Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Terminator ZeroPak


User Tag List

Like Tree1306Likes

Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

  1. #196
    Member
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    Nelson
    Posts
    335
    Your hunting mate is a lot tidier than any of mine. A lot less facial hair. You are doing good work.
    bumblefoot and Micky Duck like this.

  2. #197
    Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    NI
    Posts
    11,849
    Quote Originally Posted by Flyblown View Post
    Everything on these plates was produced off our wee Waikato block, with the exception of the cheese which was made by our very cheese-iferous expert neighbour.

    Beef, salad & veg, spuds. Nowt more required.

    Attachment 160704
    We had a pig that kept getting into the garden. It was a bugger of a thing and would even push under an electric wire. So in the end I killed it for pork instead of growing it out for bacon.
    My wife took great pride in her garden and the abundant veggies. One evening when we were having a pork dinner wife said to the kids "everything on your plate is out of the garden!".
    "Yes" 4 year old replied "even the pig".

  3. #198
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    @CheekiBreeki Yup; east Taranaki

  4. #199
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    The best thing about being able to go hunting on a regular basis again is that I've been able to give so much meat away to the people that have helped me out over the last few years; very satisfying ��

    Venison Scotch fillet seasoned with pepper, rosemary and thyme searing in the frying pan.

    Name:  steak.jpg
Views: 251
Size:  84.1 KB
    Tahr, veitnamcam, mikee and 4 others like this.

  5. #200
    Member
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    Nelson
    Posts
    335
    Good on you. Sharing the catch is great public relations for all hunters in general. Thank you.

  6. #201
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    Quote Originally Posted by Coote View Post
    Good on you. Sharing the catch is great public relations for all hunters in general. Thank you.
    It is. I gave 2 back legs and 10kgs of mince away from those 2 deer we got a couple of weeks ago. And from the little goat I shot 3 weeks ago gave away the back legs and made up a big curry to take to friends with everything else bar the loins and fillets. Goat gone; but replaced yesterday..... ;-)

    Name:  goat.jpg
Views: 266
Size:  1.27 MB
    Cordite likes this.

  7. #202
    Member
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    Nelson
    Posts
    335
    I give away meat too. Some folks give feedback, but I don't hear anything back from others. I get the occasional deer, but mostly it has been pigs, possums and goats. I often cut up the 2nd grade meat and boil up these chunks for people's pets.
    bumblefoot likes this.

  8. #203
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    The goat above today.... All the goats are in beautiful condition at the moment. Mind you, they tend to be in good nick in the valley I hunt. The shoulders will be used for curry tomorrow night

    Name:  goat.jpg
Views: 241
Size:  840.4 KB

  9. #204
    Almost literate. veitnamcam's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Nelson
    Posts
    24,745
    Nice tidy skinning job.
    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

    308Win One chambering to rule them all.

  10. #205
    Member Micky Duck's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    Geraldine
    Posts
    22,365
    punched more than knived by the looks of it...very tidy job indeed.
    if you put a small slit/cut up by rib cage and poke end of forelegs through it it does two things...helps to spread cavity open and makes your forequarter roast compact enough to fit in Mums meat dish,also makes it slide into bag easier to keep flies off,without forelegs sticking out.

  11. #206
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    Yup; punched. It's in the fridge now. I tightly wrap it in sheets and held in place with clothes pegs and hung the night in a tree (skin on). It's like my meat safe. One of the joys of being a qualified butcher is that it's easier to do it all yourself
    rugerman and Micky Duck like this.

  12. #207
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    If you punch it off from the back through to the front and incision you leave all the belly skin (aka bark) on the carcass. The trick is to get behind the bark from the legs down the back and punch towards the belly
    NRT and Micky Duck like this.

  13. #208
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    One shoulder is now in the crockpot for curry....

    Name:  goat.jpg
Views: 314
Size:  667.1 KB
    Name:  goat 1.jpg
Views: 279
Size:  1.14 MB
    Name:  goat 2.jpg
Views: 269
Size:  931.1 KB
    Name:  goat 3.jpg
Views: 275
Size:  851.5 KB
    Name:  goat 4.jpg
Views: 266
Size:  811.3 KB

  14. #209
    Still learning JessicaChen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2014
    Location
    Dunedin
    Posts
    604
    That looks like a nice proper homemade spice paste, way better than the jars of tasteless bland premade sauce crap at the supermarket.
    bumblefoot likes this.

  15. #210
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Stratford, Taranaki
    Posts
    1,391
    @JessicaChen The homemade spice mix makes it completely different. When my mum was ill in Middlemore Hospital we had a goat curry at a local Fiji Indian takeaway; it was absolutely delicious! I've tried to replicate it, and gotta say; it's pretty close now. The major difference is probably that they used meat on the bone. So I now cut through a few legbones and throw them in too. Also; using mutton masala mix from the local Indian greengrocer/spice shop makes a difference too. The little boxes og supermarket garam masala are crap.

    I only do a curry once a week or 10-days and take it to friends for a regular curry night. I always get fed up when you mention goat meat to hunters and they always say "It makes a good curry"..... When there is so much else that can be done with it. It's so limiting to think that it's only good for a curry
    JessicaChen and Micky Duck like this.

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. Perks of living on a farm
    By XBoltstalker in forum Hunting
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 17-10-2016, 07:01 PM
  2. Living up to your name
    By Dorkus in forum Hunting
    Replies: 30
    Last Post: 27-09-2016, 11:37 AM
  3. my dog is living like a king
    By bully in forum Varminting and Small Game Hunting
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 30-03-2016, 10:12 AM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!