged for a period of 10-14 days after being dressed out. This allows the meat to dry out some, reducing the gaminess and making the meat more palatable. Ending4: [substeps] It is best to preserve meat by washing it with a marinade prior to cooking. This will prevent it from spoiling as it is stored and helps retain the flavor from the meat.

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