Harvesting Feral Camels for Sustainable Meat: A problem becomes an opportunity.
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 22 мар 2023
- Support the channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/jackoutt...
During a recent flight, we discovered a feral camel in our cattle yards. As responsible landowners, we knew that we needed to remove the camel to prevent any potential harm to our livestock or property. But instead of wasting this resource, we decided to make the most of the situation by harvesting the meat and utilizing it for sustainable food production. Join us as we explore the ethical and responsible approach to hunting and harvesting feral camels for meat and discover how we're turning a problem into an opportunity for sustainable living.
As an Arab, I'm glad to see camel meat being appreciated, and I agree it should be harvested commercially .. One of the healthiest meats out there! such a waste to have these millions of camels roaming around with no local market. Baffles me also why not at least try exporting it to the Arabian Gulf states and Africa. We pay top dollar for it here. Btw all camel meat is edible not just specific cuts .. tastes amazing as well.
True words. It is a sweeter meat. That is my best description. I ate a lot of goat and camel in Saudi Arabia each time I was working there. I did not miss having beef. Sure, I like beef, but it was crazy expensive. Camel was reasonable.
And a waste of excellent leather
I'm an American and I've gotten into ground camel meat when I moved to Southern California a couple years ago and I LOVE it!!! Kinda tastes no different than beef, just not as greasy (like I don't need to drain out the grease after cooking), and I often use it for burgers, casseroles, and even spaghetti. If wasn't so expensive and not that commonplace, I would eat that more than beef (and I love beef)!
And when I saw this, I was like "FINALLY they're taking advantage of the camels there in that way!". I mean, they're doing that with the goats, they should do that with the camels too.
I’m with you. Sadly nuisance or invasive animals are usually seen as “trash”. There’s a stigma that people think they’ll take like garbage. Mostly because they’re seen in a negative way due to their status as non native
@@tanneradams20 same with carp in the US
So lucky to have a ready supply of fresh and healthy meat. Camel is excellent.
Camel is all i eat on hump day.
Thanks for the education and the entertainment. Great presentation, Jack. Bringing the bush to us city-dwellers.
Great video, the way that this is explained and documented goes a Long way
Thanks, I'm glad it's being received well.
Interesting anatomy and facts about Camels. I'll bet the meat is delicious. Thanks for sharing and God Bless you and your family Jack. Cheers from South Carolina, USA.
Hi there Jack been watching your videos from the start I much enjoy watching them the last one about the Camel 🐪🐪🐪 I can relate to that way to go looking forward to your next video cheers mate.
Love it. I haven't hunted camel yet, but now I know how to harvest the back straps. Cheers
Great video loved the way things were explained and the reason why it was done looking forward to more videos
You guys are hysterical. Plane audio is excellent.
Realy well presented Jack. Thanks mate.
Realy is a pity that we currently dont have the harvesting/processing infrastructure to utilize such a fantastic resource.
Much bigger job than the harvesting roos i'm used to.
If Kangaroos can be harvested on a commercial basis, there really is no reason I can think of that stops camel from being processed in the same way.
@SeanHendy I would agree that camels should be utilized where possible.
A great resource, quality meat, good leather.
However, camels are more than ten times the size and weight of a large adult male kangaroo, live predominantly much more spread out, in much less accessible desert country, and are thousands of miles from processing plants.
Few if any, are able to harvest them on a commercial scale at present.
It cant be done as roo harvesting is, from a ute by one man.
It has been tried with mobile slaughter plants, but the logistics are a big hurdle that few are even capable of.
To make that viable, mustering is needed. Yards and management ie: stockmen, feed and water are needed.
large mobile chillers/refrigeration plants are needed for whole or half carcasses.
Transportation thousands of kms to city butchering plants and end markets.
Most would have to be exported, as Australia hasn't the market for eating camel meat, unless used as pet meat.
Much larger equipment costs, man power and management needs.
Alternatively they would be mustered, yarded and trucked thousands of kms to an abattoir able to handle the size.
