Author Topic: Axis (Read 1910 times)

markc · « **on:** March 18, 2010, 04:07:15 PM »

I shot this guy Tuesday morning at my place..Has really good mass on his beams. The taxidermist was impressed with the mass. My first Axis, I'm just impressed with the entire hunt. He came in with a friend that looked like his twin.

He was heavier than he looks. I couldn't load him without some help from the game hoist.

drdougrx · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2010, 05:27:22 PM »

Holy Crap Mark....whatta great deer!!! I'm jealous!!

Graybeard · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2010, 06:42:11 PM »

Really nice Mark. For me it's a toss up between Axis and Fallow as to which is my favorite.

markc · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2010, 05:14:18 PM »

He came in on the front tract where I hunted all season seeing a lot of whitetail. A few weeks back I saw a large xis pass by down in the dry creek bed. Might have been the same buck. This time two came out of the creek bed around 7:30am. They are beautiful animals to be sure. I am really looking forward to eating some axis steaks, I've heard so much about. Saw some sign of feral hog rooting on the new tract, but still haven't seen any. I hope to go back soon. I was able to get 22' of gutter installed on the cabin to catch rain water.

drdougrx · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2010, 05:28:00 PM »

As GB said....you'll really enjoy the steaks!!!

markc · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2010, 04:31:26 AM »

Any good steak recepies for axis? We tend to cook whitetail as chicken fried.

elmer · « **Reply #6 on:** March 28, 2010, 01:51:18 PM »

My wife and I love Axis on the grill. It is way better than Whitetail.

markc · « **Reply #7 on:** March 29, 2010, 05:11:41 AM »

picked the steaks and some ground from the axis up yesterday after church. I am really looking forward to grilling some over an oak fire this coming weekend. Gave a little of the ground away to friends. I might get hooked on axis and begin to ignore whitetail! NOT. But i am looking forward to my first Axis steak!

Graybeard · « **Reply #8 on:** March 29, 2010, 05:21:53 AM »

If I had axis and/or fallow available where I hunt I'd never shoot another whitetail.

markc · « **Reply #9 on:** March 29, 2010, 08:31:53 AM »

Hey GB, I haven't seen any fallow out there. I wouldn't be too suprised though to eventually see some. I saw NZ billies once, and see mouflon often. I am headed back out the first weekend of May if not sooner.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #10 on:** March 29, 2010, 09:17:56 AM »

Quote from: markc on March 20, 2010, 04:31:26 AM

Any good steak recepies for axis? We tend to cook whitetail as chicken fried.

Brenda sue, browns em in a black iron pot and then smothers em with onions and peppers with a rich natural brown gravy served over rice! Now you have to simmer em a while or they might be a lil tuff! or you can fryem. We always have em tenderized at the processors..........Whooouueeeee! that made me hungry!

Now chicken frying backstrap is the Bomb!

markc · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2010, 04:14:11 AM »

Oldshooter, my stomach is growling now...We had them tenderized already. We did cook up a little of the ground last night as a meat sauce for some wheat pasta. It is really good and is going to be lunch for e today. I like the recepie you gave. Let Brenda Sue know that she is welcome to make some for me anytime. Where do yu guys live?

We chicken fry a lot of whitetail steaks and will certainly do the same on some of this axis... Looking forward to that this weekend..

Oldshooter · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2010, 04:52:31 AM »

Well we are gonna be in Axis country (Junction) the last weekend of April. I can pm you just where, and y'all can come by and I will ~~make~~ ask for it to happen!

drdougrx · « **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2010, 05:53:37 AM »

you Texas boys have waaayyyy too much fun....another 3-5" of rain here in gloomey New England.....

Oldshooter · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2010, 07:34:00 AM »

Yea thats why we say, God bbbbBless Texas!

Hope you guys stay dry up ere!

markc · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2010, 08:17:33 AM »

Dr. Doug, in a couple of months we might be praying for rain down here. I hope it is a wet spring and summer for a change..
Old shooter I will be out that way the following weekend. May 6-8th for a short turn around trip..

