muntjac

[dcw@pr]

Shot a young muntjac on sunday morning, hung it in my cellar, and butchered it this morning. Is there a better piece of meat than a well seasoned muntjac loin seared in butter and served rare? Unlikely. Shame that 95% of people don't know what the animal is, and of those that do 95% will never taste it.



Roll on supper tomorrow night.

[GregE240]

Perhaps if you referred to it as "deer" then people might associate it with venison?

V nice all the same. Bit rich for me.

[dcw@pr]

GregE240 said:

Perhaps if you referred to it as "deer" then people might associate it with venison?

V nice all the same. Bit rich for me.

ah but not all Venison was born equal - and I've never heard of muntjac being served in a restaurant, and it is rarely for sale in shops either. It is far superior to Roe/Fallow/Red that most people have eaten. It is closer to a lean lamb than to the other deer species

Edited by dcw@pr on Thursday 14th May 13:45

[Plotloss]

They're only little and the time taken to prepare the carcass for the yield I'd guess makes them a non-starter commercially.

[dcw@pr]

Plotloss said:

They're only little and the time taken to prepare the carcass for the yield I'd guess makes them a non-starter commercially.

yes - they may also not be farmable. I wonder if anyone has ever tried

[Mobile Chicane]

Looks tasty. I often see muntjac on Box Hill, however short of running them over I have no means of killing them.

[anonymous-user]

That looks supperb! Ive only ever tried Muntjac haunch!

[dcw@pr]

the legs are also good. you have to know a hunter quite well to try the loin as there's not a lot of it and people tend not to give it away

[threesixty]

that looks good.

To be hoenst i'd never even considered eating them, the garden at my parents house is infested with them, might be worth having a pop with the old pellet gun.

[dcw@pr]

threesixty said:

might be worth having a pop with the old pellet gun.

not sure if you're being serious, but you will not kill a muntjac with an air rifle - it's also illegal!

[pgtips]

Had a couple of canons from one recently (friendly butcher). Sliced about 5mm thick and used the hot stone to cook them on - beautiful. The hot stone retains the meat moisture very well.

[dcw@pr]

pgtips said:

Had a couple of canons from one recently (friendly butcher). Sliced about 5mm thick and used the hot stone to cook them on - beautiful. The hot stone retains the meat moisture very well.

im sure thats good, but personally I think if they are cut that thin its not possible to get enough colour on the outside whilst keeping it rare in the middle.

[sleep envy]

there's some on the farm where I shoot but I never have the right cartridges in the barrels when I encounter one

definitely on the list of things to bag later this year

[Plotloss]

sleep envy said:

there's some on the farm where I shoot but I never have the right cartridges in the barrels when I encounter one

definitely on the list of things to bag later this year

With a shotgun?

.222 in England, .243 in Scotland legal minimums, maybe.

[sleep envy]

buck shot no problem

>cough<

[Plotloss]

Slugs, shhh

[dcw@pr]

its possible to get permission to shoot deer with shotguns, but unlikely. I've seen muntjac shot from close range with birdshot before. It did the job, but not something I have tried.

[dcw@pr]

Plotloss said:

sleep envy said:

there's some on the farm where I shoot but I never have the right cartridges in the barrels when I encounter one

definitely on the list of things to bag later this year

With a shotgun?

.222 in England, .243 in Scotland legal minimums, maybe.

you can shoot small deer in scotland with a .22 cf, but only if the specific round meets certain criteria

[sleep envy]

dcw@pr said:

I've seen muntjac shot from close range with birdshot before. It did the job, but not something I have tried.

I'd not try that either, not fair or the animal if you don't finish it off quickly

[threesixty]

dcw@pr said:

threesixty said:

might be worth having a pop with the old pellet gun.

not sure if you're being serious, but you will not kill a muntjac with an air rifle - it's also illegal!

nah, not exactly being serious. I'd borrow something or more likely get someone else to do it. No ideas about the legaility of it, its their own place and they own the shooting rights, I always assumed they could pretty much take a pop at whatever the hell they liked.