Cant use normal 2 deck cattle trucks, single decks only, making the cost per animal to transport that much more expensive.
Again, logistics and cost being prohibitive to profitable commerce.
It is a hugely different, & much more difficult operation than commercial kangaroo harvesting.
1 man can easily manage a viable, productive kangaroo harvesting business. finding, shooting, dressing and moveing 50 or more roos a night.
1 man will struggle to manage even 1 camel.
Hopefully, the future will see that change, but till then, its shoot to ground with only a small portion utilized for personal use.
A sad truth, but truth non the less .
@@colb9916 yep, there are challenges, but where there's a will there's a way. One thing is true is that we can't continue on the path we are going with a growing global population, and have to find innovative solutions to use resources that are under utilised at present, or to just do things differently. Cattle farming can't continue to grow to match the population.
I recently heard of an interesting project I think in Belgium, where each suitable household was given three chickens, 2000 households in total, with training provided. Within a very short space of time, the number of eggs bought locally was next to nothing, and also the food wastage drastically reduced.
@@SeanHendy yeah I saw that chicken project. great results.
Kinda think every yard deserves a few chickens.
Free fertilizer, eggs, they keep the weeds down, turn the soil, snack on extra insects, and they love a mouse or twenty.
Agreed, that meat resource would benefit many.
There is a company in Alice Springs I think that is milking camels for saleable milk.
Just a pity they like the hardest places to access and its sooo bloody big out there.
What a bloody great experience, wish I were there helping & learning ,
jack my first problem with the tuhorse pump was with cable spliceing seperating & the insulating fail rectified & ok 3.5 yrs except for wear parts thanks & best wishes tim
Great video! Should definitely use this meat more hey. I'm a Perth boy but can definitely see the need and use for the meat & those extra dollars for your guys pocket would be sweet. Great plane and flying btw.
after watching this video and previous one, I can't express the joy of gaining this knowledge. well aside from one way I think it's we all do our part and say yes to camel #givemethatCamel.
You should take a page from the Native Americans on how they processed the bison and try that on the camels.
Carmo, beautiful work mate! Camel meat is a viable industry and should be promoted here in Oz more. A shame a lot of the kill is left to rot and feed other pests like dingoes.
Being in SE Qld and having a couple of mates on stations, many city folk just do not understand why control is so important.
Heading over to WA in the next 12 months to do the CSR - would be good if we could traverse Prenti Downs -
Cheers and thanks for the vids mate!
Awesome stuff mate keep it up
Great video. Excellent survival skills. What can you do with the rest of the meat on the carcass? And how do you prepare and cook the other cuts for meals? Given that camels have been in Australia for a hundred years ??, how have the aboriginal peoples learned to hunt and cook camel? Would you mind talking us through a little more on the firearms you use and whether you reload or use factory ammo? On that point, what is the range you would shoot when doing feral animal control? Many professional shooters use subsonics and silencers. Is there a need for this out where you are? thx Mark
Great to see free range .
I'm all the way out here in Canada but I'd love to try some camel jerky!
Had used Prenti Station as a shortcut to the Gibson Desert to shoot camels. Had camped at the rock formation neer the homestead, and its a long drive around the lakes. Had a look at the caves and rock art. Nice country to travel and look at.
Tried camel once, it was a bit on the dry side but I put that down to the chef over cooked it. But I didn’t mind it overall. I tried kangaroo in a flash joint in Cairns & it was garbage, tried it again in Alice Springs cooked on the coals of a fire by an Aboriginal man & it was bloody beautiful!!!
I am genuinely fascinated by this. It seems like there is a ton of money on the table here. I looked up what hides go for. It was around 200 USD. I want a camel skin blanket!
Yea there are some incredible camel products out there!
Part of the reason they cost so much is because of the difficulties of sourcing the product. Australia isn’t set up for processing of camels (in abattoirs, trucks or on ships) because they are such large animals. Therefore it makes the products so rare!
