I have a chance to take a black buck on a friends ranch. I have heard the meat tastes like rotten leather so dont really want to shoot one of the little guys. Has anyone eaten black buck?

1st, they are from India, not Africa. 2nd, although smmall they are at the top of the list as far as table fare. capt david

Have you eaten one? Also they run the whitetail off.

They taste great! Up in my top 10 list.... and yes x2 on India

The meat is very good!

I heard the same thing before I took a blackbuck.... They were wrong. My wife and I like it better than white tail. It is GOOD!!!

Yes from India and great tasting.

Agreed, they are from India and the meat is awesome!

It's great stuff

i've eaten them, they are pretty good, better than whitetail but not as good as axis.

i've never seen them run a whitetail off, they are half the size, a big one will weigh 80 lbs

+1....

I don't know where you got your info, but it was almost entirely incorrect.

I make jerky outta mine, we shoot a few does every year. Haven't eaten one of their steaks in a long time.

I have eaten them and do not think they are as good as whitetail and definetly not as good as axis. The male Black Buck is very aggressive and on Hill Country ranches I have seen them back down WT bucks around feeders.

I watched them run off whitetail for 3 days. The black buck dont really walk anywhere they were always running and they were spooking the whitetail.

nado2036 - If you don't want him and your friend wants to get him out, I'll take him ....

I dont have a problem taking one of them. I just heard they dont taste good and so I wasnt going to shoot one just to shoot one. I am going back next week for two days and if I see one I will take him out.

Don't think you'll be disappointed w/ the meat. I've been eating one that I took a couple weeks ago since then (several ways) and it's been excellent! Smoked it, braised it and simply seasoned and grilled over mesquite (ALL extremely tasty). I love axis, but it rivals it closely IMO.

I wouldn't pass on the opportunity...but appreciate you're wanting to only take what you plan to eat.

you can shoot one and mount it....nothing wrong with that

They are not hard to hunt they just stand out in the fields. You can't get real close to them but they just graze in the fields. So I go back next week and i will take one hopefully. Also not real big into mounts. Thanks for the help

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Thank you for continously letting me know that infor was incorrect I will make sure I check wikipedia before posting next time.

You are lucky that was the only mistake you made. God help you if you had taken a Whitetail that was less than 160 inches. You would have been tared and feathered and would let forget that you should have waited a few years until it was a good deer.

Ain't that the truth! Not by all, but a very vocal few!

also better make sure you take your blackbuck under a low fence

They are from pakistan too and yes they taste good