Advice on eating Exotics

[RatherBFishin]

I know all about how good Axis deer are to eat. I have never had any other kind of exotic meat. I have access to property in texas that has Sika, Fallow Buck, Black Buck, Audad Etc... Anyone ever eaten any of these animals and if so was it good?

[Montauk17]

I have ate axis before....to me it taste better than white tail!

[BIG RED 1983]

I had a bud that made jerkey out of black buck before it was good

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Heard the back strap was ok on audad.

[specktator]

We killed a bunch of axis this summer on my uncle's ranch. Everyone was saying how good it would be. Personally, I don't find it any better than whitetail. Never tried any of the others though.

[Duck Butter]

They are all probably very good in gumbo

Choot em all

[Top Dawg]

Black buck are ok. Audad make great sausage. But to cook you can't make it tender. The more u chew da bigger it gets in your mouth

[BIGJ]

IMO black buck has a pretty strong wild taste if cooked in a gravy. I BBQ it and its better but I perfer whitetail. Axis backstrap wrapped with bacon and put on the pit is good but then again what isn't

[saute86]

The back straps on all are good. Its best to age the meat either in a cooler or in an ice chest. Wrap the meat in trash bags and leave the drain open with a brick under the opposite side from the drain. Keep well iced for about a week. Do not let the meat get wet. A meat hammer will tenderize any thing just use plastic wrap to keep the mess down. Also diet coke is a great tenderizer that will also take out the wild taste. I love grilled black buck back strap. Grill it whole and slice thin like flank steak. Also serve medium to medium rare.

[SaltyShaw]

I like me some Black Buck and Axis!!

[speck25]

I like all of the above but, Audad. If any body ever gets the chance to eat a Zebra, don't hesitate, it is very good.

[jimdecoy]

I've taken a couple Sika in the hill country and it's is best eating I've ever had. Season up a sika roast and slow cook on the grill a couple hours loosely warping in foil the last hour so it don't dry out. Better than beef IMO.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

Black buck are ok. Audad make great sausage. But to cook you can't make it tender. The more u chew da bigger it gets in your mouth

Speaketh the truth. Make sausage out of it and you are ok.

[gckid]

axis and black buck are great eating, sika pretty good, fallow has a tallow taste even after aging. Aoudad, you cook in the oven at 550 degrees on a cypress board for 5 hrs, take it out, throw away the meat and eat the board. aoudad sausage, 98% pork and 2% aoudad meat.