As a foodie that would much prefer wild meat to farmed every day of the week, I have absolutely no hesitation in saying that there would be a significant niche market for Camel meat in the UK.
You have to look to find it, but it is possible to find ostrich meat, which I have had, and have had crocodile when I was in Thailand, but would happily munch on the likes of Kangaroo, Emu etc.
I seem to remember seeing a travel program that showed somewhere in Alice Springs maybe, a pub that did a leg of camel bbq/roast. I have seen one of your other videos where you mention just taking the back straps off the camel carcasses, and at 50 seconds in this video, he says 'the backstrap which apparently you can eat', but in reality, with the right setup, the whole carcass could be processed and of course all of it is going to be consumable. Just takes a bit of knowledge as to how best to use each cut.
Imagine camel sausages, camel jerky, camel salami, the options are endless. With the meat being lean, I would expect it to be perfect for Jerky/Biltong with minimum wastage which is usually due to the fat going rancid. Prepared correctly, per kg, Jerky commands a high price, and with less weight, costs less to ship or transport, doesn't require refrigeration, and has a long shelf life.
Infrastructure is likely to be the biggest issue, given the likely remoteness, but at the end of the day, businesses are processing Kangaroos on a commercial basis in Australia, so why not Camel? Found an exotic meat supplier here in the UK with lots of options, including Zebra, Ostrich, Kangaroo, Crocodile, and more, but no camel meat.
Great video.
G'day Jack.I was on Prenti some years ago with a dogger Looks a bit bare at the minute .Haven't you had much rain there.We got a couple of camels and a donkey while we were there.Enjoying your videos. Cheers Don (Esperance)
Hi Don! We've just had a. It of rain, but it's been a very hot windy summer which had cooked a lot of stuff off.
Looking like it's easing up a bit now.
Thanks 👍
Is there no inner tenderloin along the spine on the inside of the carcass? That’s usually where the best meat is. Also is the fat trimmed off the meat or left on while you cook it?
The fat in the hump looks different from the fat against the meat, it's kind of porous, not as dense.
Burger patties made with the offcuts and a bit of beef fat are amazing, my favourite.
Plane audio is now perfect 👍🏼. When were camels introduced to Australia? Are they now a pest that government support eradicating? Bush equivalent to the cane toad? My son George is currently working with your cousin John at Tom’s Brook. He’d love to check you out sometime..
Hi Michael! I've noticed George in more of JH's videos!
I recon we will do a bigger episode on the ferals and how/why they are here and how we manage them. The camels were introduced in the 1800's by British bringing Afghan cameleers to be the ships of the desert. And released when cars became more prevalent.
There's over 1 million running wild in the Australian desert.
Henry had fun when he came up, I'm sure George would have a great experience as well! Maybe after seeding!
Great country for STOL bush flying. Your so lucky. Aussie.
You know you live in a Nanny State when before the video there is a warning about the butchering of meet! And to think Aussies were fearless Fighters in WW2.
What rifles, calibers and ammo you use?
This is amazing that your able to use some of it's resources rather then just having to throw it out completely. Had no clue you could even eat Camels. Hunting should always be as ethical as possible. I despise people who hunt for sport.
Should get some camel on your fork! It goes well in a steak sandwich as well. 👍
you can eat any animal just some are more tasty that others.
@@makeitpay8241 this past trapping season I know guys who had sources for all of their raccoon beaver and coyote carcasses I'm skeptical of eating coyote and never have but beaver and raccoon are petty good if prepared properly like any wild game.
@@yougonnaeatthat9889 i know you can even eat skunk but you must seal with the scent glands properly. so at some point someone was really hard up for food and figured out how even skunk could be eaten. coyote is nothing but dog and plenty of poor folks around the globe eat it. just cook all of it well in case of parasites.
@@yougonnaeatthat9889 Yotes are nasty tasting don't do it
The rump is very nice, thinly sliced and cooked light and fast, cant go wrong just dont overcook it.
