A few years ago, I took a sharp angle quartering shot at a big doe and she jumped the string on me. I hit her too far back and was just sick that I made such a seemingly bad shot. To make a long story short, I recovered her within the hour as she only went about 80 yards but when I field dressed her it was a nasty mess. It was so bad that I gagged several times during the process and to make it worse, her tarsal glands were coal black and she smelled like an old billy goat. I took her home, skinned her out and washed her down inside and out. She hung outside with overnight temps in the 20's. I boned her out the next day and there was no evidence of foul smell or taste in the meat. I gave my neighbor one of the backstraps and he fried it up the same day and said it was the best he ever had. I canned the remainder of the meat and it was just as good and any other.