Oryx vs Elk meat

[Short Track]

I have Elk & Oryx in my freezer. Although Oryx is good, Elk is more like beef, and has more of a beef texture.

Both have excellent reputations for 1st class meat.
What do you gravitate towards ?

 

[trophyhill]

Love em both. Hard to pick 1 over the other

 

[SuperDUECE22]

 

[khunter]

My oryx was amazing and as I recall even better than elk for me but been a long time since had one in freezer.

Unfortunately I am stuck with a full freezer of Moose and elk at the moment. LOL.

 

[roadrunner]

Oryx. Hopefully we put two in the freezer this year.

 

[6mm Remington]

Never had Oryx, but love elk meat. Elk or Pronghorn antelope are my favorites. The bear meat I have eaten to include my Arctic Grizzly bear has been excellent though as well.

 

[Steelruger22]

Have both in the freezer. Gotta say I like them both about equally. With that said, my taxidermist aged my oryx bull at 9-10 years old. Tastes just fine to my family. I could only imagine how much better he would taste if he was half his age or a younger cow.

 

[roadrunner]

I will say that it's easier to overcook oryx than it is elk.

 

[chicoredneck]

I prefer elk. Oryx to me is closer to pork and elk closer to beef as far as flavor goes.

 

[Steelruger22]

I will say that it's easier to overcook oryx than it is elk.

I have noticed this as well. Oryx likes to be done rarer then elk/beef. There is a thin line between excellence and jerky steaks.

 

[wyosteve]

For me oryx trumps elk by a large margin. We grind a lot of it with bacon and makes outstanding burgers.

 

[Seth]

As I haven’t drawn oryx, I’ve had to rely on the generosity of others, but every bit I’ve had was delicious.

 

[waspocrew]

Never had oryx before, would definitely love to some time though! Elk is my personal favorite at the moment.

 

[CCooper]

Oryx all day and twice on Sunday.

 

[Short Track]

WoW. My family prefers Elk. and yes, Oryx is definitely easier to overcook.
My wife overcooked Elk burgers tonight, and I had to drown it in olive oil to make it edible. The Oryx grind is great too. Cuts of Oryx on the grill is definitely not like Elk.

 

[CHWine]

When my African buddy sets up a new camp, the first thing he does is shoot an Oryx cow for camp meat. Impala, springbok and warthog are consumed constantly, but Gemsbuck is always preferred. I've had moose while caribou hunting and think that was the best game meat I've ever had.

 

[Tick]

Oryx. Not even close to me.

 

[RS_Non-Res]

I wish you guys would promote the taste of elk meat more, I'd like to draw an oryx tag...

 

[butcherboy]

Oryx over elk. Oryx is nothing like pork and elk isn’t really like beef at all. Big differences. The only similarities oryx and pork might have is the tendency to be over cooked. Elk and beef might have the same texture but the flavor is way different.

 

[CMF]

Both great, I couldn’t tell a difference, maybe some of our elk have seemed a bit tougher, but on average they were about the same to me