the killing of deer

6.5 tikka

quick question lads when you shoot and kill a deer
can you butcher it on the spot or is that not the done thing ?,
would you have to dig a hole for the waste and cover it when finished?
im thinking farmers wouldnt like the idea of people digging holes on
the land if there farming it, i like to hear peoples views on it ?
cheers thanks

dodderangler

Wouldn't imagine the guts and the likes would last long anyway with foxes , crows , magpies and buzzards about
Be the same as gutting a rabbit
Throw guts into ditch or thorn bush and let the wildlife have a munch

viper123

dodderangler wrote: »

Wouldn't imagine the guts and the likes would last long anyway with foxes , crows , magpies and buzzards about
Be the same as gutting a rabbit
Throw guts into ditch or thorn bush and let the wildlife have a munch

Very contentious opinion above, why take the risk of offending someony by leaving it behind. Deer permissions are hard sought, I'd hate to jeopardise it by leaving rubbish of any kind behind. Big difference as well between a rabbit and a deer, a handful of innards versus 20 lbs or so.

wexfordman2

viper123 wrote: »

Very contentious opinion above, why take the risk of offending someony by leaving it behind. Deer permissions are hard sought, I'd hate to jeopardise it by leaving rubbish of any kind behind. Big difference as well between a rabbit and a deer, a handful of innards versus 20 lbs or so.

I think it very much depends on the situation. The grolloch would be done there and then, so where to dispose of the inards depends on where you are. Common sense would serve best ,just not leaving it anywhere it could be seen or offend anyone. So far I've not found it neccessary to ever bring home the grolloch remains.

I always take the head though, leaving it in place till I get home to do the skinning etc

juice1304

You would be surprised how quickly it is all eaten i grollached one and went back to the same spot 12hrs later and it was all gone all that remained was the grass that was in it's stomach. If i was on a farm i would put it out of sight in the ditch if on the hills i just leave it there for the foxes and the crows.

dodderangler

viper123 wrote: »

Very contentious opinion above, why take the risk of offending someony by leaving it behind. Deer permissions are hard sought, I'd hate to jeopardise it by leaving rubbish of any kind behind. Big difference as well between a rabbit and a deer, a handful of innards versus 20 lbs or so.

With the amount of predators and scavengers about 20 lbs of innards would disappear fairly quick
Often push guttin a rabbit and minutes later seen crows magpies and occasional buzzard landing to feed
Would imagine same with a deer
Maybe some farmers might be a bit annoyed over it but the ones I've permission off are not an even shot foxes for them to say just dump them in the ditch or over brambles an let the birds deal with it

renandstimpy

personally i dont have an issue with not bringing the inards with me once where they are disposed of are not in plain sight or in a public place ie. behind a bush on side of road ... people out for a walk might not take to kindly or understand , in this situation id go to furthest point of field from road and if it was evening they would be gone by morning. As said in a previous post i have also not yet come across the situation yet where i felt the need to bring them with me .

Its basically all about having respect for the farmer (he may not wish to see the deer but im also sure he doesnt want to see there inards :eek:) the public, and members of the non hunting kind .... and a bit of common sense as to where you leave them .;)

6.5 tikka

cheers guys i knew the guts / innards would disappear with in a few hours just wanted to see what other
people would do, when i go out shooting pigeons / rabbits all i like to leave is foot prints , i pick up all the used
shells even other peoples shells and it dosent go unnotice have a very good relationship wit the lads , just by doing
the smallest of things ,repect is everything, but yeah it would be a bad move just leaving innards in plane sight ,
when its easy to get them off side , not just messing things up for yourself got to think of other people to ,