No1Mk3 wrote:G'day Archie,
Our pigs are no worse than any other wild population. Selling carcases in the US is the same as roo shooters doing it here, know what to look for. Check the pigs liver for fluke or milk spots, use gloves to butcher and you are very unlikely to have a problem. Don't feed raw offal to your dogs, and if the fluke or spot infestation is severe don't eat it. Mild fluke (Flatworm), eat only the meat not offals, Milk Spot (Roundworm) the same and especially don't feed dogs the offals cooked or not, Tapeworm (Hydatids) cannot be transferred to humans by eating infected animals but never feed it to your dogs. As with most game, cook through and don't eat it rare. Cheers.
bigpete wrote:Simple way of avoiding Q fever....just take legs and back straps,then you don't have to gut the animals:)
Bent Arrow wrote:bigpete wrote:Simple way of avoiding Q fever....just take legs and back straps,then you don't have to gut the animals:)
This is pretty much what I do. I know I miss a bit of meat, but not enough to loose sleep over.
Nearly all my life I've eaten wild pigs, goats, roo, but mainly pigs you can make bacon, hams all like the domestic ones
When we were boxing pigs we left the heart ,liver and lungs attached to the pig for them to inspect
We were told to look for TB, LEPTO,BRUCELLOSIS, QFEVER All can be caught by breathing the vapour that rushes out when you're dropping the gut out
We were told to wear rubber gloves and something over our mouth and nose when dropping the gut then wash out selves properly when finished
I only know of 3 Brucellosis cases or any other cases of the above diseases around here and it was those who though the didn't need the safety procedure's
We've had more Qfever cases come out of the local abattoir than people eating wild meat
People don't understand that lots of animals that go to the meat works are not disease free they live where the wild ones live only fenced and some get needled for some diseases but I will say the meat works have a very good but not bullet proof way of meat inspection
All my kids have been brought up on wild pig, goat and so on if you are careful and do the appropriate checks there's no reason you won't be ok
I believe all hunters should learn and know the signs and what to look for with wild meat disease but I;m assuming most already know
bigrich wrote:Bent Arrow wrote:bigpete wrote:Simple way of avoiding Q fever....just take legs and back straps,then you don't have to gut the animals:)
This is pretty much what I do. I know I miss a bit of meat, but not enough to loose sleep over.
Same as I do. Not enough meat on the front legs for the amount of effort to carve up IMHO
bigrich wrote:Bent Arrow wrote:bigpete wrote:Simple way of avoiding Q fever....just take legs and back straps,then you don't have to gut the animals:)
This is pretty much what I do. I know I miss a bit of meat, but not enough to loose sleep over.
Same as I do. Not enough meat on the front legs for the amount of effort to carve up IMHO
bigrich wrote:Bent Arrow wrote:bigpete wrote:Simple way of avoiding Q fever....just take legs and back straps,then you don't have to gut the animals:)
This is pretty much what I do. I know I miss a bit of meat, but not enough to loose sleep over.
Same as I do. Not enough meat on the front legs for the amount of effort to carve up IMHO
Bent Arrow wrote:bigrich wrote:Bent Arrow wrote:bigpete wrote:Simple way of avoiding Q fever....just take legs and back straps,then you don't have to gut the animals:)
This is pretty much what I do. I know I miss a bit of meat, but not enough to loose sleep over.
Same as I do. Not enough meat on the front legs for the amount of effort to carve up IMHO
I take the front and back legs, back strap and the neck meat. As Murphy would have it, where I hunt I'm often a fair hike from camp when I nail a couple of goats so the trade off with gutting animals for the extra meat that I then have to carry out isn't very enticing. As Stix said, the front shoulder is a great cut, perhaps even one of my favourites. I'd say there's more meat on a shoulder than a back strap....
Hey Stix nice looken goat there mate I reckon if you froze it well packed it in ice it would make it over here nicely
You get a few where you are mate ? We have to go 2-3 hundred klm to get them but there 's plenty well there was last I went before
the dry the ones here the meat gets a little tainty in very dry places other than that they're good eaten