deer meat

pinkyfluff

hi there
im a hunter, i have a deer licence and i shoot alot of deer when the season is open, i am wondering what the laws are on advertising the meat for sale as i often have a few back legs left over after giving away all i can and storing what i can fit in my freezer, oh and any recipies for the meat would be much loved.

It wasn't me!

To sell it to the public, you'll require a game dealer's licence. This is free and can be applied for from NPWS. Not sure what it entails beyond that. If you want, you can also sell it to a game dealer.

pinkyfluff

cool, i will look into that, do ya know if i need to have a special place for storing my meat under these regulations?.
i gave some meat to a few friends last xmas and now there going mad for some this year so i was thinking if it was ok for me to maybe make a few quid with this, lol,

jwshooter

It wasn't me! wrote: »

To sell it to the public, you'll require a game dealer's licence. This is free and can be applied for from NPWS. Not sure what it entails beyond that. If you want, you can also sell it to a game dealer.

kinda right .
with a wild life dealers licence you can sell a animal ,not parts of a butchered animal. ie prossesed.

It wasn't me!

jwshooter wrote: »

kinda right .
with a wild life dealers licence you can sell a animal ,not parts of a butchered animal. ie prossesed.

Oh, that is interesting. I did not know that. How far does it go? Can it be skinned, with head and feet removed, and hung?

pinkyfluff

wow didnt know that, so what would i have to do to be able to sell joints of meat like back legs to people

Deer Hunter DL

pinkyfluff wrote: »

wow didnt know that, so what would i have to do to be able to sell joints of meat like back legs to people

i`d say next step would be open a butcher shop lol , i think when your shooting for sale it takes the sport out of it

pinkyfluff

not shooting for profit just thinkin that if i have all his extra meat i might as well see if theres a few people out there who would buy some, and anyway its not like im out there killing left and right, i would rather sell off the extra i have instead of letting it go to waste just because its 'sporting', in this wonderful recession we have to do what ever we can to keep food coming in and paying the bills,

foxshooter243

jwshooter wrote: »

kinda right .
with a wild life dealers licence you can sell a animal ,not parts of a butchered animal. ie prossesed.

according to this link a wildlife dealer can sell parts of an animal.
http://www.npws.ie/en/WildlifePlanningtheLaw/Licences/WildlifeDealersLicence/

Deer Hunter DL

pinkyfluff wrote: »

not shooting for profit just thinkin that if i have all his extra meat i might as well see if theres a few people out there who would buy some, and anyway its not like im out there killing left and right, i would rather sell off the extra i have instead of letting it go to waste just because its 'sporting', in this wonderful recession we have to do what ever we can to keep food coming in and paying the bills,

my bad , i took it up all wrong mate , yes its better selling it than it going to waste

pinkyfluff

well thanks for all the help everyone, still a bit confused, it will take a while to do any research as my internet is so slow, i just hope there is a way that i could sell my surplus meat,

bunny shooter

If you can't give it away or use it yourself, why shoot it ?

Selling it, no matter what the motivation, is not sporting shooting IMO

I only shoot what I will personally use or what I can give to someone for free. A few lads I give meat to have free range chickens and bees so a swap is a fare exchange

Recession or no recession I shoot for sport not for money.

As an aside a lot of the insurance policies are deemed revoked if you are charging for shooting vermin etc and/or possibly selling meat etc.

pinkyfluff

im only asking out of curiosity so there no need to go preaching, i do shoot what i need or if my friends want some meat i might shoot an extra deer, i dont charge them for it, but sometimes after the kill has been made they change there mind and im left with meat that will go to waste, so i was just wondering what the laws were coz i dont want to go breaking it and loosing my license, just a thought, im a little sorry i asked now, lol, but i did find that the form that was mentioned earlier is the way to go, then i can sell if i want and i know i licensed butcher who would be willing to help me if i do get the license and have surplus deer, thanks for all the help and imput, im a happy girl now, lol

bunny shooter

FTR I ain't preaching :rolleyes: simply giving MY opinion

jwshooter

to process a animal for sale you have to have a certified facility, proper cool rooms ,separate butchering area,waist tanks etc.

this area is very strict , so much so butchers shops had to stop buying there own animals and buy in vac packed meat.

the wild life dealers licence only covers one small part of selling game ready for tha table.

bunny shooter

pinkyfluff if you have any spare free meat and your within reasonable travelling distance to me I will gladly take it off your hands I know loads of people who will really appreciate it

pinkyfluff

so does anyone know what a game dealers license covers as it doesnt say on the internet:)

foxshooter243

pinkyfluff wrote: »

so does anyone know what a game dealers license covers as it doesnt say on the internet:)

"A wildlife Dealer is in the business of buying for resale any wild birds or wild animals , alive or dead, or any parts, products or derivatives of those species, it includes taxidermy"

excerpt from A practical guide to the wildlife Acts, by Des Crofton.:)
best I can do for you pinky fluff:D

flanum

funnily enough.. i can supply me mate (a butcher in his own butchers shop) as many bunny... skinned/cleaned or "packin" as he wants, he was up for it a while ago but then the hse etc got onto him and he reckons its not worth the expense going for the game dealers licence... pity!