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Mossburn
Feb 27, 1978
Checked out of the Grand Hotel and drove to Mossburn
where we met Mr. Ray Brady, General Manager of
Southern Lake Game Co. This little plant is affiliated
with Alpine Helicopters and processes about a third
of the deer exported to Germany. Ray showed me through
all stages of processing, from unloading rough animals
that helicopters had shot and dropped at collection
points to the final boxing of wrapped meat for
freezing and shipment. The crew was swift and very
competent in their work.
Ray then took us out of town 8 mi. or so (5 km)
to the Bluerolin Starg Range where Mr. Bernard Pirney
runs about 850 red deer in well fenced paddocks.
We walked over part of the ground, took pictures of
some of the birth of deer, and examined the catchment
area where deer are processed.
Returned to the plant in Mossburn and found two
big refrigerated trucks unloading deer. One gathered
animals from miscellaneous helicopter operators. The
other was Alpine. He watched 50 some deer go
into the production line - everything from big stage
to spotted fawns.
Some general information about the business:
Helicopter hunting
Crew of two work from small machine - a pilot