Thread: So what deer, etc are allowed to be shot?

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Don't get to fussy either, a lot of people reckon stags in the roar taste like shit, that's only the way the prep them

I reckon the chiller was the best invention ever for the pissy-flavoured roar stag... let 'em hang

Originally Posted by Pointer

I reckon the chiller was the best invention ever for the pissy-flavoured roar stag... let 'em hang

Anything is improved by hanging in a chiller. I have one and its fantastic especially at this time of year.
Last year(roar) all stags shot by our party were good eating.
The year before i shot a youngish stag (est 4y) carried all four quarters back and fillets(I hunt to eat mainly and get away from it all) back to camp where they hung for 5 days.
After about 3 days I thought Id cook up the back steaks thinking they would be alright as he was fairly fat.Wrong big time and yes I know how to cook a Back steak so it melts in your mouth.
So after 5 days in the tree it spent a further 7 days in the chiller and was still strong tough chewy steak even the dog didn't like.
Not all roar stags are bad eating in fact some are bloody good.BUT this one for whatever reason was fit only for salamis or dog tucker.

Interesting to hear that, was he the dominant stag in the area? hence why he hadnt been eating? Or was he just walking dog tucker?

Originally Posted by Pointer

Interesting to hear that, was he the dominant stag in the area? hence why he hadnt been eating? Or was he just walking dog tucker?

Dammit typed a comprehensive reply and lost connection.
Guts of it was NO he was most likely the only stag in the immediate area and doing a lot of miles for hinds in a low population area.
Any animal will be better eating putting on condition than losing it.