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cybball

cybball

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Alright, it's been eating at me since Sunday. I shot a doe on Saturday at around 5:45 pm. Only got one lung. Found her Sunday around noon. Got to about 39 overnight. When we found her, she was bloated and stunk. When I field dressed her, she had green belly. I kept the meat that wasn't near this (rear roasts, back straps).
The question is, would you keep the meat or would you think it's bad? Doesn't smell bad and looks normal color. I hate to lose it, but don't want to risk getting sick either.
Thanks!!
 
I don't want to be the one who says yes or no and gets someone sick- but I personally would have done the exact thing you did- keep the meat not near that area. It wasn't a gut shot or anything and meat didn't stink- I would feel ok keeping it- and I am REALLY weird about keeping meat I think could be bad.

just my 2 cents-
 
If the meat stinks, I wouldn't eat it. if it doesn't, your probably fine. Im with BDAHMS, I get weird about that stuff, and we eat a ton of deer meat.
 
Well, someone by my house can better answer that.... I hit a deer with my car, 1st in 10 years. I had driven by another dead one about 500 yards away sitting there for a good & warm 2 days. I came back half hour later & dude was picking that one up and had the older one picked up "To eat em up!". MMMMM. He needed it more than me but the 2 day old one woulda freaked me out. Yummy.
If guts got in blood line & went through meat (circulated then sat for extended time), I wouldn't mess with it.
 
Arrow just went through one lung and out above the other lung (see my rage post on arrow deflection). :) No guts. The stomach was intact and bloated, but nothing leaked.
 
Better throw it away. Give me a call & I'll even pick it up and take care of it for you. ;) Even better if it's already cut & wrapped... :D
 
I've eaten deer like that before and wouldn't be too afraid of it if it passed the sniff test. I'd cook some up for a taste test. Cooked well, there should be minimal risk of getting sick.
 
Sligh1 said:
Well, someone by my house can better answer that.... I hit a deer with my car, 1st in 10 years. I had driven by another dead one about 500 yards away sitting there for a good & warm 2 days. I came back half hour later & dude was picking that one up and had the older one picked up "To eat em up!". MMMMM. He needed it more than me but the 2 day old one woulda freaked me out. Yummy.
If guts got in blood line & went through meat (circulated then sat for extended time), I wouldn't mess with it.
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First in 10 years?! How is that possible? Haha. I have been here a little over a 1.5 years and already hit 2. Its really not a lack of paying attention either. Thick stuff is right to road in many spots. Apparently the county quite mowing

That's pretty gross though. Made me just think of a Michigan State tailgate I was at several years ago and someone pulled the turkey carcass out of the trash for consumption. I offered the man without a home a beer.... didn't know what else to do or say to that one?!
 
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