Im not a real big hunter but i love deer meat and was wondering if there is such a place. I also like dove. Dont know of any meat markets if there are any that exist.

I don't think it's legal to buy and sell whitetail meat in Texas.

Dittos for dove.

Find a friend, better yet, a girlfriend with lots land and get her to bag 'em for you.

Exotics (axis deer, etc.) can be purchased at auctions then butchered to fill your freezer.

thats what i thought. i figured i would just ask.

Actually Appletree, in Bryan, sells (or use to) venison sausage.

http://www.venisonworld.com/

[This message has been edited by RiverAg (edited 7/19/2005 9:59p).]

Cool website...I wonder how they can sell that?

It's farm raised venison. Not white-tail, but some other sort of deer.

I believe it's Axis.

The do have a retail store out in Eden Texas. A little town West of Brady. Never been there though, just remember passing by it.

Axis is still wild game though. I thought that was what the restriction was on. I could be wrong, though it would be a first.

Farm Patch in CS has all kinds of exotic meats, if you can't kill your own.

Venison World has some awesome meat. I grew up in Junction which is only about 50 miles form Eden. All of their meat is axis meat and it is all farm raised. There is no restriction on selling any form of meat that is not native to Texas. You can sell any exotic deer meat just like you can spotlight any exotic deer at night. The State has no ownership or control of exotic game. Exotic game is considered private property thus you can do with it what you wish.

If none of you have ever had axis meat, I highly recommend you order some and give it a try. It is by far the best deer meat I've ever had. The ranch I grew up on has a lot of free roaming axis and that is pretty much all I shoot for meat these days.

Central Market carries venison, bison, and elk meat. They even had rattlesnake for $27.99/lb.
For that price I'll have a porterhouse instead.

The best advice is just to ask any hunters you know. People always have deer meat in the freezer they can't eat fast enough. I've probably got 20 lbs. worth I would love to get off my hands...

If you're in College Station and have 20lbs worth of meat you dont want i'd be more than glad to take it off yuor hands.

Venison World is a neat place, right there at the four-way in Eden. Down the road, US 84, there's an elk farm where you can buy elk meat and jerkie...and its a good excuse to drive on down to Junction and eat at Cooper's.

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I don't think it's legal to buy and sell whitetail meat in Texas.

Dittos for dove.

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I'm 99.9% sure it's perfectly legal to sell whitetail meat in Texas and 100% sure it's legalt o sell dove. Where did you hear it wasn't?

It is illegal to sell any native wild game in Texas. All of those White-Tail deer belong to the state of Texas. You can put up a 10ft fence to keep them in, but they still belong to the state. You can purchase tickets to the many wild game dinners across the state, but the meal comes free with admission to the extravagansa.

squid, I hope you mean Cooper's in Llano, because the Coopers in Junction is not remotely as good as the one in Llano.