gelert
Well-Known Member
First goat I shot was over a decade ago. A lovely billy with a new rifle in the Galloway hills. He was stood on a ledge surrounded by a small group and there was no real way of getting any closer, but he wasn’t really going anywhere. It was an uphill shot some distance off sticks.
Said goat dropped, then I remember thinking, damn how do I get that off, then like something from a YouTube video, the goat started to slide down then off the edge and dropped to the bottom and proceeded to roll down the hill.
Got to the goat, and the horns were in tact. I distinctly remember a musky smell on my coat from carrying the goat back to the truck.
Fast forward a week after butchering , I decided to boil out the scull and horns.
I had an old gas burner that wasn’t really the best, so decided to drill out the jets. School boy error no1,it was like some kind of F14 afterburner ,mistake no 2 I did the whole thing in the doorway of my shed on a windy day.
Well, I turned my back and the rubber hose came off the gas burner and went off like a scalded cat, bloody thing sprayed the inside of my shed door with flames. Everything I had hanging on the back of the doors was engulfed in seconds, coats, boots, waders and a fly vest full of flies went up in seconds. I ran to get the hosepipe which was too short so had to spray the fire with my thumb like a **** before remembering the week old goat head bucket of water to douse the fire.
The goat still has a squint on one side with the heat and the tips are a bit charged.
I found the meat very similar to venison, delicate and very flavorsome. In fact, the hinds I had the same day you could not tell the difference if you put both together side by side. I had a few young kids too which were equally delicious done in a curry goat.
Said goat dropped, then I remember thinking, damn how do I get that off, then like something from a YouTube video, the goat started to slide down then off the edge and dropped to the bottom and proceeded to roll down the hill.
Got to the goat, and the horns were in tact. I distinctly remember a musky smell on my coat from carrying the goat back to the truck.
Fast forward a week after butchering , I decided to boil out the scull and horns.
I had an old gas burner that wasn’t really the best, so decided to drill out the jets. School boy error no1,it was like some kind of F14 afterburner ,mistake no 2 I did the whole thing in the doorway of my shed on a windy day.
Well, I turned my back and the rubber hose came off the gas burner and went off like a scalded cat, bloody thing sprayed the inside of my shed door with flames. Everything I had hanging on the back of the doors was engulfed in seconds, coats, boots, waders and a fly vest full of flies went up in seconds. I ran to get the hosepipe which was too short so had to spray the fire with my thumb like a **** before remembering the week old goat head bucket of water to douse the fire.
The goat still has a squint on one side with the heat and the tips are a bit charged.
I found the meat very similar to venison, delicate and very flavorsome. In fact, the hinds I had the same day you could not tell the difference if you put both together side by side. I had a few young kids too which were equally delicious done in a curry goat.
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