I go hunting every year for firearm season in Illinois. I've tagged a few deer thus far, only one buck, though, and it was a little one. We mostly hunt for the meat, a friend who hunts with us gets hot dogs which are amazing. And then my dad will usually get one of our deer turned almost entirely into slim jims, and then if we get more we have some friends who don't hunt who want the deer themselves.
Also just the past weekend (friday and monday) we took some younger kids squirrel/dove hunting, didn't really see anything but it was still fun nonetheless.
I've only killed six buck as of right now. Deer stew tastes amazing.
I've had some really good deer chili once, didn't taste game-y but not like normal beef chili. And a friend of ours knows possibly one of the best recipes for deer steak that tastes almost as good, if not identical to a decent steak.