Thread: Venison meat hunting in NZ in the past

I guess they were drafting the moving mechanical rice off the meat???? the horror stories are many and colourful

Originally Posted by mpf

Red deer ,sika ,fallow ,rusa and samba ,hindquarters only ,deer cut in half ,whole deer clean shot ,body shot ,arse shot ,rolled down hills ,floated down creeks and flysprayed with coopers odourless ,they took the lot.

yes they did but that did not last that long and we had to sell with heart lungs and liver attached - but for those who are younger and did not go thru those days it did not last long - the days we could go out shoot deer and sell them sadly went - same as the goat boom and bloody ostriches and emus - we need the selling of venison back again but sadly the bloody greenies and do gooders have possibly stopped that -it was motivating to lump a 140 lb deer out knowing that it was $1 dollar a pound and ones weekly wage was $20

Thanks for sharing, what an era to have lived

Velvet only trip

Originally Posted by woods223

Yep, can remember getting fuckall per week as an apprentice mechanic, could earn about a months wages for a Saturday or weekend hunting.

$16 per week as an apprentice mechanic in 1968. Deer sold at about $30 each. Good money.

Originally Posted by sore head stoat

I left school in 1973, that receipt was 4 months work for me... I wish I had been involved in the venison and particularly possum skin industry. Well done Gamehunter.

I built a 100 M2 house back then fo $19k not inc the $4k section. $500 was a lot of money.

Used to sell hares to Paddy OBrien in Masterton for 5 shillings / 50 cents each in the 60s. Had a notched belt dragging behind me that I attached them to. Paid for ammo and petrol. I used to earn 17/6pence at a hardware store, working after school during the week.

Talked to Don Gregory who ran a chiller in Mangaweka and Frank Tickner who ran a chiller in Napier about the state of deer which used to get delivered. Some of the stories were an absolute crack up.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Talked to Don Gregory who ran a chiller in Mangaweka and Frank Tickner who ran a chiller in Napier about the state of deer which used to get delivered. Some of the stories were an absolute crack up.

mate and I lumped a big old boar and a small stag out of the Waioeka gorge - took a while to get the deer so the pig smelled well off basically when we got to road next day - definetly whiffy - soaked it in creek for an hour and straight up to freezer at Matawai - put in with some other pigs and tagged it - went back about a week later and bugger me cheque there for it - I would not have eaten it - usually did not bother to much with pigs as not worth much but they did offset the tax one had to pay on deer - and its was always R Muldoon or B Crump- H.I. Noon was a favourite - anybody but me - was not always good news though - another mate and I got free heli trip into remote area Ruakituri - shot 9 and had them on two pads ready to fly out - our pilot mate was two days late and we lost 6 to flystrike - it would have been good to have the portable deer safes around now - we had mutton clothe but really not that good even with fern stuffed inside to try and get space around deer - f@&*%n blow flys

Here's a letter from Mair Venison about what was required when dropping an animal off at the meat safe.
From what I recall you didn't get payed for the weight of the skin, offal or head. This was in the mid 90 s

Originally Posted by Crekyhills

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Here's a letter from Mair Venison about what was required when dropping an animal off at the meat safe.
From what I recall you didn't get payed for the weight of the skin, offal or head. This was in the mid 90 s

yes the pesticide declaration - now I might have the facts slightly wrong as to who was at fault -its a while ago - but I remember the shit hitting the fan when a seller got all clear from landowner -sold deer with a clear pesticide declaration - but brodifacoum (talon)had been used next door or on the property and Manager failed to inform or did not know contractors doing possum control had been there - turned up in the meat

A couple of sales dockets, sometimes good sometimes bad

Originally Posted by Crekyhills

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Ya should have been given a fkkin medal not taxed to hell, just filthy animals taxing poor old meathunters, while they build themselves a beehive with your money.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Talked to Don Gregory who ran a chiller in Mangaweka and Frank Tickner who ran a chiller in Napier about the state of deer which used to get delivered. Some of the stories were an absolute crack up.

Would occassionally not find a deer when shot spotlighting until the next morning. Guts in all night. Bit smelly when gutted. Full bottle of vinegar in the gut cavity and around attached offal usually got rid of any smell then off to the chiller. Usually went through ok - no rejects.