swampy said:I did the butchery bit a week ago after a weeks hanging, the heads had been kicking about the garden shed since then. when i ran the saw through them the brains had gone horrid and very smelly.
Beowulf said:So this weekend I'll be sorting through them and wondering why i kept the 'wonky ones'.
Hmm well, the no gut method is OK but how do you extract the fillets without gutting the carcass? On a red or fallow the fillets are quite substantial and a prime cut (especially if the carcase has been hung for a month and has gone black and mouldy)