Thread: Autumn goat hunting

Went out this morning and got my first goat, the bush was really thick so could not get onto another two I could hear but not see, found a big billy that someone must have shot and lost, looked like it may have been on Sunday still pretty fresh.

Neat having an extra day off today

Our phillipino tree pruning crew like goat meat and a txt from them was all the prompt i needed to get out of the house

Taking the wifes rifle seemed a good choice, 7mm08 and a 140bt@2930fps and suppressed, great on Goats.

All i needed was a nice secluded gully head with grassy clearings


And some manuka/kanuka clad slopes where they feel safe


Found these guys and had a wee chat with them about growing up big n strong and tasty


Their camo skills need refining


Plenty of fresh sign around kept me moving

Bleating from lower down had me leave the steep and ninja along the flat


Spotting them through the trees i crept into position.


Job tidy and time for a pic


Petit backsteaks


A handy tree branch holds the protein


Nothing wasted


With the guys loaded up like 5ft sherpas we made our way back to the ute before darkness set in

Good work

Had Goat for dinner tonight, roasted while basted with garlic infused duck fat, must shoot more of them

So yum

Hi, thanks for your post.
I'm new to this, wondering if you have any tips or tricks you use to get bits of hair off the meat once you've skinned it? It's bloody hard! And I'm told you shouldn't wash the meat with water.
Any advice you have would be great.
Cheers
Sam

Originally Posted by samusugiru

And I'm told you shouldn't wash the meat with water.

Who told you that rubbish? - jump online and go and look at youtube posts from a country that eat lots more goats than NZers - you'll see that they thoroughly rinse all meat several times before cooking.
Check out either user "Food Money Food" or user "My Money My Food" they regularly post interesting village cookery.

Originally Posted by samusugiru

Hi, thanks for your post.
I'm new to this, wondering if you have any tips or tricks you use to get bits of hair off the meat once you've skinned it? It's bloody hard! And I'm told you shouldn't wash the meat with water.
Any advice you have would be great.
Cheers
Sam

Certainly don't use water if you are going to hang meat as water has bacteria and you want the meat to cure quickly rather than go off however if it's come off a goat give it a rinse and in the pot. All good!
Fark now need to get off arse and go see if some dumb goats walking about in the paddocks, i'm hungry!!

Originally Posted by Willie

Certainly don't use water if you are going to hang meat as water has bacteria and you want the meat to cure quickly rather than go off however if it's come off a goat give it a rinse and in the pot. All good!
Fark now need to get off arse and go see if some dumb goats walking about in the paddocks, i'm hungry!!

Yep. If I'm going to 'age' goat, I'll do it before washing and leave the loose hairs on. Age, THEN wash, then freeze immediately.

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Just cook it tell your family to harden up bit of fiber good for them

I brush the hairs off while rinsing under the tap. Pick any remaining hairs off afterwards.

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Im glad there was no miracle way of getting the hair off after spent last night cleaning up the 3 I knocked over yesterday afternoon - for a moment there I thought I was going to be upset.

I wash them off just before I cook it

Is that a Swazi stag bag in photo? Have one great for bush stalking. Roast goat very nice!

Bone it out in the field, be particular how you do the job, and you won't have hairy meat. Prevention is way better than the cure.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Bone it out in the field, be particular how you do the job, and you won't have hairy meat. Prevention is way better than the cure.

The field never seems to work out nearly always get more crap on the meat vs doing it at home pluss hair comes out way easier while its still warm , iv been trying out a new system for my veno back legs think im onto a winner

basically wack the back legs off with skin attaching them..but before putting them over a shoulder put a sleeve of mutton cloth over them like a sock its taken me nearly 30 years to figure that one out so I hope you guys appreciate it