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Dec 32 min read

Christmas Orders

We’re in the Thick of the Fallow Deer Cull – Your Support Matters! As we tackle the height of the fallow deer cull, it’s a busy time at...

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Oct 32 min read

Welcome and a recipe!

Welcome to all the new subscribers here courtesy of "Round and About" magazine, and thank you for joining me on an endevour to bring...

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Why haven't more people cottoned on to venison haunch (pavé) and chump/rump steaks?

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Feb 52 min read

Why haven't more people cottoned on to venison haunch (pavé) and chump/rump steaks?

An overlooked cut.

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It's horrid out there- this warming venison chilli con carne is just the ticket...

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Jan 232 min read

It's horrid out there- this warming venison chilli con carne is just the ticket...

Apologies if you've seen me publish this favourite recipe before, I cooked it up again last night and realised it had been removed during...

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🌟 Your Vote Counts! Please support Chiltern Venison in the BASC Eat Game 2024 Awards 🦌🏆

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Dec 23, 20232 min read

🌟 Your Vote Counts! Please support Chiltern Venison in the BASC Eat Game 2024 Awards 🦌🏆

We hope this finds you well and ready for Christmas! As passionate advocates for sustainable, ethical and delicious local meat, we are...

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Dec 16, 20233 min read

Venison Pathia

Like tamarind? Venison Pathia is a zesty curry with a tantalizing tang.

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Aug 23, 20232 min read

Thai Venison Salad

If you've never had this before, you're in for a zingy, vibrant treat... You can use venison fillet, sirloin or pave steaks - all will...

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Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road'.. or … yet more reasons to eat wild UK venison

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Jul 21, 20232 min read

Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road'.. or … yet more reasons to eat wild UK venison

A reflection and counterpoint to yesterday’s headlines…. It might surprise some to learn that the UK is home to a surplus of wild deer...

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Chilterns Magazine- the need for deer management (& eating more wild venison)

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Jul 19, 20231 min read

Chilterns Magazine- the need for deer management (& eating more wild venison)

Delighted to have helped the Chilterns AONB team to write this timely and important article... thank you folks....

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Have you visited the Chilterns AONB website yet?

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Jul 19, 20231 min read

Have you visited the Chilterns AONB website yet?

https://www.chilternsaonb.org/

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Intelligent Magazine- The role of sustainable meat on the Chilterns AONB (Spring 2023)

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Jul 19, 20231 min read

Intelligent Magazine- The role of sustainable meat on the Chilterns AONB (Spring 2023)

A beautifully crafted piece by Richard Lieberman in the Spring edition of Intelligent magazine, looking at local venison and lamb and the...

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Fancy venison pie? Pop into the Nags Head, Great Missenden

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Dec 2, 20211 min read

Fancy venison pie? Pop into the Nags Head, Great Missenden

Tomas' venison pies, made with Chiltern Venison supplied beasts, are flying out the door! It's really heartening for me when restaurants...

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You can now find us in Hughenden Valley Village Store

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Dec 2, 20211 min read

You can now find us in Hughenden Valley Village Store

Really pleased to be in the community shop from today! Thank you Louise and the team, here's to hearty winter stews in the...

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A quick review of the RoeSafe portable game larder for the Fieldsports Channel (December 2021)

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Dec 2, 20211 min read

A quick review of the RoeSafe portable game larder for the Fieldsports Channel (December 2021)

Out with Charlie Jacoby for a review of the progress we're making on one of the local estates in terms of deer numbers and longer term...

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May 28, 20211 min read

The Hownhall Podcast-

Talking deer, venison, markets, ballistics and herd dynamics with my old friend Simon O'Leary, co-owner of Hownhall Shooting Ground, in...

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A quick canter through venison & deer management with Liz of Pinewood Nurseries

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May 28, 20211 min read

A quick canter through venison & deer management with Liz of Pinewood Nurseries

Here's a quick flavour of what we do, why we do it and the need for quality, planned deer management to maintain grasslands and woodlands...

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Accompanying wines recommended by a (Majestic) wine buff

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Nov 23, 20201 min read

Accompanying wines recommended by a (Majestic) wine buff

Ok, so in case you're unsure what to drink with venison (I think it's pretty forgiving myself, but that may say more about me) I asked a...

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Something I knocked up in the workshop with local oak and 8pt Scottish red antlers I got hold of

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Nov 20, 20201 min read

Something I knocked up in the workshop with local oak and 8pt Scottish red antlers I got hold of

Thank you @managed estates

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New- Chorizo Sausages @peterley manor farm- from tomorrow

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Nov 20, 20201 min read

New- Chorizo Sausages @peterley manor farm- from tomorrow

Will be dropping off with Peterley Manor Farm Shop a few packs tomorrow as a trial- please try them (we recommend them with mash or in a...

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Press finally catching on the adverse effects of excessive deer numbers on the landscape...

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Nov 18, 20201 min read

Press finally catching on the adverse effects of excessive deer numbers on the landscape...

Over the weekend- also in the Daily Telegraph. PS It's bad, but it's not that bad- deer numbers don't actually double each year, that's...

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