Axis meat question

[tbeak]

I havent had axis meat in a very long time (~15 years) and i really cant remember what it tastes like. everyone says its very good. i am going on a hunt here in the next couple weeks and was wondering what to do with the meat. do yall treat it like any other normal deer, have sausage and hamburger made? i'm going to keep the backstraps and stuff but was wondering about the rest.

[david8017]

i wouldnt make sausage w/ any of it myself. cut as much as you can into steaks, then stew meat, and the rest (scraps...etc) into hamburger.

[avidhunter75]

I don't think you can go wrong with anything you decide to have done with the meat

[clintb]

I do mine like regular deer meat. Has a sweeter taste than deer to me

[Phi Phi Hunter]

it's the Ribeye of venison!

[Free2Hunt]

I agree with above, cut what you want for steaks, then just grind the rest. I did Axis burgers last week and we are doing Axis speghetti this week. Makes a great meal anyway you cook it.

[Bowtechlady]

I havent had axis meat in a very long time (~15 years) and i really cant remember what it tastes like. everyone says its very good. i am going on a hunt here in the next couple weeks and was wondering what to do with the meat. do yall treat it like any other normal deer, have sausage and hamburger made? i'm going to keep the backstraps and stuff but was wondering about the rest.

Steak as much out as possible and ground meat with the rest

[Aggiehuntress]

Axis has a flavor closer to beef than whitetail. we cut multiple steaks, roast and stew meat from them then hamburger the rest. Even the old rutting bucks taste good!

[tbeak]

what do you cut the steaks out of? the backstrap? or is this something that needs to go to a butcher?

[Shane]

Steak as much out as possible and ground meat with the rest

This.

[Blue Tick]

I steak the backstrap or leave it whole. I usually make hamburger of the rest.

[Bonesplitter]

Round steaks, tbones, ribeyes, shoulder steaks, sirloins etc etc, grind whatever cant be cut into steaks!

[BowVista]

I've done everything with Axis that I do with Whitetail. Thick cut backstrap steaks were better than ribeyes, but it was all good. I ground a lot of it into hamburger, and we eat the heck out of it that way as well.

[Bonesplitter]

I've done everything with Axis that I do with Whitetail. Thick cut backstrap steaks were better than ribeyes, but it was all good. I ground a lot of it into hamburger, and we eat the heck out of it that way as well.

Isnt the backstrap part of the ribeye? I split em down the backbone and cut the ribs just below the loin and then cut through the backbone between each rib, bone in ribeye.

[Horitexan]

I debone everything and it's all used as steaks or roasts or stew meat except for trim scraps and neck meat I have made into hamburger. Pretty cheap when you DIY everything except grinding those scraps. Turning much axis into hamburger is sacrilege unless you have an abundance of axis to hunt.


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