New Stalking book
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gerarddwatts
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I agree. Good job.
Blaser243
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I will be ordering a copy. As a registered food business, long time stalker/manager and foodie, I don't think we can do enough to improve the quality of our produce. I've previously been a devotee of Wilson's Practical Meat Inspection, but will be interested to see a work specifically focussing on deer.
There currently appears to be an issue with their website - neither the link in the Classifieds nor going direct to www.crowood.com seem to load. 
Will try again later.
Will try again later.
Woodsmoke
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I think it does us all good to see different approaches, and understand different thinking on various techniques, methods, etc. I know I've certainly learned a load from seeing other guys methods, and I hope, in my own small way, I've helped others by sharing how I approach certain tasks. It's all grist to our mill at the end of the day, and it's only by sharing experience and knowledge we all get to learn and expand our skills. As I'm fond of saying 'There's 20 year's of experience on one hand, and on the other there's one year's experience repeated 20 times'
The Crowood website is now back up and running.
Ordered two today.
Hi Blaser,
Wilson's is a great book, required reading for inspectors. It was, however, printed 17 years ago (7th Edition 2005) and costs over £100.
Gracey's Meat Hygiene is another excellent text book, last edition printed 2014, £84.
Much in depth background to read in both (Wilson's is the more practical, in my view) but a lot isn't applicable/relevant to deer.
I've tried to include every deer condition in this book, from the common through to exotic and some that may make their way into our UK deer in the not so distant future, if we are unlucky.
Took me a long time to accrue the images, there are some very generous people out there, happy to share the ones I didn't have myself, whom I acknowledge in the introduction.
Larry
kingstonandy
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It's a well thought through book, probably the best of it's type that I've read.
Magnificent 7
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Just read half on way to London this morning on the train well written and very interesting well done
Cletracboy
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My copy arrived last week, started reading this weekend and so far very interesting. Looking forward to the part on identifying disease as I think its very important, the deer I shoot go in the food chain ( often my own family and friend) and mostly off my own farm so important to identify any disease that could also effect my livestock. Hope to find time to read it next week on holiday.
Arrived today - looks very interesting.
Postie gave it to a neighbor, who opened it without looking at the address... Got a very strange look when she dropped it off
Postie gave it to a neighbor, who opened it without looking at the address... Got a very strange look when she dropped it off
Mud Stuffin
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Order my copy - looking forward to learning a thing or three!
A heartfelt thank you to all who ordered the book.
The publisher emailed today to say over 250 sold in 2 months, they are very happy. It’s not had any press elsewhere as yet (due to lead times), so sales seem to be from SD alone.
Writing about hygienic carcass recovery, sticking, evisceration, registering as a food business and larder antics isn’t the most exciting premise for a best seller, so not in the JK Rowling league just yet. But most pleasing of all were the PMs I’ve had, some very nice people out there in stalking land from novices to deer managers - who knew?
I’ve been conversing with stalkers from all over the UK and had some interesting WhatsApp content….
Here’s looking forward to the opening of the fallow buck season on Sunday, I’m hoping to get some nice young venison in the freezer for my landowners later in the year. The crops are being cut a little later this year after 2 years of dry weather so it looks like I may be out mid August, as organics are a touch behind conventional crops.
Best
Larry
The publisher emailed today to say over 250 sold in 2 months, they are very happy. It’s not had any press elsewhere as yet (due to lead times), so sales seem to be from SD alone.
Writing about hygienic carcass recovery, sticking, evisceration, registering as a food business and larder antics isn’t the most exciting premise for a best seller, so not in the JK Rowling league just yet. But most pleasing of all were the PMs I’ve had, some very nice people out there in stalking land from novices to deer managers - who knew?
I’ve been conversing with stalkers from all over the UK and had some interesting WhatsApp content….
Here’s looking forward to the opening of the fallow buck season on Sunday, I’m hoping to get some nice young venison in the freezer for my landowners later in the year. The crops are being cut a little later this year after 2 years of dry weather so it looks like I may be out mid August, as organics are a touch behind conventional crops.
Best
Larry
Great book Larry. Enjoying my copy
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