Scottish roebuck: from field to skinning to Kilted Chef
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2022
- The ‘Kilted Chef’ Craig Wilson and deerstalking guide Milton Ferguson have got together to raise money for the Children’s Heart Unit Fund. First-time stalker Ross Stephen won an Aberdeenshire roebuck outing in a charity raffle. They give it to him, taking the deer he shoots from the wild to a delicious lunch in the Eat On The Green restaurant.
Children’s Heart Unit Fund CHUF.org.uk
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Why shoot deer?
There are more than two million red, roe, fallow, sika, muntjac and Chinese water deer in Britain’s countryside and semi-urban areas, the highest level for 1,000 years. Numbers have doubled since 1999, according to the Deer Initiative, the UK government’s deer agency.
Deer are an attractive and an important part of our wildlife. However, they have no natural predator in the UK so numbers must be sensibly and strategically managed to keep them in balance with their habitat and to prevent damage to crops, trees, woodland flora, gardens and other wildlife.
Deer cause £4.5 million-worth (Forestry Commission Scotland) of damage to plantations and other commercial woodlands in Scotland. Crop damage is estimated at £4.3m a year according to DEFRA, with the greatest damage on cereal crops in east and south-west England.
More than 8,000 hectares (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) of woodland with SSI status is currently in ‘unfavourable’ or ‘recovering’ condition due to deer impacts such as browsing and fraying. Deer can also influence the variety of wildlife in woodlands and other habitats by altering structural and plant species diversity. According to the University of East Anglia’s Dr Paul Dolman, that has resulted in a 50% decline in woodland bird numbers where deer are present, impacting particularly on nightingales, blackcaps, chiffchaffs and warblers.
Deer are susceptible to Bovine TB and may be responsible for the transmission of TB to cattle. They are also the likely driver behind the UK’s increasing tick population (Scharlemann et al 2008).
Happily, venison is a delicious meat. It is wild, natural and free range, and - almost fat-free - it is one of the healthiest meats available today. Results from research commissioned by the Game-to-Eat campaign (Leatherhead Food International Research 2006) suggest that there are real health benefits to eating game. Venison is high in protein, low in saturated fatty acids and contains higher levels of iron than any other red meat.
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I find it better with a small stone than using a golf ball, you get a better grip. Nice film and a great idea to support a charity.
Looks delicious and for a good cause!
Brilliant stuff
I wasn't sure about the skinning when I saw them starting to tow it away with the car but, it was very effective!
Thanks, Colin. I lost a 20p bet with David (my maximum stake). I said the audience would not approve but I'm wrong. / Charlie
@@fieldsportstv oh ye of little faith! It just goes to show we aren't all as heartless as you, Charlie. Clearly the FSN are more emotionally attuned to the soft and cuddly jotter blotter that is David (as long as unleaded ammunition isn't involved). The segment with the visually impaired shooting air rifles at 10m targets shows what a difference our sports can make to other's well being at little or no cost to us and (cynically) we win a big goodwill bonus.
🙂