Oldshooter · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2010, 09:38:47 AM »

Awww shucks, thats what we are gonna do the 29, 30 and 1st of may! Maybe one day we can connect out there. I'm trying to get enough money to buy my friends Ranch so he can retire and stay there and me too!

markc · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2010, 04:13:08 AM »

Oldshooter that would be great. As I finish school (in college again) mid July, my plan, Lord willing, is to go to the ranch a lot more often. I want to try to spend a couple days there every 6 weeks or so.

How large is your friends ranch? This is a good time to buy, asI am seeing more for sale signs in Edwards, Kinney and ValVerde counties than ever.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #18 on:** April 01, 2010, 07:39:54 AM »

Its small only 5,000 acres.

markc · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2010, 03:41:05 AM »

Well by Texas ranch standards that is small. By my wallet, that is hugh! I hope you are able to buy it, or at least some of it.

Oldshooter · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2010, 04:02:01 AM »

Yea me too! Its a beautiful place, If we can hook up out there sometime I'd like to show it to you. How far from Junction is your place?

rem700-3 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2010, 06:52:48 AM »

NICE! I hope to see a few of those make it to my place.

markc · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2010, 03:08:59 PM »

Oldshooter, I am about 50 miles south of Rocksprings if that helps. 70 miles from Sonora, so to reach Junction, it would take me an hour or just over an hour with the twisty hwy 377. Is that a family ranch your friend is trying to hang on to? There are so many places for sale out there right now, if I had the money I would be buying up more tracts as fast as I could.

Thank rem700-3. We've seen Axis up and down the roads several times the past 2 years, but this is the first that showed itself for more than a few seconds, and he paid for it.

BTW, grilled 4 axis steaks tonight with a little lemon pepper on em. OMG, GB, you were right, they did put whitetail to shame as far as taste goes....

Oldshooter · « **Reply #23 on:** April 02, 2010, 03:56:04 PM »

Yea Mark, its a Family thing, was started by his wifes Family in the 1800's. Its not in trouble, I'm afraid he'll get to old to handle it and sell it or get someone else in his family to take over. I figger when he "goes" away I'll loose my hunting spot. If i could buy him out and let him just stay there and not worry about keeping it up We would both make out good! Its gonna take a whole lot of money I'm sure!

Graybeard · « **Reply #24 on:** April 02, 2010, 07:37:11 PM »

I wish my finances were such that I could even be thinking of buying 5000 acres but that ain't ever gonna happen.

Yup Mark no comparison axis wins hands down over white tail. That and the fact I like the antlers on both axis and fallow better are reasons I say I'd be happy to forget whitetail if I had axis and fallow around. Fallow is also better than whitetail but not as good as axis.

markc · « **Reply #25 on:** April 04, 2010, 04:51:40 PM »

GB, I haven't heard anyone out there talking about seeing fallow. I might have to spring for a hunt at the Martin Ranch across the highway from us. He has 3000+ acres, very mountainous like our place, but much bigger.

Graybeard · « **Reply #26 on:** April 04, 2010, 07:18:33 PM »

Fallow are beautiful animals and come in a variety of color phases. My mount really looks as if it were white but it really was spotted it's just that the neck and shoulders were mostly white. They also come in a chocolate color phase with some variation in the darkness of the coat. Personally I think the spotted look best but if like mine it will really look white mounted unless a full body mount and I have neither funds or space for that.

The antlers if they have a nice long wide palmation are really spectacular.

Mine looks as much like I had it pictured in my mind before going on the hunt as it could possibly be. I set a goal to have one with palms at least as wide as my palm and a minimum of a foot long area of such width. I got just that.

drdougrx · « **Reply #27 on:** April 05, 2010, 05:29:32 AM »

Fallow are spectacular. I've shot five...still looking for THE FALLOW....expect I'll never find'm.