Why are there so many deer, and venison has not become the traditional meat of human beings like pork and beef?

Although in the history of China, deer used to be one of the foods of our ancestors, because people mainly lived by hunting at that time. In addition, in ancient times, the sources of food were actually very few. Coupled with some environmental factors in nature, people's main means is hunting. Deer is the main food source, and then it develops slowly, especially the development of animal husbandry.

Then the question is, why has no one raised deer since the development of animal husbandry? Mainly because deer is actually a very timid animal, easily frightened and running around, so it has high requirements for the environment. The cost will naturally increase, because it is impossible to build a large venue for deer to move, and the deer runs very fast, so it is difficult for ordinary people to catch up and manage.

Secondly, deer's reproductive ability is very poor, and it is easy to inherit diseases, which leads to its poor viability, so it is also very difficult to reproduce. Then there is the food cost of raising deer, because deer is not like other poultry and livestock, such as pigs. Pigs are omnivores. They are basically not picky eaters and eat everything. But unlike deer, deer only eat several kinds of special grasses, which are more expensive, which undoubtedly increases the cost of breeding.

There is also the problem of venison itself, because venison actually tastes bad and is not easy to handle. Why did the ancient people eat meat, mainly because there was no food. He could only choose deer as the hunting animal, because meat would have a strong smell. So it's hard to do. Even if you put a lot of spices in it, it's hard to get rid of that smell. Therefore, it is difficult to form market demand, and naturally no one goes to breed.