Sorry, novice question but if you can help a new guy out I'd appreciate it.
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Sorry, novice question but if you can help a new guy out I'd appreciate it.
Young animal. Not stinky. Good to go.
Thanks, do I worry about diseases etc?
Not stinky definitely but..... I've somewhat changed my mind regarding older billies.... Here's a vid of me and a mate trying the fillets of an old billy. Was bloody delicious... I also slow cooked an older billy leg and within 3 hours was as tender as. I also tried the leg and fried the back steaks. I sampled them with friends as a test in case I just have shit taste buds! You would have thought it was hogget; was bloody beauty.
I'm a qualified butcher so know a little bit about meat and I think the key if you use a billy is that it's not working the nannies and not all pissed up and over. I practically live on goat. sure I pick the young ones if possible but still want to do more testing re the older billies...
Eating the fillets; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gdiiRIjet8&t=5s
The billy leg; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rJdcZEyB4
You're from the 'naki, yeah? You'll be alright, just use a condom.Quote:
Originally Posted by cally woo
Just avoid the ones with balls and your normally good to go
Greetings All,
I found the very young goats lacked a bit on flavour and would happily take the billies provided they passed the sniff test. Best I ever tried was a barren doe. She was twice the size of the others and covered with fat.
Regards Grandpamac.
I always check the liver and kidneys for spots and disease on all animals I shoot and want to eat, from deer, pigs etc so I would do the same on goats.
I preferentially shoot kids, then young nannies, then young billies. Maybe an older nanny if it's really hard going. I leave the big old billies alone.
I shot a Billy yonks ago. A real stinky.
Not even the dog would eat it.
This was the fattest wild goat I ever shot. A barren nanny; looked like a lamb!
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They can have a few diseases.
This one had a scaury diarhoea problem that would make it hard to get clean meat off.
Goats and sheep share some diseases but I don't think humans can catch sheep measles
Occasionally you see pox like lumps around the groin but again I don't think people catch them.
Probably the main thing is don't eat one that looks unusually thin or sick or has obvious infection on the outside from an injury or something.
I never eat any that are larger than a standard sized GSP, and just wack the back legs off. Wrapped in bacon and slow BBQ'd they are exceptional.
In NZ wild animals, I think it `s all ok. If you are not sure, roast it or slow cook.
Young goat and not stinky. Backstrap or eye fillet cut to smaller pieces and fry with salt, pepper, cooking wine, onion and ginger.
Does it have meat on the bones?
Seriously tho, don't despise the shoulders. If they are not all shot up they are amazing slow cooked. Shot placement for meat retention is advised.
Hunted a Billy the other day, not a huge one but had decent horns, balls and a goatee, did the smell test immediately after shooting and wasn't that strong, fried up a test piece of back meat and it tasted as lamby as ever. Made a beautiful curry.
Just do the smell test each time don't automatically be put off billies as a rule.
wow @1toeknee1 thanks
Fat fat fat cant go wrong but have a look at lungs liver any spots cysts strange colour no go - best I ever had was a big boer goat wether that had gone feral -damn goodQuote:
Originally Posted by cally woo
best one Iv had surprisinly was a young not stinky male that was in real good nick
cooked it on a fire while some prick kept stoaking it up haha @Bushman
Just tried something new for me after watching an American hunting show. Diced the meat from a goat leg, removing nearly every last bit of fat, gland, silver skin and other connective tissue. It's low yield meat processing, but the final product is good enough for relatively hot and fast cooking.
