The Game Butcher (Paperback)

Darran Meates

ISBN 10: 186969421X / ISBN 13: 9781869694210

Published by Huia Publishers, Wellington, 2011

About this Item

Paperback. This book on processing wild pigs and deer is written by Darran Meates, one of the country's leading butchers of game meat. Practical down-to-earth text and over 250 photographs show how to field dress, skin and butcher pigs and deer, caping techniques, food safety information for game hunters, and recipes for venison and wild pork. It also tells the inspirational story of The Game Butcher, Darran Meates, from leaving school at fifteen and taking up a butchery apprenticeship to running his own business and fronting a television hunting show, and his lifelong passion for hunting. This book on processing wild pigs and deer is written by Darran Meates, one of the country's leading butchers of game meat. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Game Butcher (Paperback)
• Publisher: Huia Publishers, Wellington
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186969421X
• ISBN 13: 9781869694210
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

This book on processing wild pigs and deer is written by one of New Zealand’s leading butchers of game meat. With practical down-to-earth text and over 250 photographs, the author shows how to field dress, skin and butcher pigs and deer, caping techniques, food safety information for game hunters and even recipes for venison and wild pork.

About the Author

Darran Meates, known as The Game Butcher, is a trained butcher and experienced wild game hunter. He owns and operates a butcher's shop in Stokes Valley, Wellington and specialises in processing game meat. Darran is well known in New Zealand and overseas through his Internet television show The Game Butcher's Hunting Show, a regular column he wrote for the New Zealand Pig Hunter magazine, talks he has given to hunting groups and appearances at hunting-related shows such as the Sika Show and wild food shows.