26.27.1978 (cont) as a gummer. An animal is shot hung by its hamstring from a cable, and carried to a specified collection point where it is gutted as the head taken off. Only the intestinal tract is removed. Liver, heart & kidneys are left attached to diaphragm hanging outside. Male glands are saved as well as antlers. About 10 of these are called together and a big helicopter comes in and takes the lot to a roadhead or to Le Aman airport where a refrigerated shed is maintained by Alpine. The big trucks bring the deer to Mosslem. Each deer is tagged as to time of death. It must be in a fridge by 10 hours, must be at the Mosslem packing plant by 72 hours. An average head is worth $150 dead, but a lot more if captured alive - up to $600. So they carry dart guns and take them alive whenever possible. A special sack is used to transport the live ones under the helicopter. Venison industry New Zealand game meat sent to Germany - $9.7 million dollars until 1970, as $17.1 million in 1977. Game is a luxury item in Germany, served in hotels and restaurants mostly at Christmas season and some at Easter time. Meat worth about $11 per pound in Germany. In 1977 Germany consumed 34,000 tons of game meat, some 16,000 tons imported largely from New Zealand (some from Scotland, Poland, some reindeer from Russia). Game from South Africa is beginning to compete.