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

Really enjoy this thread and love a bit of goat meat and go goat hunting regularly always have some in the freezer for a nice stew or curry. I find it more mild than most venison.
We are very picky about the ones that come home with us though, younger nannies generally. Older nannies go to the dog as it can be a bit tough/dry. Billies, almost without exception are left on the hill.
Have shot some goat off spring pasture last year that was as fatty as any lamb and was excellent eating.
We've been trying to eat more wild game lately and the freezer is full of goat, rabbit, hare, and venison. I have recently become a bit fond of hare as a meat after being put off from it for a few years.

Freezer even has a drawer of possum hind legs, which I give to a work mate for their dogs. Takes no time to whip the back legs off and throwing them into a bucket as I'm going around shooting them.
I would feed it to our dog but he has regular supply of goat and I don't like the smell of possum which stays on your hands after having to skin them.

Originally Posted by Makros

Really enjoy this thread and love a bit of goat meat and go goat hunting regularly always have some in the freezer for a nice stew or curry. I find it more mild than most venison.
We are very picky about the ones that come home with us though, younger nannies generally. Older nannies go to the dog as it can be a bit tough/dry. Billies, almost without exception are left on the hill.
Have shot some goat off spring pasture last year that was as fatty as any lamb and was excellent eating.
We've been trying to eat more wild game lately and the freezer is full of goat, rabbit, hare, and venison. I have recently become a bit fond of hare as a meat after being put off from it for a few years.

Freezer even has a drawer of possum hind legs, which I give to a work mate for their dogs. Takes no time to whip the back legs off and throwing them into a bucket as I'm going around shooting them.
I would feed it to our dog but he has regular supply of goat and I don't like the smell of possum which stays on your hands after having to skin them.

I rate hare highly - I dont know if you have tried it this way but I soak in salty water overnight and then simmer it in milky water for a few hours before a slow roast bloody delicious

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

I rate hare highly - I dont know if you have tried it this way but I soak in salty water overnight and then simmer it in milky water for a few hours before a slow roast bloody delicious

No I haven't tried hare like that but that sounds exactly like what a German friend did with some rabbits I gave them. I was sent pictures and it looked delicious!

Originally Posted by Makros

No I haven't tried hare like that but that sounds exactly like what a German friend did with some rabbits I gave them. I was sent pictures and it looked delicious!

yeah works with rabbit - hare- canadas - and paradise - takes away gamy smell -but not tame geese they are inedible any which way --was told once with tame geese boil in milky water and very long (10hrs ) slow roast -nah bloody awfull - and yet Poms rate them - no accounting for taste -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

I rate hare highly - I dont know if you have tried it this way but I soak in salty water overnight and then simmer it in milky water for a few hours before a slow roast bloody delicious

Got dozens of the buggers, so will have to try this approach thanks

Originally Posted by Makros

Really enjoy this thread and love a bit of goat meat and go goat hunting regularly always have some in the freezer for a nice stew or curry. I find it more mild than most venison.
We are very picky about the ones that come home with us though, younger nannies generally. Older nannies go to the dog as it can be a bit tough/dry. Billies, almost without exception are left on the hill.
Have shot some goat off spring pasture last year that was as fatty as any lamb and was excellent eating.
We've been trying to eat more wild game lately and the freezer is full of goat, rabbit, hare, and venison. I have recently become a bit fond of hare as a meat after being put off from it for a few years.

Freezer even has a drawer of possum hind legs, which I give to a work mate for their dogs. Takes no time to whip the back legs off and throwing them into a bucket as I'm going around shooting them.
I would feed it to our dog but he has regular supply of goat and I don't like the smell of possum which stays on your hands after having to skin them.

Hare is great - just remember it’s a ‘dry’ sort of meat so crock-pot or oven bag.
Hare, rabbit, goat, fallow, chamois, thar, red, whitetail, wallaby - I’ve eaten meat from all of them and all were great.