RE: Davidmil Just got the ol' buckmaster noggin concerned...
We actually sink meat in the lake to stop bears from smelling them and getting to it it'll get so wet sometimes that it blanches the meat white but it's still good. Water alone is not the problem, it's the combination of water and heat! We've spent an entire day in waders in lakes up to our knees butchering moose and the meat is fine. You just don't want it to be warm water and you want the air temp.s to be cool as well.