I heard on the grape vine recently that an East Anglia game dealer is currently paying £0.50/kilo for chest shot and £1.00/kilo for head shot deer. Just to make sure, I contacted them and it was confirmed. Is this the lowest anyone's heard of? At least Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask when robbing you!!
Are Game dealer prices at an all time low?
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deerstalker.308
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Bambridges? Which species does this relate to?
All species, as far as I know
Not dissimilar then
deerstalker.308
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Last reds I took in a couple of weeks back was £1.50 for headshot and £1.20 chest, been that all season
Not Barnbridges
deerstalker.308
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Disagree. There will come a point where they will be rotting, but folk should wake up to the potential food on their doorsteps and make use of it. People are so disconnected from where theirs food comes from, there’s a whole shakeup required, but don’t just give it away and be thankful, that will only go one way.
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I agree wholeheartedly. Venison is a tremendous resource, especially in a time of very high food prices. Giving it away means that people will only ever associate it with being of no value. We have to market it, promote it and ensure that it remains a valued food source. I don't believe we should be positioning it as a premium product, but a good value, lower fat alternative to beef, for all to enjoy. You will never be able to raise the prices again, once it's been given away.
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Take a little time and have a look at the profits of these game dealers, you might be surprised and a little less thankful for the pitiful amounts paid for your efforts.
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We aren't in a time of very high food prices
And carry on for years making nowt off them by the time we take in all our expenses .. it’s not came down in the shops .. yer main dealer hasn’t said to Tescos / Sainsbury’s / Coop - you know what we think we’re charging you to much so we’ll give it to to cheaper .. they’re selling it for as much and more as they can and making there profit and we’re held to ransom on 40 year old prices
if the price goes up more will be shot .. end of.. there already leaving carcasses out your just not hearing about it .Recently on a trip I was loading deer onto my trailer when a women and her son peddled up on the bikes . They had to stop as I had blocked the road and being a forestry track they couldn’t get passed . I apologised for blocking her route and we made conversation about the dead deer she commented about how good a morning I had and going by the price in the shops I had won the lottery
.. then I gave her bad news about how much I got per kilo and she and her son were in complete disbelief as to how this could be as the month previous she had bought venison out of a store and paid £32 per kilo .. at one point I think she thought I was telling her porkies .. when she thanked me for informing her about how much I was getting per kilo she actually said she felt sorry for me and it had put her of buying it again .. the general public conception is that we’re making a fortune .
Deermanagement
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I don’t think we “should be grateful”, without knowing what they are making on them
Not a successful outcome to the conversation if you've succeeded in putting someone off buying venison! I think you need to get some positive vibes into your narrative in time for the next encounter. There's a fantastic story for us to tell around venison, and the more people we can persuade to buy it the better.
That may have been the perception of the 2 people you spoke to, but I don't think it's the general view. I believe that most people are well aware that the primary producer gets a raw deal in the food industry.
Bo Diddley
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£1.50kg for red last week, £1 for a rabbit
And equates to £2.20 p/k now it’s 40 ruddy pence a pound 50 years later and VSS tells me I should have a more positive vibes in me
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