What to do with the carcasses?

[Tommy_gun]

After you shoot the first one, you’ll walk up to it and look

“ why the **** didn’t do that!)

Once you’ve got your foot in now hole and you’re getting into the swing of things, don’t do a stupid thing like I did once and shoot six all in one go

Six in one go??

I’m going to make sure the first one I shoot is early in the morning so I’ve got plenty of time to work out what to do, rather than shooting one at dusk and having the added stress of doing it in the dark…

 

[Jh1986]

I've recently had to take my large game meat hygeine to sort this exact issue. I don't want a thing like freezer space slowing down my stalking.

Having recently passed, I can now use the local game dealer.

Before then I was literally giving it away. Friends, family, neighbours. Before Christmas I was giving fallow away to my mother in laws neighbours

 

[tom308w]

tom as someone has already said a trailer with a winch and tarp mate.
Cheers
tom

 

[VSS]

Thank you for all the replies guys, I really do appreciate it, it’s given me a bit more confidence. I got the rifle zeroed in this afternoon so all that’s left is to shoot a deer and get stuck in. I’ll report back!

Let us know how you get on!

 

[Mick9abf]

Just come to an agreement with the game dealer/butcher and shoot two or three or whatever and he keeps one for his time processing one of yours. It also means you won’t have bins full of bones and crap to get rid of.

I seldom muck about with processing deer myself now unless there’s a specific reason as my time is important. Much easier to get someone else to do it in this way once you actually work out the costs and find that in the grand scale of things venison in the skin is pretty worthless and to get any butcher to process a red would cost you what they’d give you for a carcass. Any excess can just go to the game dealer as normal.

 

[sauer]

Vak packer
Mincer
Cheap burger press & burger papers /wax discs
Sausage stuffer ...maybe if find your enjoying it

Mince = mince and tatties
Stalkers /cottage pie
Burgers
Sausages
Ragu & bolognaise
Chilli or chilli concarne
Meatballs
Keema ( curried rice )


Haunch steaks
Dice or cube for stews and kebabs & curries
Haunch strips for dirty loaded fries or fajitas

Plenty to keep interest and taste up

 

[Klenchblaize]

Six in one go??

I’m going to make sure the first one I shoot is early in the morning so I’ve got plenty of time to work out what to do, rather than shooting one at dusk and having the added stress of doing it in the dark…

Wishing you every success and good fortune in your endeavours. Hope too you're not confronted with the necessity of becoming a butcher/small food buisness in addition to a competent deerstalker.

K

 

[Mickeydredd]

Mince = mince and tatties
Stalkers /cottage pie
Burgers
Sausages
Ragu & bolognaise
Chilli or chilli concarne
Meatballs
Keema ( curried rice )
Lasagne

Don't forget lasagne....

 

[Mickeydredd]

That’s what I was concerned about, spending all that time processing the meat and having way more than I can deal with. Having the odd one for myself and offloading the rest to the game dealer seems to be the best solution.

Keep any calves/yearlings to butcher for yourself and the rest straight to the game dealer.

 

[rutland]

I did mine in 2004 with dave stretton , mine hasn't got large game hygiene On it

A friend of mine did his dsc1 several years ago and has had to recently do a large game meat and Hygeine course

 

[sauer]

F*ck !!! I knew someone would list summit else but how f*ck did i miss out lasagne!?

 

[VSS]

Don't forget lasagne....

Venison mince is particularly good for lasagne. One of my favourites!
Possibly the best I've had was on a visit to the @Freeforester household.

Dishes like lasagne, bolognese, chilli-con-carne, shepherd's (stalker's) pie etc are an excellent way of introducing venison to people who haven't tried it before.

 

[Mickeydredd]

Venison mince is particularly good for lasagne. One of my favourites!
Possibly the best I've had was on a visit to the @Freeforester household.

Dishes like lasagne, bolognese, chilli-con-carne, shepherd's (stalker's) pie etc are an excellent way of introducing venison to people who haven't tried it before.

I make my lasagne up using 2 kg of mince and then freeze it in individual (large) portions in foil containers, very handy to simply take one out when I fancy some.

 

[Sheamus]

I've skipped through this thread pretty sharp like just reading the odd posting.
So forgive me if I pi$$ anyone off lol.
The Passat will be fine just go for it brother. Fold down the back seats and load the f**Ker up.
Good luck with getting the first one to the motor it will either make you or break you.
shoot the biggest one first then everyone after that will feel loads easier

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

I've skipped through this thread pretty sharp like just reading the odd posting.
So forgive me if I pi$$ anyone off lol.
The Passat will be fine just go for it brother. Fold down the back seats and load the f**Ker up.
Good luck with getting the first one to the motor it will either make you or break you.
shoot the biggest one first then everyone after that will feel loads easier View attachment 454064

Yep that about tells it as is

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

You can get 4 hinds and a calf in the back of an ASTRA van with a shoe horn

 

[sauer]

as VSS says key is vak packing into meal size bags of whatever ...if your selling product or keep for yourself or family

bags of mince i do in 600grm bags for family of 4 and i bulk out with frozen veg

burgers are packs of 4x quarter pounders

birds, pheasant partridge i breast out into packs same as packs of chicken breast in supermarket

key is you get up in morning sort family out and look in fridge.... nothing out but plenty veg... then i take out pack of birds breasts to defrost and do a stir-fry

if plenty tatties in ill take out pack of mince for a stalkers pie or mince and tatties ... you get idea

if you do it like that you can pack in more into freezer and then your not removing say a cling film whole red haunch and thinking wtf do i do with that ?....once defrosted technically you shouldn't be refreezing.

Paul

 

[One on top of two]

A friend of mine did his dsc1 several years ago and has had to recently do a large game meat and Hygeine course

I thought that may be the case buddy , I dont sell mine to game dealers anyway just not worth the agro.

 

[Taff]

I've skipped through this thread pretty sharp like just reading the odd posting.
So forgive me if I pi$$ anyone off lol.
The Passat will be fine just go for it brother. Fold down the back seats and load the f**Ker up.
Good luck with getting the first one to the motor it will either make you or break you.
shoot the biggest one first then everyone after that will feel loads easier View attachment 454064

Have to agree, we used to load them into astra vans, just get a plasterers tray, probably easier than into a ute, remove guts, head and below the knees in the field, then sell it at the dealers. Buy some proper meat with proceeds.I think some people over think things.
Dragged my biggest out with a lawn tractor.

 

[Tommy_gun]

You can get 4 hinds and a calf in the back of an ASTRA van with a shoe horn

There’s something appealing to me about about getting the job done with what I’ve got and not needing fancy kit, I’d be very pleased if the Passat became my stalking vehicle. That being said, I do value my back… As as been suggested, if this does become a regular thing then a small trailer with some sort of hand winch might be a sensible purchase.