levigsp
Well-Known Member
I must point out that i am not meaning to be argumentative but informative which I thought was the reason for a forum.
When I am at home I kill Cattle, Sheep, Pigs and Chickens all are hung to clean and skin, I have the equipment to do it I also often kill with the county ministry vets present so the meat can go on and be sold..
I do not have that option on the hill or in the forests of northern Scotland, nor do hundreds of other people.
If any of us took the time and effort to get into a position to suspend the animal it would already be past its best
Now this is not the case in other areas of the UK, where suspended gralloch is not only possible but normally preferred.
Now when I myself am stalking in England and I manage to get a beast, I still choose to do it on the ground, unless its at the side of the car! the reason is quite simple, I do not have the strength in my fingers, hands, shoulders or back to haul animals aloft with manual tools. I find it far kinder on my body to sit on the ground and perform a gralloch there in comfort, but that me. everyone can and does choose their own method.
whats is a certainty is the one can be performed anywhere by anybody the other cannot.
I hope that explains my thoughts better.
When I am at home I kill Cattle, Sheep, Pigs and Chickens all are hung to clean and skin, I have the equipment to do it I also often kill with the county ministry vets present so the meat can go on and be sold..
I do not have that option on the hill or in the forests of northern Scotland, nor do hundreds of other people.
If any of us took the time and effort to get into a position to suspend the animal it would already be past its best
Now this is not the case in other areas of the UK, where suspended gralloch is not only possible but normally preferred.
Now when I myself am stalking in England and I manage to get a beast, I still choose to do it on the ground, unless its at the side of the car! the reason is quite simple, I do not have the strength in my fingers, hands, shoulders or back to haul animals aloft with manual tools. I find it far kinder on my body to sit on the ground and perform a gralloch there in comfort, but that me. everyone can and does choose their own method.
whats is a certainty is the one can be performed anywhere by anybody the other cannot.
I hope that explains my thoughts better.
A hoist on the Argo wasn't an option either, not least because it often took an hour or more for the Argo to get from the larder to the beast, this presuming that (a) we could get a signal and (b) the ghillie would figure out how to navigate the Argo to where we were - which was not always guaranteed! I remember one time, on a gloriously warm sunny day, where the stalker and I were laying back in the heather listening to the Argo approaching from a distance and suddenly things went quiet. "Tha's nae gud", the stalker said, and sure enough the ghillie had forgotten to fill the fuel tank before setting off. Cue the opportunity to learn some local colourful expressions, followed by a long walk back to the lodge. So just imagine if we had been waiting for the Argo before doing the gralloch!
and urine roll downhill, which in the event of a mishap, means straight into the fillet and chest cavity.
