On a possible positive....?

[8x57]

but I’m pretty sure most of what’s been stockpiled and frozen won’t last indefinitely.

Agreed not indefinitely but I think most people would be surprised to find out just how long some meat has in the past been stored in cold stores. Can anyone recall the beef mountain or the government cold stores situated at various locations throughout the country.

 

[deerstalker.308]

I have edited my post above.

Have you seen what you’ve put in post 12?

 

[Roestalker39]

I’ve never heard as much shite in all my life ......

 

[VSS]

Have you seen what you’ve put in post 12?

Yes. My point being that you never know where the next food scare or disease outbreak is going to pop up. Could just easily be close to home as far away.
Don't be complacent.

 

[Freeforester]

Pure chance that it was (possibly) bats in China. Could so easily have been deer in the UK responsible for some kind of disease outbreak. Or believed to be.

The scientists aren't quite so obtuse in their analysis, Tim, and nor is the British consumer.
Knowledge helps dispel fear...

The coronavirus was not engineered in a lab. Here's how we know.

The persistent myth can be put to bed.

www.livescience.com

 

[deerstalker.308]

I give up. Really. I do.

 

[Roestalker39]

I give up. Really. I do.

Same here , “ if we’re all “ qualified” people will buy venison in droves ! “ same as the “ if we all use steel shot the supermarket shelves will be full of game “ delusional , utterly delusional

 

[Sika-Hunter]

deer in the UK responsible for some kind of disease outbreak.

Yes the Stalking professionals who rely on venison sales will love you with this comment

 

[Freeforester]

Thankfully, we mostly have returning, discerning customers, who aren't quite of the 'herd' mentality or habits.
I don't suppose there was a single FAC holder sunning themselves in the throng either.

Consumption of wild venison, much like government advice, is a bit of an intelligence test opportunity...

 

[hendrix's rifle]

Thankfully, we mostly have returning, discerning customers, who aren't quite of the 'herd' mentality or habits.
I don't suppose there was a single FAC holder sunning themselves in the throng either.

Consumption of wild venison, much like government advice, is a bit of an intelligence test opportunity...

Want a selfie?

 

[NoIDeer]

There's a massive difference between an animal that has been culled by a trained hunter, put into the food chain after a proper carcass inspection and full traceability and a filthy wild animal that can carry untold zoonotic viruses that are capable of causing a pandemic sold in the most disgusting conditions without any controls.

 

[dartmoordog]

I’ve never heard as much shite in all my life ......

Come on Roe, sitting on the fence, just say it as it is!

 

[Freeforester]

Half an hour, and nothing to add - has our Tim tame devil's advocate decided to embark upon 'a period of self-imposed calm and quiet reflection'?

There's not a right lot of comedy gold left in them Welsh hills, for sure, but if you can offer us up another one of them 'nuggets'...

 

[finnbear270]

Hope Monday's gonna be a bit better.

 

[LostJock]

Same here , “ if we’re all “ qualified” people will buy venison in droves ! “ same as the “ if we all use steel shot the supermarket shelves will be full of game “ delusional , utterly delusional

Not what I said, nor what I meant.
People here like to know they’re eating a quality, well sourced thing.
People here do not like the idea that their scran has come from something like a Wuhan meat market/out the back of a dodgy van, swimming in diesel.

If the shooting organisations put out the idea that venison is responsibly handled, and can prove their commitment to this by the quals they offer, then venison will fit in the first category.

Whether you have said quals or not is irrelevant in reality. People won’t ask ‘has this carcass been handled by someone with blah blah blah cert.’, but will make the assumption based on the idea that all venison is lovely healthy free range stuff. Here is an opportunity to reassert venison as a positive thing.

This is an opportunity for some big-picture promotion of venison, looking beyond tomorrow.

 

[Roestalker39]

Whether you have said quals or not is irrelevant in reality. People won’t ask ‘has this carcass been handled by someone with blah blah blah cert.’, but will make the assumption based on the idea that all venison is lovely healthy free range stuff. Here is an opportunity to reassert venison as a positive thing.
[/QUOTE]
Exactly ! Completely irrelevant , glad we agree on something

 

[VSS]

Half an hour, and nothing to add - has our Tim tame devil's advocate decided to embark upon 'a period of self-imposed calm and quiet reflection'?

There's not a right lot of comedy gold left in them Welsh hills, for sure, but if you can offer us up another one of them 'nuggets'...

Nope, just been out to check the deer, that's all.
And I'm sticking by what I said in post #16.

 

[.270]

There's a massive difference between an animal that has been culled by a trained hunter, put into the food chain after a proper carcass inspection and full traceability and a filthy wild animal that can carry untold zoonotic viruses that are capable of causing a pandemic sold in the most disgusting conditions without any controls.

You don't know if they are not a trained hunter, they might have a BSC 1 & 2

 

[Freeforester]

Perhaps not #12 then...

But seriously, to conflate 'standards' of both food hygiene compliance and regulation thereof between both countries and their respective 'exotics' would appear to be a bit of a stretch Tim, no?

 

[LostJock]

Exactly ! Completely irrelevant , glad we agree on something

Love it. This is turning into another DSC argument, isn’t it? What a good use of our time.
Close-mindedness is the enemy of progress.

Which course of action should one plan against; the most likely, or the most dangerous?

Some gentle persuasion from some representative body that venison is a good, safe, valuable and local commodity can be no bad thing, especially with the focus on how this all started. Surely we can agree on that?

@deerstalker.308 , I hope you’re right, @VSS I hope you’re wrong.