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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:13 pm Post subject:
How much do people pay then? My haunchs (fallow I was told) were ï¿½9.92 a kg from Hampshire Game at a local London farmers market. To be honest I have no idea how much rump steak costs but I thought the venison was better. I will try and track down a supply I can butcher myself, but I may need a larger freezer.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:32 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

Venison is massively expensive here. I really must find someone who can get me some more cheaply.

Have a word with Deerstalker!

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:35 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

How much do people pay then? My haunchs (fallow I was told) were ï¿½9.92 a kg from Hampshire Game at a local London farmers market. .

I bet Hampshire Game would sell it for about ï¿½2.00 per pound in Hampshire!!........Outside of London, that's all it's worth!...........Not denying that it is food to die for, though...Just the financial value I question.

nettie

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:53 pm Post subject:
I get mine from the Wild Meat Co too, www.wildmeat.co.uk, (Robert is very helpful), and there is a chap who sells farmed Venison at Barleylands market,White House Farm I think, based in Maldon, Essex, haunch ï¿½10.50/kilo. So on a par with what you are paying Treacy but still cheaper than supermarket beef.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 9:56 pm Post subject:
I bought my last haunch at Sparsholt College, Hampshire, after their winter cull. The 10 pound haunch cost ï¿½25.00, I believe.

nettie

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:00 pm Post subject:
It's not what you know but who you know.....I got lucky once, my dad got me a whole load free from a neighbour who knew someone who'd had a cull......sadly no more has been forthcoming. There aren't too many culls round these parts!

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:06 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

I doubt it would be that cheap. When I was there it was still quite expensive but probably cheaper that ï¿½10/kg.

Without giving away trade secrets, how cheap can it be?

Thanks nettie, good to know some other prices - it gives me a good guide.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:07 pm Post subject:
From tomorrow onwards, I'll have a rifle with me when working in the wood. If I get lucky, I'll let you know!

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:11 pm Post subject:
I gather from DS the butchering needs someone with experience to spot any problems with the carcass. I've often thought about what you suggest.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:15 pm Post subject:
For the past several millenia, how has mankind survived without a specialist to hand?....If it looks not right, the odds are you'll spot the problem!

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:18 pm Post subject:
In the past, mates who are master butchers have supervised me when dressing a carcass. This was more to advise on cuts than anything else. Actually, with rabbits, in more than 20 years of rabbit shooting, ignoring myxie, I think I've only had two or three bunnies that were dodgy biologically speaking.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:20 pm Post subject:

Madman wrote:

For the past several millenia, how has mankind survived without a specialist to hand?....If it looks not right, the odds are you'll spot the problem!

Not having much experience I'd be interested in MR DS's comments. Sounds like you know what you're doing, not sure about myself.

Lloyd

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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 05 10:38 pm Post subject:
It's not really any different to doing a rabbit, chicken, or whatever....just a helluvalot bigger!

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 05 7:27 am Post subject:

We have paid about ï¿½1 per lb for a skin on carcass (less head, innards and feet) in the past, sometimes its a little more but never more that about ï¿½1.75 if I remember right (jerky meister usually negotiates the prices as we have a number of animals over several weeks). Butchering is done as a sort of party, my DH and a friend dismember the beast on the diningroom table, jerkymeister and me wash (if necessary- only usually if the meat is covered in shed hair!), pack, chop, mince and sausage in the kichen. Then there is the ritual fried venison fillet supper. The boys have got really fast over the years, they can do three huge deer in the time it used to take us to do one little one.
Have also had fresh roadkill deer, but in hindsight next time we'd deal with that in the same way you deal with roadkill pheasant (unzip skin, take off breast and leg, leave innards well inside the carcass) because the insides of a deer thats been hit by a truck are truly yucky- nowt wrong with the meat though

tahir

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 05 11:13 am Post subject:
that sounds great Sally, we do something similar with sheep at eid, we usually get 3 or 4 of 'em (minus skin and guts) as you say the more you do it the quicker you get.

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