Thanks for that ! I was wondering why the hind quarters were not also harvested , also , since the skin is thick , would it not make excellent leather
This has got to be one of the best hunting/butchering videos I have seen. I live in New Zealand, (I am an ex-pat Pom), and I am very much with the idea of hunting for food. Do you use any of the other parts of the beast such as legs, shoulder, or even heart, liver, kidney, lungs etc? There must be plenty of offal to make a fantastic Haggis type dish?
Hi Russ, thanks! Yes there is plenty more that can be used. I just haven't set up to do it yet. It would be great to get a pro chef or just a very good cook to do a guest appearance!
@@jack_out_the_back How about a butcher? It would be a fascinating video Jack.
@@russbarker2727 we've had a pretty skilled guy up here, and we did a lot of camels for meat. About 200 of them. (26 tonnes) but we didn't take much video, we will aim to next time.
I had no idea that Australia had a Camel problem! I knew about the cats, pigs, rabbits. I’m in the USA, Kentucky! We have a black bear problem!
What type of plane is that? I see that you popped the flaps on take off (former bush pilot here).
Must try some camel meat (if we can find it down south). Thanks for the video.
Might have to start a restaurant, or do a special event up at Prenti!
When you hang the meat in the cool room, is that just a shaded room or a refrigerated cool room Jack.
Such a great informative video on dressing the back straps and having to bleed the animal.
Refrigerated cool room inside an old meat room that's nicely shaded.
Is camel hump meat considered a delicacy like Brahman hump is here in Texas? Camel hump looks like all fat.
BTW Here in Texas a half Brahman hump sells for $100 in Dec of 2023. That’s only 4.2#.
It's got to be a logistical nightmare though. All that meat has to be kept properly refrigerated, etc. I've always thought the meat could at least be used by zoos and made into pet foods, etc. But, again, I'm no expert, but the logistical requirements! Hope it works out though. Hate to see so much meat wasted when there are starving people still in the world.
Do you, or can you use the fatty hump to help make sausages?
Another top show, enjoy your steaks. I am not sure about that plane it looks like it made from Meccano.
Awesome video
Hello from Maine, USA
Good morning!
At 11:50 the blue boning knife on your hip, are you wearing magnetic item on your belt?
I can not see a traditional sheath or pouch
Yes, I've got a magnetic holster, by holstery.
holstery.com
@@jack_out_the_back Thank you. Looks like buying a couple now;)
Is it ?or does it have a taste similar to anything else? Great video ! Watching from Canada.
Two backstops, but what about the hind and forequarters and the neck?
Awesome video is there any bounty's on the camel's what about the 120 dollars bounty's on wild dogs is any of that in your area..
No bounties in WA on pest species.
It encouraged people to breed them up for the bounty!
I spent a lot of time in the Middle East. The camel is their version of beef. The butcher shops have the same cuts like beef. Select what you like, cook as you like it, enjoy. Camel is delicious meat. I would process all the meat. All of it is good to eat.
Good job, are you still doing it? ❤ have u done another video on wild camels ❤ have u started any business in this regard?
I would absolutely love to taste!!!! Donkey as well. I know both are pests. But,... I sure love meats! Well done Lads!!
It is really good! The donkey isn't that great, in my opinion 😂
Had some in Dubai. Right tasty.
I ate camel a few years ago it was fantastic, shame its so expensive to harvest all that meat in the middle of oz.
Government should give farmers grants to solar power their cool rooms and increase processing ability
It would seem that the techniques used for cattle could be modified to collect camels. Moving the meat to processing and sale would be easier than burning, not to mention profitable. The entire camel could be used, just need to develop the market, domestic animal food to restaurant refrigerators.
Working with a high end chef could develop a burgeoning market. You guys have a great working knowledge of camels as well as cattle, would be a shame not to capitalize on that knowledge.
Is there any other part of the camel worth eating...is it just similar to a cow?
I'd try it
Dose the fat taste any good or do you trim it all off ?
