Excess rabbits- game dealer or butchers that will take them

Hunter21 · 28-04-2012 01:33AM #1

Got permission on land recently where i was told kill as many ad i can as they are costing him large sums of money, I simply cannot eat all the rabbits I shoot. Case of 15 rabbits on a bad day

Usually go there a few days a week, but have no one that will take the excess ones off my hands.

Anyone know a game dealer or butcher in Cork/Munster that is registered to deal with rabbits? Hate to see good food going to waste.

Ziggieire · 28-04-2012 02:02AM

i dont know will a butcher take them. i know the ones around here wont

German pointer · 28-04-2012 07:29AM

Hunter21 wrote: »

Got permission on land recently where i was told kill as many ad i can as they are costing him large sums of money, I simply cannot eat all the rabbits I shoot. Case of 15 rabbits on a bad day Usually go there a few days a week, but have no one that will take the excess ones off my hands.

Anyone know a game dealer or butcher in Cork/Munster that is registered to deal with rabbits? Hate to see good food going to waste.

Saddler fish shop on Roaches St. Limerick sell rabbits but not sure where they get them their shop number is 061 414232

PS. need any help with them I should have my .22lr soon

browning 12 bore · 28-04-2012 01:42PM

you can bring rabbits to your local game dealer establishment but you can just go into any butcher they have to have a licence to sell wild game meat which by the way is very easy to get if they inquire bout it but then you the hunter to have a certifacation to sell game meat to the butcher and such a course is called wild game meat handling very good course to have

garv123 · 28-04-2012 01:43PM

Hunter21 wrote: »

Got permission on land recently where i was told kill as many ad i can as they are costing him large sums of money, I simply cannot eat all the rabbits I shoot. Case of 15 rabbits on a bad day Usually go there a few days a week, but have no one that will take the excess ones off my hands.

Anyone know a game dealer or butcher in Cork/Munster that is registered to deal with rabbits? Hate to see good food going to waste.

Premier game near cahir used to take rabbit for 1.20-1.50ish a headshot i think.

If you dont want them going to waste you could also try fota-wildlife park.

declan1980 · 28-04-2012 01:52PM

Try your nearest greyhound stadium. The dog men are always looking for cheap meat to feed the dogs. You'd probably get €1.50 a rabbit if you had them skinned

jap gt · 28-04-2012 07:08PM

no butcher can sell wild rabbits, anyone selling rabbits is either selling farmed rabbits, has a licence or is breaking the law.. there is a man that keeps abandoned dogs not too far from you, he would be glad to get them, give me a pm if you want

browning 12 bore · 28-04-2012 08:55PM

jap gt wrote: »

no butcher can sell wild rabbits, anyone selling rabbits is either selling farmed rabbits, has a licence or is breaking the law.. there is a man that keeps abandoned dogs not too far from you, he would be glad to get them, give me a pm if you want

yes lad no butcher can sell them but a buthcher with a wild game licence can sell venison and rabbit and any hunter with a licence ie a trained hunter can sell to them

custom 7mm08 · 29-04-2012 02:32AM

you have pm

Fallow01 · 29-04-2012 10:20AM

browning 12 bore wrote: »

you can bring rabbits to your local game dealer establishment but you can just go into any butcher they have to have a licence to sell wild game meat which by the way is very easy to get if they inquire bout it but then you the hunter to have a certifacation to sell game meat to the butcher and such a course is called wild game meat handling very good course to have

The Game Handling Course does not allow you sell or process any wild game. It just means you are a "trained person" to inspect for diseases like TB........

By 2014 if you want to sell wild game to a registered game handling establishment you will need this course until then the only benefit is you don't need to bring the head & pluck for inspection.

ssl · 29-04-2012 10:51AM

browning 12 bore wrote: »

the hunter to have a certifacation to sell game meat to the butcher and such a course is called wild game meat handling very good course to have

browning 12 bore wrote: »

[any hunter with a licence ie a trained hunter can sell to them

Is it the wild game meat handling course or the trained hunter course which qualifies you to sell to a butcher

German pointer · 29-04-2012 11:08AM

garv123 wrote: »

Premier game near cahir used to take rabbit for 1.20-1.50ish a headshot i think.

Dunnes Stores in Limerick are selling farmed French rabbits some times at €14.99 a pop. The butchers are not that much cheaper from what I can see. Someone somewhere is getting a nice little markup

browning 12 bore · 29-04-2012 11:10AM

trained hunter thats what i was told its called there lad

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