Safety of eating wild goats and pigs?

[Bugman]

This came up in conversation today, while organising a hunting trip and one of the guys coming along is a butcher by trade and would be happy to butcher the carcass but would not consume the meat himself. That opinion also counted me out.

[bigpete]

Pfft. That means bugger all in my books.

[Blr243]

Little bit of goat, some pork. Fair bit of deer. Still alive Nearly died carrying a fallow stag up a steep hill

[Oldbloke]

I think few people understand risk very well. They get all excited about just a few people out of a million or so having blood clots, that might kill you after getting the covid vaccine and forget that about 2% of people die of covid, if you catch it.

Same here, man has been eating wild game for millennia with only rare instances of catching a disease that in most cases modern medicine can cure.

Just basic hygiene, cook it well and don't worry, she'll be right mate.

Same about snake bites, sheesh only 2 or 3 people a year die of them in this country yet people waste their time worrying about snakes. They would be better worrying about bees, traffic, ladders at home and going boating.

P.S. Or an angry mistress. Lol

[Robin]

I think few people understand risk very well. They get all excited about just a few people out of a million or so having blood clots, that might kill you after getting the covid vaccine and forget that about 2% of people die of covid, if you catch it.

Same here, man has been eating wild game for millennia with only rare instances of catching a disease that in most cases modern medicine can cure.

Just basic hygiene, cook it well and don't worry, she'll be right mate.

Same about snake bites, sheesh only 2 or 3 people a year die of them in this country yet people waste their time worrying about snakes. They would be better worrying about bees, traffic, ladders at home and going boating.

P.S. Or an angry mistress. Lol

I'm definitely scared of my wife when she's angry , especially after my snake has bitten her hahah.

[Bugman]

Pfft. That means bugger all in my books.

I am just erring on the side of caution.

[deanp100]

I’m a meat inspector and I have eaten heaps of them and would continue to do so.. I would also help you prepare as many oysters as you wanted but wouldn’t eat one of the bloody things.

[Bugman]

Good for you. But your not me. As I said I will always err on the side of caution. Plenty of mates will tuck into wild goat, pig etc but not me.

[deanp100]

Good for you. But your not me. As I said I will always err on the side of caution. Plenty of mates will tuck into wild goat, pig etc but not me.

Do what you like.

[Bugman]

I certainly will.