Being a fred in a shed.

Went for an unarmed walk to the woods last week with my wife, walking around the edge I said to her 'I can smell reds', her reply was 'I just thought it was you after you have shot a stag', with that 7 stags appeared!
They do have a certain aroma.

To those who process reds, I take my hat off to you, I shot a red stag once on the eve of movement restrictions because of foot and mouth, the farmer and I had no option but to butcher it, she said never again.
Since then I have done a hind, took me 7 hours, never again:lol:
I find I'm always finding flecks of hair in the strangest places like in the glove box or the washing machine 😂

Gotta love the smell of a stag, once you smell it the hunt is on 👍
 
Just very basic breakdown then? that's fair enough. I bone out the shoulders, dice one, net the other for roasting, take off the hocks, seam the haunches and either net them as roasts, or turn them into steaks and/or mince and dice. The loins are taken off in one piece, then trimmed and cut into three sections each. Trimmings are kept back as a perk of the job and go for my own sausages. Everything is vac-packed too. Mates rates are £45 a roe, or £65 otherwise, with sausage and burger being extra depending on quantities
£65 is about right Stu , the last lot I done for folk went for that although I have managed to get £80 if I do burger and sausage but its not everyone who wants it done that way, kinda glad as I cant be ar$ed making them
 
Huge respect to you chaps with the skill and patience to turn a beast into saleable items .I’ve neither the skill nor patience ,basically a trigger man .
 
Pass over some recipes please I’ve bought the equipment just need some venison and casings.
I use the game mix from butcher’s sundries. I use it for Roe and find I only need half the mix recommended or the flavour is too strong and you can’t taste the venison. I use 3 parts venison to one part pork fat and use wine with the mix instead of water. Makes a lovely sausage!
 
Burger, Coarse ground mince (through twice) 1tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper (get the pre-ground stuff) 1/2 tsp smoke paprika to 1kg. 100g lumps squashed in lakeland press.
Perfect except I add 10% pork fat but that’s a preference not a need.
 
I can get a better patty if I put it through a medium mincer, but I like the coarse texture
I agree, twice through the course plate is my preference. I also add the salt when cooking rather than before. I was told it dries the meat out less, not sure if that’s true as I haven’t done a comparison.
 
Interesting opinions, personally I prefer to skin & butcher myself, but then I only do it for ‘fun’ & personal consumption.
 
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