Are Sika deer good eating?

Anyone know? We've got sika free ranging our ranch. Guy shot one last weekend and I was wondering if it was something decently edible?

i shot one along time ago...the meat wasn't bad. I don't know if it makes a difference or not, if its a bull thats rutting.

I liked it more than fallow (yuck!) or blackbuck

The importance of good tasting deer meat lies more with the meat preparation then with the specie of deer. Any meat can taste good if cooked correctly. I had sika before and it was better then whitetail.

Yes, they are very good.

I like em', they have very dark meat resembling elk. A little different flavor than whitetail but still very good.

they should taste like elk, being that they are in the same family

taste like chicken

i love it
denser than whitetail, darker for flavor
it is like elk
beats the pants off axis

That's something I'd never thought would be said here. Now I got the itch for one.

sika are tasty

they are very tasty

Mine sure tasted great.

I always tell people to cool the meat as soon as possible.

I think sika are way better than axis too. The one I shot was awesome.

Sika is pretty darn good.

Good to hear, I have one on my list for the first week in December. Someone said that they are better when they are not rutting, but I guess that would not be a problem shooting a doe (cow?).

Would they make a good rug/wall hanging?