Sitting here - sorounded by DEER- in the Royal Parks - but they belong to the Crown
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So we don't get much venison around here usually - back in the 80's - I was pood'lin thru the fog of a dark December night - driving a Ford Granada - moonlighting as a mini-cab driver - and as I entered Bushey Park - this south Asian boy racer in a Renault 4 Turbo - put his foot down - in front of me - and ran into a young fallow deer - killing it outright - speeding in the fog - what a bell-end - so I stops - and we looks at his busted hood/bumper - and his now steamy/leaky radiator - he's a tad hysterical - and gets worse as I tell him that he just killed a Royal Deer - and that's such a crime in England - that he could end up in The Tower of London - where they throw away the key - He holds his own head - pleading with me - 'Oww what do I do?! - Can't we come to some arrangement?' - he says - pulling a big wad of dough outa his pocket - 'Can I pay you - to take it away?'
Well - I'd be an accomplice - if I were to get caught - while 'helping' this fella - but I had a mate at the time who was a butcher - and wasn't too far away - so I took the boy racers money - spread a coupla bin bags in the trunk/boot - then salvaged the deer -
- the butcher gave me £100 for it - and he knew how to skin and prepare a deer for consumption - I've never had to do it myself -
This short video - gets me thinking on that subject
Deer jerky is the best!
