Recent content by Ploddy Paul

I always thought the fish on Friday thing was from Elizabeth 1 to ensure a ready supply of sailors in case of war?

A few years ago RM “ lost” my FAC, I found a rifle to buy at the other end of the country and because of the stupid system I sent my FAC off recorded, tracked, next day delivery etc. Phoned the shop next day, no they hadn’t received it, went online to track it and there it was recorded as at...

Isn’t it sad that the question needs to be asked. I well remember going shooting with my big brother, I would have been 9 or 10, getting on the 207 bus to Uxbridge, he in his exarmy smock and me in my black duffel coat. This would have been in mid 60s . Coming back on the bus he with the shotgun...

Can I ask people who use only venison in their burgers do you cook them on a BBQ? If so do they not dry out and become tough?

Just to muddy the waters, there is registration and approval. Registration is where you notify the council 28 days before trading and you don’t need consent to start trading. I’m not 100% sure but I think this would be sufficient to supply in skin. However if you want to process the carcass, ie...

Reading various posts about registering as a food business with some people having a full on inspection and others told crack on, I thought I’d look at my local council website, ( East Suffolk), to see what they have to say. Disclaimer, I’m a bear with very little brain, however, Food Business...

Interesting when you start reading these documents. I had always thought I could supply friends and family with a clean carcass but it had to have the skin on. 2.3 states, “ wild game becomes wild game meat when it undergoes any further preparation eg evisceration or skinning “. So friends and...

Ratel, again you’re giving me the problem not the solution. In your dreams what would you like to be able to do? Should all land have to have culling allowed? Should you be able to take a photo of the deer and inform the landowner and crack on? Should there be DMG’s who have access to all land...

Hi all, thanks for the replies, the thing is most are repeating the problems, I’m trying to find novel solutions. VSS you say the supply chain is broken, how do we fix it? Make game dealers take all deer not just the larger ones? I know you are happy with rules about selling venison but if I...

Apologies if you think this has been done to death already but here goes. Too many deer in certain parts of the country. Systems in place ineffective. I read an article a few months ago in the BASC magazine about this problem and the best they could come up with was to mentor people so they...

Was, (is?) big in NZ. I’ve a book published in 1992 called The Grunter Hunters, lots of interesting ways to get your hog including dogs and a knife! If only I was 50 years younger! Paul

Thanks all for the replies, I can agree with ( most ), of them. Another annoyance is drivers who leave their rear fog lights on when in a queue of traffic. My point about the side lights though is why do we still have them? When driving at night or reduced visibility dipped headlights are the...

Why do modern cars have side lights? Why do some people drive in misty conditions with only their side lights on? Why are they invariably driving silver coloured cars which blend into the mist? Paul

A fold up trestle and ply for me.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn: At the going down of the sun, and in the morning. We will remember them. I don’t know why but I had always assumed this had been written after the end of the First World War. Apparently it...