I use tree pruners that I keep especially for breaking down sheep and deer. Leg/shank bones, ribs, separating chops etc. Only ever use a saw for cutting down the spine.
Liked On: 24-02-2022, 08:15 AM
Cant recommend a cleaver sorry, but my advice is to rest the cleaver where you want to cut, then strike with a wood mallet or a deadblow hammer. Keeps fingers in tact and less bone fragments in meat
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 11:14 PM
so cool to be out gun in hand with the chance of a goose or parry . litteraly 100,s of parries around but just not around us saw maybe 100 geese in total but they maybe on the moon as its to warm...
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 10:57 PM
I quarter animals and take backsteaks. No gutting. Hang to cool, bone out and store in stream bagged up with cairn of stones to keep eels out. Kept meat this way for a week easy
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 02:57 PM
Had a bit of an internet presence hiatus last couple of months but headed out into the Otago blue mountains bush Monday Tuesday this week. Been a while since ive gone out there. Monday 5am bright...
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 12:20 PM
Came across this guy Mike Robinson’s videos recently - some interesting techniques I am keen to try out. Worth a watch.http://youtu.be/TLjamrCT3qA
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 11:51 AM
I always bring out a ziplock bag with baby wipes, and another ziplock bag with antiseptic wipes. Not necessary but I personally like disinfecting my knife blade and wiping my hands between handling...
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 11:46 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb6aLKmfPC0
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 11:45 AM
Walked around one of the flood zone tracks the other night, saw about twenty eels in a small tributary running into the main pond, water was an orange/ red with algae Blume, is basically stagnant,...
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 11:29 AM
Well its fair to say the snaps are back on the bite round here, and in shallow. (10m) We had no problem loading plenty of 30-35cm brim in the bin this morning along with a couple of gurnard and a...
Liked On: 23-02-2022, 11:29 AM
The more shots in a group, the more sure you can be in your results. 10 shot groups are where it is at for REPEATABLE, consistent results :P To be honest, the biggest variable in most group...
Liked On: 22-02-2022, 09:35 PM
I was looking over some of my old targets for load development (seating depth specifically) comparing 3 and 5 shot groups. And from what I could see I would have reached the same conclusions with 3...
Liked On: 22-02-2022, 08:24 PM
From bush to plate.... The good old 303 provides again.... Diced wild goat leg and leek hotpot. With spuds, onion, butter and cream. Flavoured with mint, rosemary and thyme :) 190808 190809 ...
Liked On: 22-02-2022, 01:46 AM
Lol no duck breast I think is really nice. The wife has a really good recipe for peking Duck. We don’t do it that often as it smokes out the kitchen and also you need to give the oven a good...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 10:54 PM
Here you go from when last home. Breast out the bird. Lightly fry the breasts then place in oven at 180 for 10min 190493 while that’s in the oven fry up some Pancetta 190494 Then fry up some red...
Liked On: 18-02-2022, 04:48 PM