Thanks for the recommendations I ended up cutting it in half and freezing one half. Deep fried it in tempura batter with good ole salt pepper garlic golden brown and finished with a light dusting of Laurie’s seasoning salt. Served it with cocktail sauce and man it was good . My non hunter friend described it as elk heart fried shrimp
Sliced from bottom to top that gives you nice rings, 1/2-3/4 inch thick. Trimming out any vascular bits. Then pan fried with butter, salt, and onions to medium rare, be sure to leave enough pink in the middle so as to not dry it out. It definitely has a different taste and texture but I've come to really enjoy it.