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> As someone who loves fully rare steak
I have no doubt such people exist, it's just that having tried it, it doesn't feel like meat -- it feels like play-doh.
I don't want to eat play-doh.

> Gamey is a term to describe wild meat
My understanding of the cause of "gamey" tastes is exactly because of rot.
The carcass begins decomposing as a result of two things:
The cooling system stops,
and the circulation of fresh oxygen also stops.
From the time the animal is down, until you've fully field-dressed it, could be anywhere from minutes to hours, and the quicker you cool the meat down, the less gamey it tastes.
Muscle tissue is not significantly different for being a wild animal; any ungulate will taste approximately the same for a given harvesting method.

> carnivore and omnivore are classifications of animal.
I have a college degree in biology; I know what those words, used in an academic setting mean.
People don't use them that way. Usually when I hear "carnivore" it's a vegan using it as a pejorative against those who disagree with their personal choices being forced violently upon the rest of the populace. Or alternately, in a "stuck a feather in his cap & called it bling*" manner, a self espoused meat-eating-human who wants to tell the world "I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to choose vegetarianism"
A long time ago, during my rebellious teen years I decided I preferred the satisfaction of eating meat. So I assumed I didn't like any vegetables because I didn't like the ones I tended to find on my plate in front of me. But that was a shallow take on the whole concept of nutrition, and I backed off, calling myself an omnivore -- "I eat everything good, which means not green beans, nor spinach, no cucumbers, nor..."

Anyway, cut to the present again and if you cook "gamey" meat it will kill the pathogens causing the decay -- but not destroy any toxins pooped out by the bacteria that had time to set up shop there.
I've tasted gamey beef hamburgers so you can't say it's the animal that causes that.

* the term "macaroni" it was once explained in one of the time times I attended public grade school classes, was a slang term for decorations meant to make the outfit look "fancy"
Like how we would say 'bling' now, though that doesn't rhyme.

I'm supposed to do hosuework in the sunshine, and also I forgot what I was talking about, so I'm going to post & run now.