CHAPTER 18
Ives greeted them at the kennel gates with a broad smile. “What a fine buck. And from Two Pines?”
“That’s where we started him. What happens to the carcass?”
“We’ll hang him to finish draining and cooling. The hide and shoulders properly go to the huntsman, the neck and shanks to the hounds, and the rest of the meat to the manor for its use. The head goes to the hounds, and the antlers to you.”
“What am I supposed to do with all that meat and goods?”
“Well, if you’re not eating the venison yourself, the shoulders are usually donated to staff or others that have done well for the hunt. The skins and antlers are useful to us in kennels and the surplus can be sold or traded to others. We do that all the time with the leather craftsmen and armorers.”
“What did Iolo do?”
“Sinc
