What animal has the best tasting venison?

[captainsling]

I have only had Nilgai and Axis besides whitetail, and elk. Both are my favorite. In that order.

[Pineywoods]

Fallow and Axis are about a tie for me...

Edit: Blackbuck beats them all in my opinion

[diamond10x]

Well OP said venison so all antelope species are out. Deer species only. My vote goes to:

1. MULE DEER (from high desert sage eaters to alfalfa fields, they’re all delicious)
2. axis or caribou
3. then every other deer species
4. whitetail, even though I eat whitetail usually 3 days a week.

[wytex]

Certainly not venison, but our wild cow bison were just awesome, moose is my next fav and thankfully we should have some this fall.
Would love to try axis some time, hear how good it is all the time.

A tender, young pronghorn doe is hard to beat though, that or whitetail would at the top of my list.

Frankly, I don't hunt mule deer bucks for their meat but we do eat plenty of it.

[Tony Pic]

I have to say Axis, Elk and Moose. Then Whitetail.
When I open the freezer. I look for meat in that order.

[PondPopper]

Technically Venison is meat from a deer species.. From those Axis hands down.

Species from the antelope and oryx families probably top all venison. Wildebeest is very good too..

[Chad C]

Not picky

[HOOKNBULLET2]

Elk harvested off an Alfalfa farm is by far the best I’ve ever had.

Axis is a distant second.

[Slick8]

Wildebeest
Nilgai
Caribou
Fallow- I've only had doe but they were gooood.
Axis

Killed a red deer cow, not impressed

It's a different flavor but Elk and Wildebeest are 1a and b IMO.

That's the extent of my wild games eating.

One of my favorite food memories is sharing a plate with my better half at the rainbiw lodge in Houston. We had an elk chop and Nilgai tenderloin. Both grilled to perfection. The Nilgai being a tenderloin was a little more tender. The elk had a superior and much more robust flavor. One of the best steaks I've ever eaten. That spans several steak houses in Houston, one in Dallas a few in Chicago and one in NY.

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[AntlerCollector]

Fallow and Axis are about a tie for me...

Edit: Blackbuck beats them all in my opinion

Well you’re disqualified then if you think that goat meat beats Fallow and Axis.

[Aggiehunter08]

Antelope isn’t VENISON gents.

[sharkhunter]

Nilgai is #1 for me, then axis, elk, whitetail/muley

I hear just about everyone say that about Nilgai so it must be true for most. I shot a old bull on the king ranch back in the 80’s and that sucker was almost no eatable he was so tuff. I’d like to go back and get a young cow to try it again.

[AntlerCollector]

Antelope isn’t VENISON gents.

Thank you. That fact has missed a few folks .




I’ve eaten Elk, Axis, Fallow, Nilgai, and whitetails. I’m not really sure which one I like best, but whitetails are last on the list. I’m curious to see if there’s another source of delicious venison I’m missing out on. Keep them coming, and yes I asked about venison, not cows or antelope.

[Dale Moser]

Thank you. That fact has missed a few folks .




I’ve eaten Elk, Axis, Fallow, Nilgai, and whitetails. I’m not really sure which one I like best, but whitetails are last on the list. I’m curious to see if there’s another source of delicious venison I’m missing out on. Keep them coming, and yes I asked about venison, not cows or antelope.

And then you mentioned an antelope.

[dphillips62]

Caribou was the best for me (no never shot one a friend gave me some). followed by Elk
whitetail 3rd last is Mule deer. Never had Moose or Axis