Gralloching & Butchery Courses

[redhotcoals]

Good morning all,

I'm from the Derbyshire area and i'm enquiring whether there is any good gralloching & butchery courses to go on in this area?

I don't mind travelling if there is a recommended course elsewhere.

 

[VSS]

Good morning all,

I'm from the Derbyshire area and i'm enquiring whether there is any good gralloching & butchery courses to go on in this area?

I don't mind travelling if there is a recommended course elsewhere.

For a really good gralloching and larder work training day, contact @flyingfisherman on here.
Myself and @Mouse spent a day with him a few years ago, processed nine deer of three different species using a variety of different methods, and came away with a whole lot more confidence.

For butchery, I found the one day course organised by BASC to be very good.

 

[redhotcoals]

For a really good gralloching and larder work training day, contact @flyingfisherman on here.
Myself and @Mouse spent a day with him a few years ago, processed nine deer of three different species using a variety of different methods, and came away with a whole lot more confidence.

For butchery, I found the one day course organised by BASC to be very good.

Thanks for that response, i'll contact now.

 

[redhotcoals]

For a really good gralloching and larder work training day, contact @flyingfisherman on here.
Myself and @Mouse spent a day with him a few years ago, processed nine deer of three different species using a variety of different methods, and came away with a whole lot more confidence.

For butchery, I found the one day course organised by BASC to be very good.

I just realised who @flyingfisherman is and I have already chatted with him and he gave me some really good advice. He hasn't any cull days organised yet and he put me onto John Senior.

Does anyone know or have experience with John and does anyone have contact details for him?

 

[75]

John is a top fella - can't rate him highly enough. He's on FB as Nottinghamshire Deer Stalking

Not come across any butchery courses around here but depends on what you're after - just a simple "break it down into the basics" or more advanced butchery? If it's the former and you want to bring a carcass up to NE Derbyshire then I can help you (reg food business, chiller etc) if it's the latter then might be worth approaching local farm shops and asking if you could spend an hour with them at a quiet time - ideally on a deer carcass but a lamb is near enough.

 

[redhotcoals]

John is a top fella - can't rate him highly enough. He's on FB as Nottinghamshire Deer Stalking

Not come across any butchery courses around here but depends on what you're after - just a simple "break it down into the basics" or more advanced butchery? If it's the former and you want to bring a carcass up to NE Derbyshire then I can help you (reg food business, chiller etc) if it's the latter then might be worth approaching local farm shops and asking if you could spend an hour with them at a quiet time - ideally on a deer carcass but a lamb is near enough.

Thanks @75

I'm not on Facebook, has John Senior got an email or phone number i could contact him on?

Also thanks for the advice about approaching a local farm shop, good advice.

 

[75]

I'll PM you

 

[Scotty99]

As an alternative to a course Donnington Deer Management do two excellent instructional dvds one on Gralloching and Carcass Inspection. The other one on Butchering. I have the Gralloching one and it is excellent, I also intend to get the Butchery one in due course.

 

[redhotcoals]

As an alternative to a course Donnington Deer Management do two excellent instructional dvds one on Gralloching and Carcass Inspection. The other one on Butchering. I have the Gralloching one and it is excellent, I also intend to get the Butchery one in due course.

Thank you for that info

 

[The Singing Stalker]

Look up Scott Rea on you tube for butchery.

 

[willie_gunn]

Not Derbyshire, but if you’re willing to travel then Greg, at Lavenham Butchers in Suffolk, runs excellent deer butchery sessions.

 

[redhotcoals]

Look up Scott Rea on you tube for butchery.

Thank you, just subscribed.

 

[redhotcoals]

Not Derbyshire, but if you’re willing to travel then Greg, at Lavenham Butchers in Suffolk, runs excellent deer butchery sessions.

I'll look into this. Thanks @willie_gunn