Don’t take anymore meat for the dogs ?
The fat is ok, just I have issues with heartburn!!
There is only so much our dogs need in the way of protein. We have one border collie and two daschounds.
@@jack_out_the_back What about your neighbours dogs…what a waste…
@@jack_out_the_back Too well fed by the sound of things mate…not to mention flat out disrespectful IMO!
Under pastoral lease conditions lease holders are required to exterminate LFH ( large feral herbivores). This is not an optional exercise. Maybe you can try to check out lease rules? Then make a more informed comment
Most people don’t understand that although the camels are over abundant. It is very difficult and resource consuming to gather the animals in such large landscape. Further the logistical effort it takes to transport them and process them would make it a difficult buisness. Most people don’t understand that putting wild animals in confined spaces in large numbers in itself very damaging to the animals as well as the people working. Camels are as dangerous as they are intelligent and they can do a lot more damage than cattle to people.
The dogs hung around the coolroom more when we had camel inside on Mulga Downs.
3:37 how much blade damage from stones do you cop a yr buddy
Not many, it's actually sticks that cause more problems. We have a titanium leading edge on the prop that seems to stand up well.
What r the Specs etc for the rifle and ammo used....I'm sick of camels here....😩😩😫
Well Done.🙂
great Videos . fantastic country , how hot in the summer ?? 45 to 50 C ???
The highest I've had it was 53°C but usually it doesn't get much over 50 in summer.
@@jack_out_the_back not coming there in the summer !!
Camel meat is better than beef in my experience and opinion. There’s no market because here in Australia no one is farming them and to collect in the wild is to costly by the time it is plastic packaged for the concrete living population👍
Yeah I don't think I'll be eating that Jack , not while your growing beef mate. I'll stick with my rump steak . You know ya could sell the camel meat to the Yanks in the meat pie , our have we already done that to them with the old roo pie lol 😆 great stuff mate 👍
Funny Bagger Ant but adds to the Vidio
Bud, I've been a pilot for a looong time, you might want to check your pitot static system, that Alt was freeking me out
The alto is a little out of whack, I'm waiting on my other one to return from service. Pitot system is clear. But glad someone's watching the instruments!
Good on you thanks, could try taking back legs n hang in cool room for 6 days n just break and slice same as beef ,I've eaten camel t bones off younger ones , they are pretty good ,I'm a butcher by trade and have raised beef , just keep prime cuts n mince the rest
I've got to make up a rig for winching the legs up to cut them off and keeping them clean.
Dad swears by the 6 day hang for everything!
Cheers
@@jack_out_the_back try the old rabbit trick ,just nip em off behind the guts ,a little electric chainsaw after knife cut ,we used to skin cows on their back put 4 blocks of wood 1 each corner once you get em keep leg stickn up ,old farmer show me ,the 6 days is because of pH levels , when shot animals energy reserves converts to lactic acid,rigor mortis sets in ,the acid tenderises the meat when hanging ,pH peaks at 6th day then falls away as it falls it kind of reverses n will start getting tuffer again , bigger the hung pieces the better , quarter s best ,eat the Camel sell your cows , shop n for meat is daylight robbery , Camel do more damage than goats ,got to go might as well be via the BBQ
I totally agree with jack,camels are a national resource for meat a skins,leather an should be commercially harvested take all the meat legs,ribs,sholders an neck meat,the Australian camel should be banned from live exports an used in Australia they are a mix of Saudi racing camel,Afghan pack camel,an Indian war camel an the world's best camel genetics they are a national treasure great to see he didn't shoot it an leave it on the ground
Please send them to Middle East we love camel
I would, they are an amazing animal. I have a lot of respect for them. It's very difficult to get them away from here.
@@jack_out_the_back لقران الكريم |أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ DO, THEN, they [who deny resurrection] never gaze at the clouds pregnant with water, [and observe] how they are created? Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?mention Quran
Inshallah, we will one day make it possible to share the wealth of this land.
