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 Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/14/09 02:25 PM
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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?
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/14/09 02:51 PM
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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
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/14/09 04:56 PM
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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.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/14/09 05:40 PM
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/15/09 12:28 AM
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I like em', they have very dark meat resembling elk. A little different flavor than whitetail but still very good.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/15/09 01:32 AM
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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
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/16/09 01:26 AM
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/16/09 02:04 AM
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i love it
denser than whitetail, darker for flavor
it is like elk
beats the pants off axis
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/16/09 02:12 AM
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That's something I'd never thought would be said here. Now I got the itch for one.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/16/09 01:03 PM
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i am cancelling my subscription, i am tired of your issues!
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/17/09 02:07 AM
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/17/09 03:03 AM
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11/17/09 11:47 PM
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I always tell people to cool the meat as soon as possible.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/17/09 11:50 PM
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I think sika are way better than axis too. The one I shot was awesome.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/18/09 01:00 PM
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Sika is pretty darn good.
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Re: Are Sika deer good eating?
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11/18/09 08:24 PM
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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?
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