Deer hunting, getting it butchered.

[caesius]

Cmon don't you think you are being sucked in by a troll.Who the fur...k moves into to town and hopes to pay the bills with a bit on the side in the weekends. Would probably get buck fever if he saw a rabbit. Send him to the firearms thread. Regulars .....are you really are you that bored you have to respond to something like this ?

Ae? Just moved into town? I live here. And what's this about paying the bills? Who said that.

Why should I not have posted this? I searched the internet for butchers who deal with homekill stuff, returned very little. I searched KB for a thread like this and found none.

What rules did I breach.

[doc]

Ae? Just moved into town? I live here. And what's this about paying the bills? Who said that.

Why should I not have posted this? I searched the internet for butchers who deal with homekill stuff, returned very little. I searched KB for a thread like this and found none.

What rules did I breach.

Have you got one before ?

[caesius]

Have you got one before ?

I assume you mean deer? I've been with mates a few times back home, I was only really spectating, i.e they did the shooting/gutting etc.

I'm getting my gun license, and I'm bloody keen to get better at deer hunting and all I wanted was a few pointers as to the "after shooting" part.

What that have to do with whether I should have posted though?

[mstriumph]

yep it's not really that easy
first you gotta find one,
then you gotta shoot it.Hopefully your aim is good so it do'nt suffer.
then gut it that even means puting ya hand up u know what.
then ya gotta get it back to the car,
then hang it for 2 or three day's,
and by the the time ya done that you might of found a butcher

too hard!!

try becoming a vegetarian? --- all you can eat in a handy backyard plot and you don't need hours of patience, a funny hat and a gun to harvest them or a butcher to dismember the result................


......... on the other hand - venison - mmmmmmm

[deanohit]

Ahhh just go for it mate, even if you don't get anything, you'll still have fun getting out there.

[TLMAN]

I have a mate in Waitara who has a block with a sh#*load of deer on it. He will guide you up there and show you where they are for you to shoot. I think he charges $300 for the guide, meat and the dressed animal. PM me if interested.

[riffer]

I assume you mean deer? I've been with mates a few times back home, I was only really spectating, i.e they did the shooting/gutting etc.

I'm getting my gun license, and I'm bloody keen to get better at deer hunting and all I wanted was a few pointers as to the "after shooting" part.

What that have to do with whether I should have posted though?

I can't see anything wrong with your thread. Good discussion I reckon.

Anything involving guns and fine cuts of meat has got to be good.

[Grub]

My best mate is a deer hunter of long standing and Riffer is right ... the Stokes Valley guy is apparently one of the primo game butchers in the country. Anything you hunt, he butchers

[Slingshot]

Stokes Valley Quality Meats offer this very service for hunters and lifestyle blockers.

I've had work done there in the past, from memory it was around $40 to $50ish. You can also may a small amount extra and have it vacuum packed, then it'll last longer in the freezer.

If you're deep in the forrest, surely you would gut it first. This would reduce the weight quite a bit. Still to heavy... off with the head.

Of course you would, they've got to be bled out good and that needs to be done before the blood starts to clot...be way to heavy to carry out of the bush intact as well. Unless you're planning on cheating and using a quad to cart you catch.

I thought when you hung it up it had to be in a chiller (a LARGE chiller)?

We use to hang em in the woodshed for a couple of days, worked nicely.

[Shadows]

Moving into a flat next year, foods gonna be expensive so I've had this great idea to go deer hunting every couple of months and stock up a deep freeze with venison steaks, sausages, mince etc etc.

Only problem is I've got no idea where to take the carcass. I'll be in the Wellington area but I wouldn't mind driving for a good butcher.

I've also got no idea about how much it would cost, how much meat you get back, how to transport it, how long it takes, which places to avoid etc etc. Would someone who knows a bit more than me fill me in? I'm so exciting about the deep freeze fulla' delicious deer meat I need to know.

Venison steak with an appropriate selected beer...I can't wait.

Stokes Valley Quality Meats offer this very service for hunters and lifestyle blockers.

Here's their number:

04 563 8891

Darren Meates is his name.

Get a good hilar shot, front third of the animal's body and a third of the way up. Definately don't shoot the arse out of the animal as that is where the most of the meat is and the meat will spoil quickly around the bullet hole and where the projectile has shattered bones.
Make sure after you get the kill that you quickly get the guts and as much blood as possible out, and open the legs out. The object is to get as much heat out of the carcass as quickly as possible so that it doesn't spoil.

If you're really keen then join the Deerstalkers when you get down here, they even do a practical hunts course.