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Anybody ever shoot one and eat it?

Hows the meat?

The wheels are spinning

How did critters from the last trip eat?

Superb!

Good eating. They're called Damwild in Germany.

Thanx! Is it similar to any other venisons?

When are you going to whack a Fallow?

Maybe this winter....wanna go?

TX?

Yeah...there will be pigs involved....

Yep, still venny. Little different, but still venny.
Same goes with Reh/Roe.

Pork is good!

Well, I always thought a Fallow European Mount on a Black Forest Type plaque was skookum, and I found a place that has some nice ones at times at a good price.
The idea is to hunt pigs and if a fallow shows up......

Sounds like a good plan. Those pigs eat good.

Tom,

My experience with fallow deer isn't vast but has taken place in the Czech Republic and New Zealand, as well as a couple places in the U.S., one of them Texas. The big stags aren't very good to eat, but the females are great and the young males quite palatable.

Oh poob???

On my Auntie's Texas Ranch;



But for some reason m cousin is enamoured (is that the right word??) with the things and doesn't want them shot! Go figure!!! Oh well. I have my fun on the place! Don't matter to me.

The grand-kids and I have harvested more than a few off of a lease that my brother had over around Camp Wood. Didn't take any big bucks, but the does were just as palatable as the whitetails--but not as good as the axis deer.

Took quite a few Fallow deer when I lived in Sweden. Dovhjort in Swedish. They are a lot of fun to hunt. The meat quality is excellent! I prefer it to most NA deer species, save for a good cut of elk.

Not terribly hard to kill but I would take your "Big Gun"

Here is one of my better bucks from Sweden and a mount that I know you like

Sweet!


Thanks for all the responses!


My 'big gun'....Hmmmmmmmm.....

I thought they looked about perfect for the .223AI.....

The Fallow deer bucks we have here are a little heavier than most Axis, the same age. your big gun will work fine. our Fallow, are very timid and are a little tougher hunt than Axis, as far as eating goes Fallow, are not in the same league as Axis. Rio7

Is the 223AI even big enough for deer? Jeez Man, use enough gun!

On more than a few occasions, I chased moose with a single shot rifle in 6.5x55 or fallow deer and roebucks with a .222. So all things being equal... I guess it could work in a pinch

I forgot to mention that Mule Deer reminded me of a really important point. These deer supposedly go sour during the rut; almost inedible. The Swedes actually shut the season down for harvesting bucks for almost the entire breeding period.

Heard that from a member in Germany...rutting buck is no bueno!


Rio: The few fallow I have seen in Texas were dumb as chalk...and I can't say that about even a retarded Axis


Glad to hear about the meat during the rut...cause thats when I was thinking of going.....doh!

My one fallow came from Argentina. One of the tougher critters I have hunted. I hunted 4 days before even putting a round in the chamber, and I wasn't being picky. They were pretty spooky, so I suspect the ones you've seen in TX weren't hunted all that hard.

Mine wasn't huge, but was pretty average and tasted just fine (to me at least).

Shot and eaten a stack of them. As mentioned above rutting bucks can be untastey but spikers and does are good gear if treated right.
I've only sampled axis, red, sambar and fallow meat. I will agree with the guys above that Axis is pretty hard to beat but I think the best back strap steaks that I've had are from about a two year old sambar hind in good condition.
A couple of guys replied in my thread in the Aussie forum that fallow are close to whitetail in taste.
Fallow in my experience can be very switched on and hard to stalk in country where they're chased a bit. Rattling them in the rut works a treat. Have had them near run me over!

Iv taken a mid sized buck and a doe, they were both very good eating! never got to try axis but hope too one day!

This is all good to know. Thanks for the replies guys! Yes, the ones Ive seen were hardly hunted at all. I would suspect fallow would taste close to whitetail, which is nothing to sneeze at
Axis is indeed the best IMHO

I was thinking about a fallow hunt later and I will avoid their rut!

I can't fathom shooting Fallow when Axis are available.

Don't start talking sensible to me....

Poobah, the people who have eaten it say that it's not quite as gamey as other deer. powdr