So you wouldn't eat elk? Those things reek of a barnyard and leave a very distinct odor.

Once I get a whiff I’m pretty much done

Brother in law has clearly never driven through the panhandle beef country or through east Texas chicken country. Or he'd be vegan.

Sausage and hamburger mixed 50/50 with beef is very good. Even the backstrap tenderized and fried like deer meat isn't bad but the few I've eaten have been processed quickly after killing.

Ground aoudad tastes as close to beef as any game meat ever. I smoke the half grown ones and make chopped bbq out of them. I have fooled MANY bbq aficionados with it.

That said, aoudad is without any doubt the toughest meat on the planet. If you don’t grind it you better cook it a really long time.

I stand by my suspicion that meat processors talk aoudad down so they can get the meat for free from ignorant “believe everything idiots say” hunters. Mainly because they can keep the meat, but also because they can mix it with cheap beef burger and sell it as ground ribeye.

I've shot them and ate them. Makes decent sausage. Field care is everything. Not as good as deer or elk but edible and in my humble opinion if you are going to shoot it then show respect for the animal by not wasting it.

It is very tough, the toughest meat I have ever had. However, it tastes great. Grind the entire thing and you will not be disapointed..

I have had aoudad sausage and back straps and they are not bad at all.

I always enjoy reading these threads on eating aoudad. The best palatable aoudad I've eaten was a young ewe that came off a ranch we protein feed heavily and I had about 18 beers first. Every thing I've tried from far west Texas was yuck.

Exactly.

It ain’t what they eat out there. My first one came from my ranch off Dolan Creek road with nothing but range brush in its diet. Beef hamburger is the best way to describe it.

Currently I can eat any game meat I choose from my own ranches. We eat eland, pere david, aoudad, bison and wild pig. Eland and pere david are the best of all. But aoudad beats even axis.

was the axis bloated on the side of the road for a week before eating it maybe?

Uhhh, no. Axis is the best “deer” meat. But most people think of beef when benchmarking red meat taste. And ground aoudad is muuuch closer to beef than axis. You just can’t eat an aoudad steak.

Beef is not my benchmark. Good game meat is better than beef to me. I would rather have deer/moose/elk/sheep backstrap than beef loin. IMO what many call a “gamey” taste in wild meat is just the flavor of real meat instead of the sterile, flavorless beef you get in the grocery store.

I don’t really see how meat that has to be ground into hamburger to be palatable can be said to be better than meat that does not. But, whatever.

I've culled probably 100 aoudad, and have never found a way to fix it that I thought was half way decent.

I've also gotten to eat most every African antelope except eland, which is supposed to be the best over there. I find Axis to be the best tasting game meat I've ever had the chance to eat, including gemsbok, springbok, elk, and moose.

Last few years I've had whitetail, axis, blackbuck & mule deer. I thought axis tasted about as good as whitetail and blackbuck. All were great. The mule deer was a little more flavorful but he was old as dirt. I'm blessed with a wife that actually likes game meat. She liked everything I bought home. it's been 20 years since I ate nilgai but I remember it being one of the best.

The better tasting Aoudad I have eaten have been ones that have had access to a lot of protein and alfalfa that we feed. This I know in my experience as
a fact. You may have had your own experiences but these are mine.

As I said, my first aoudads were from within a few miles of where your hunters kill many of theirs. No protein or alfalfa. My aoudads here in mountain home have no supplemental feed either. The only thing I haven’t had is an aoudad that has been on supplemental feed. Man, I guess I’d really like them if I had lol.

Take Aoudad back strap, wrap in foil with a piece of green Mesquite. Cook for 2 1/5 hrs on BBQ. Take off, unwrap it, eat the green Mesquite and throw the Aoudad away

as with any wild game, some have stronger flavors that don't suit everyone's palette. I have never tried Auodad, but I suspect it would be similar to barbado??? We used to do large organization BBQs and several we would kill a couple of spanish goats and a couple barbado to put on the pits next to brisket, chicken, pork & sausage. It was all fine table fair IMO but definitely different flavors that some people didn't care for but with the variety we served, everyone could find something they liked. Personally, I have yet to find a way to eat a rocky mountain mule deer as the flavor to me tastes like a gut shot rutted up white tail smells, maybe something in their diet, but I can't even stand the smell of it cooking. I don't know if the TX desert mule deer are similar?

I shot my own, skinned my own and aged my own....never touched water and aged 10 days in my garage fridge. It tasted fantastic. Any animal tastes bad when not taken care of properly.

After reading these replies, I don't what I did wrong.
I shot one years ago, had it processed and it was the BEST wild game I ever had.
Wife, kids and myself preferred to venison any time.
Easy to tell the difference when we opened a package that we couldn't read because the aoudad was SOO red in color.
Wish I had some now.

My experience as well.

There are some people out there that prefer a sirloin or chop steak to Ribeye.....just the way it is.



I think if you had a panel of judges though, aoudad wouldn't be on the top of the list compared to Axis, Nilgai, Oryx, Etc.


A lot of people don't care for Lamb or Cabrito but I love it and prefer it to a lot of other meats so I get what your saying.



I have eaten Aoudad on Several occasions but I think having it prepared by a actual chef would be a bit different and may be more enjoyable

I ate a groundhog once or part of it. Pretty greasy. Aoudad and pigs at my lease go to the pig dump for the coyotes and occasional bald eagle. Last time I hauled a big sow there I was listening to sat radio and about 30 seconds from the dump "Little Piggies" by the Beatles started to play.