AZZA'S HJ47 wrote:I jave plenty of friends that love to get venison however i dont thing charitable institutions look at game meat in any positive way.
eddievic wrote:Blade, mate primesafe Victoria rules are very strict and clear. Unless you are licensed you cannot sell meat or butcher any animal (unless for your own use) eg a farmer killing an animals for their freezer. This is done to stop food contamination and people getting sick.
I know of a couple of cases where people were processing roosters at home for friends or for selling in all cases they got a hefty fine, and all live and processed roosters were confiscated (i assume to be thrown in the tip)
Its a waste and it kinda sucks but unfortunately the rules are to stop a few dumb ppl. Same as dairy farmers cannot sell their excess milk and usually just tip it down the drain.
I also know those food charity people have heaps of problems and have to go through hoops to get acreddited even though they are a charity.
I suggest just keep giving to friends or people known to you mate.
bladeracer wrote:Yes, I thought this was the case but that maybe there might be a loophole to help people in need.
VICHunter wrote:bladeracer wrote:Yes, I thought this was the case but that maybe there might be a loophole to help people in need.
You could try some of the 'food rescue' type mobs.
FareShare are a group here in Victoria that do it.
https://www.fareshare.net.au/
deanp100 wrote:The qld rules were always aimed at the exchange of cash for meat. Giving meat away was always allowed as it was assumed it wouldn’t happen in any great amounts.
eddievic wrote:There are a few venison farms kicking around i wonder how they do it.
You could ask prime safe on Monday.
bladeracer wrote:eddievic wrote:There are a few venison farms kicking around i wonder how they do it.
You could ask prime safe on Monday.
I would guess the same way we do beef and rabbit. They have to be delivered live and well to be processed. You can set up your own abattoir, but it's not cost effective for most people, or there are some mobile abattoirs that come out to your property and process your live animals.
I have been to deer farms and the required fencing alone makes it non-viable for most of us.
I have been asked if I might be able to cull some deer in an area that is due to be replanted with native seedlings, deer will destroy them within hours of planting. I doubt I need to cull them all, there are a lot, but dropping one or two every day for a few weeks might be enough to move them out of the area long enough for the plants to take hold. But I have zero use for that much meat, and leaving it to rot really bugs me. They don't have funding to employ shooters, but they also don't want unknown shooters in there as they are in there often themselves.
Bello wrote:I know a guy who was hunting on a property where there were heaps and heaps of deer.
The owner of this property and his surrounding neighbors are all greenies. (Don't like shooters ). But due to the large number of deer on his land, the land owner let this lovely hunter on his property.
Over the course of several months, over 60 deer were taken. All were taken back home by the hunter, cleaned and refrigerated for at lease a week.
The hunter ate some, but gave most of the meat to friends and friends of friends who were happy to receive the meat. A couple of the recipients had lost their jobs around this time and they were so happy to get such good fresh meat for nothing.
It would be a waste to have such a valuable resource go to waste. So many people have asked the lovely hunter for more meat, but the owner of the property said he doesn't want hunters on his land.
The neighbors told the hunter they want the deer gone, but did not want the hunter to shoot them.
Bello wrote:I know a guy who was hunting on a property where there were heaps and heaps of deer.
The owner of this property and his surrounding neighbors are all greenies. (Don't like shooters ). But due to the large number of deer on his land, the land owner let this lovely hunter on his property.
Over the course of several months, over 60 deer were taken. All were taken back home by the hunter, cleaned and refrigerated for at lease a week.
The hunter ate some, but gave most of the meat to friends and friends of friends who were happy to receive the meat. A couple of the recipients had lost their jobs around this time and they were so happy to get such good fresh meat for nothing.
It would be a waste to have such a valuable resource go to waste. So many people have asked the lovely hunter for more meat, but the owner of the property said he doesn't want hunters on his land.
The neighbors told the hunter they want the deer gone, but did not want the hunter to shoot them.