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Old 08-28-2012 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by maperry1
So I heard the other day, for the first time, that if you kill a deer early in the season, or before it gets cold, that you should keep the meat in the fridge for at least a year before eating it due to the parasites that are attached to the deer and could transmit disease and junk to the deer blood stream. Is there any truth to that or what?
Never heard that. Indians ate deer all year long. I'd think cooking the meat thoroughly would kill off any bugs.

I've eaten bowkills, fresh, as early as the middle of September, and pig meat fresh-killed in July.

I'd say just cook it properly.
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