Camel meat is bloody beautiful, I would eat it over beef or lamb any day.
Only ate camel once when I was visiting down under on a Barra fishing trip. Had it at casino in Darwin and it was disgusting but maybe it was how it was prepared. A-rabs love it though so don't understand why y'all Auusies don't harvest the millions of camels you have wondering the Outback and sell it to the A-rabs?
At the moment, they want them live, which causes massive logistical issues.
We can't economically transport enough of them, particularly for the small order sizes.
A good option would be regional processing of meat. Which could create job opportunities and increase regional population.
What happens to the carcass?
It will later be burnt.
@@jack_out_the_back What none for your dogs at least?….That is a waste
What's your 'plane Jack?
It is an ICP Savanah, powered by a 912 Rotax
Thanks. Looks like a good workhorse.
@@jack_out_the_back
To process the camel,, I would suggest a different approach..
The camel should lie down on a “sternal recumbent” position. It would give you better access to the back-straps. And thats the natural way for camel to lie down.
Thanks! Yes that is my preferred way to approach processing.
What about the rest of the Camel 🐪
Camel originated in Canada you say?
Amazingly yes, it appears they did
thisiscanadiana.com/episode-pages/camels
I bet it makes great jerky.
It makes great biltong, I've not made jerky with it before though. But I'm sure it would!
I’m sure people will prefer to eat camel steaks rather than bugs..time will tell
I generally say "I'd rather eat camel than crickets" I'm glad someone else is thinking the same! 👍
Jack in my opinion the feral Goat problem could be a meat industry to just ask mid eastern cultures
Like to know your thoughts on this ,thank you great episode again
Shame to leave the carcass, there is a lot of dog food there.
Red meat is the netural food for humans for 400 thausand years.
What about the shoulders and the hams, you don’t eat them
No arab knows that camel 🐫 can live up to 70 years.
Seems like a lot of wasted meat on the Camel. Surely there is more edible meat than the back straps. Worst case scenario there has to be a fair bit of hamburger in the front and back quarters
It one meat I never tried. I eat Croc and deer and snake and Barra. Lol
So the rest of the animal is wasted! How sad!
You ARE sitting on a minefull of refined gold.
Please. Just reach out and gather it?
Take a bag of salt and get as much meat as possible. Don't waste
90 percent was left on the ground. That's so sad.
It is a shame that I can't utilise all of the animal.
@Jack Out The Back why not? Skins, meat. It's market research that is missing. Already enough comments about people that are willing to try it. I would. Has to taste better than horse meat!
@@nancycurtis7315 I meant that I couldn't at this time, I'm not set up properly, but there's been some great comments about how to make a rig to do it better.
@@jack_out_the_back That's great. I wish you very well and will look forward to a great feed. Hope it works for you and us carnivorous people!
people eat camel ? 🤔🤔😯
The real Shawarma is made of Camel meat.
Why waste the rest of the camel
I don't always have the time to take all of the meat, nor the ability/facilities to process it.
We have the same problem with feral horses hesr in Nevada. It would be nice if we could harvest them for meat. You kill a wild horse in Nevada it's a federal crime
Harvesting , sustainable , carbon neutral , windmills , solar energy , harvesting meat off the camel , despatch the camel .
Did he just say camels originated from Canada ?
Amazingly there's evidence that suggests that they did.
thisiscanadiana.com/episode-pages/camels
Camelids evolved there I think is the better way to prevent misunderstanding. Trivia: Who else knew there was once an American Cheetah and a Long Legged Hyena ? Thats why Pronghorn antelopes (which aren't strictly antelopes but they are still ungulates) evolved to be so fast! Climate changed in the late Pleistocene and worldwide a bunch of species went extinct. The outer component of their "horns" shed yearly but since they aren't cervids, it isn't called "casting" because they're not antlers. They're also the only surviving species that has branched horns. Nature is metal!
I like Camel meat. You can eat most of it just like a cow .