Skin over and trimmed away will produce a normal cut. He said they hang for 1-2 weeks so this isn't an uncommon by product. I just finished cutting up a moose some buds shot on tuesday am, it was 1/4'd and in cooler the entire time (less transport). While it never looked black it was skinned over pretty good andneeded1/8"plus trimmedoff the exposed surface. The meat underneath looked fantastic and smelled very good. ThoughI personally would have tackled earlier, minimize wastage being the only reason.

BTW...Beer isas essential to canadian garage processing as a knife and steel!