What is the best tasting deer species

[scpaul]

Thanks, I had no idea. Could someone show pics, especially trophies. Sorry not trying to hijack thread.

 

[txaggie1]

Thanks, I had no idea. Could someone show pics, especially trophies. Sorry not trying to hijack thread.

33" axis

 

[Lee7588]

I keep hearing about Axis deer. Are all of these from exotic reservations or has there been a wild population gotten a hold in Texas?

We have them here in Florida and they are on private ranches. And a few that have escaped.

 

[scpaul]

Any chance they might migrate to S.C.? I could only wish.

 

[baldhunter]

I keep hearing about Axis deer. Are all of these from exotic reservations or has there been a wild population gotten a hold in Texas?

There are a lot of free ranging axis in the Texas Hill Country that originated from high fenced ranches,many from generations ago.

 

[Rick Richard]

Some folks have mentioned elk. Yes, the meat is absolutely beautiful but every one I have killed (bulls) have tasted good….however very tough and chewy. Still good though.

 

[R.Thompson]

Whitetail is far better than mulie. I think it is the sagebrush diet. ----- The absolute best game meat I have ever tasted was wild woodland bison, which was hunted and shot in NWT, Canada.

 

[TXTrained]

What is the best tasting deer species? I eat mostly whitetail because that is what I am able to hunt the most frequently. But I have had buddies that calm mulies are more gamey. I'm not sure if it is their prep or the deer have a gamey taste. What is y'all's opinions.

For myself I've killed and eaten Whitetail,Black Buck,Elk,Moose Axis and SITKA and the lastwo are my favorite.
But Sitka is Hands down my favorite.The others are not even a close 2nd.

 

[Muddyboots]

Midwest whitetail corn, alfalfa, clover, et al fed, is as good as it gets.

 

[scpaul]

From what I've read ya'll have the biggest in the U.S.

 

[Muddyboots]

Never shot a 200# dressed deer until we moved here. We weigh every deer as part of butchering. When you are standing over one and hoping you can drive truck up to it is when you realize how big they get. Our biggest dressed weight is 247 that my son shot. Crazy when hanging off his garage rafters, still touching floor! Roped up head to get true weight.

 

[RockyMtnMT]

Pronghorn that lives where there is nothing but wheat fields as far as the eye can see it's very much on the top of my list. Pronghorn that lives where sagebrush is prevalent are the very bottom of my list.

I think the best steak I may have ever eaten was from a big old bull cape buffalo tenderloin. Cooked on a fire in a remote camp in South Africa. Unbelievably tender and great flavor.

 

[scpaul]

247 dressed what do you figure he was on the hoof? Here a 200 on the hoof only happens a few times a year

 

[mnshortdraw]

August salmonberry fed Sitka Blacktails from coastal Alaska are the best venison I've ever eaten.