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Clinton Venison

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Wild roe deer live across the 25,000 acres that Clinton Devon Estates manages in Devon, and the venison sold under this name comes from those same woods and heaths. Estate Ranger Tom Garner does the stalking and the butchery himself, which keeps the chain from field to counter unusually short. The Clinton Barony dates from 1299 and the Estate remains a family business, with land management framed around habitats, wildlife and passing the ground on in better condition.

What you are buying is genuinely wild meat, taken as part of deer management on the Clinton Estate in East Devon rather than farmed to order. That means supply follows the season and the herd, not a production schedule. It is worth understanding that before you plan a menu around it. Contact the Estate directly to ask what is available, and be ready to work with the cuts they have rather than the ones you had in mind.

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