Suspended Gralloch... WHY?!

[bfltd0]

Yes, but this thread has lifted the lid?

K
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Actually, after 8 pages, it is probably time to put a lid on it!

 

[gixer1]

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.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Fits in the palm of your hand.

K

 

[User00040]

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Fits in the palm of your hand.

K

Hope no one stumbles into you mid-process... they might need therapy after

 

[DevonRifle]

The OP posts a contentious post about hill stalking and is correct in that situation but makes it a general comment about all grallochs and then later after being overly anti any other ideas accepts that he is talking about one situation.

If he had been specific in the first place he wouldn’t have caused all the hissy fits but then that was probably his intention!

 

[Mungo]

The OP posts a contentious post about hill stalking and is correct in that situation but makes it a general comment about all grallochs and then later after being overly anti any other ideas accepts that he is talking about one situation.

If he had been specific in the first place he wouldn’t have caused all the hissy fits but then that was probably his intention!

You’ve just described the premise of 2/3s of SD posts…

 

[Sjambok]

9 Pages of bollocks. What has it got to do with anyone how someone chooses to gralloch and really, who cares?

 

[wytonpjs]

especially if it is full to the brim

A recent roe buck Suspended gralloch of course

 

[Tim.243]

A recent roe buck Suspended gralloch of course

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Get MJ Bucks like that quite a bit with even less room...!

 

[Number8]

It makes a very clean, neat, easy job of the gralloch.
You don't need a gambrel, I've used a handy branch or a fence before now to get the gravitational pull.
The extra height works for me, nobody says you have to, but I think in combination with a "single wipe" technique it's a safer way to put meat into the food chain

 

[Klenchblaize]

A recent roe buck Suspended gralloch of course

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Head off and carefully rip through breastbone and windpipe track prior to opening stomach.

And make sure the beast takes a wazz before you take the shot!

K

 

[User00040]

If he had been specific in the first place he wouldn’t have caused all the hissy fits but then that was probably his intention!

OK, I'll be specific then.

If you need to get the job done quickly and efficiently, then there is no time or space (or trees!) for a suspended gralloch.

Lovers of theatrics and procedures (St. Hubert Club members?) will certainly disagree.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Lovers of theatrics and procedures (St. Hubert Club members?) will certainly disagree.

Is that club still active?

I’m knocking 64 and figure I’m only just approaching membership qualifying age!

K

 

[finnbear270]

Is that club still active?

I’m knocking 64 and figure I’m only just approaching membership qualifying age!

K

I saw a pair of them once on Arran, ...... Clowns.

 

[Pellet Pinger]

A recent roe buck Suspended gralloch of course

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Bless him, he needed to go!

 

[Hayduke]

A lot of my culling is in the woods, I need to move on to the next one. On the deck is clean, efficient and quick. No interest in lugging around more gear, no time to extract it, find suitable tree branch, rig up system of pulleys, string and mini gambrel.

 

[User00040]

A lot of my culling is in the woods, I need to move on to the next one. On the deck is clean, efficient and quick. No interest in lugging around more gear, no time to extract it, find suitable tree branch, rig up system of pulleys, string and mini gambrel.

But but but... you have trees! No excuses!!!

 

[wytonpjs]

And make sure the beast takes a wazz before you take the shot!

Yup - it had obviously been couched for some time (the poo pipe was similarly rather full) but I did get it to stand to the shot. Any advice on how to get it to pee too.........................

 

[gerarddwatts]

Yup - it had obviously been couched for some time (the poo pipe was similarly rather full) but I did get it to stand to the shot. Any advice on how to get it to pee too.........................

Thats good because you end up with what this thread is....a heap of shite.....

 

[finnbear270]

Thats good because you end up with what this thread is....a heap of shite.....

Possibly high enough to suspend a gralloch from?