Did my doe spoil?
10-10-2003, 05:55 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sewickley PA USA
Posts: 23
Did my doe spoil?
Here' s the scenerio. I shot and hit a doe Wednesday night at 7:00 PM. The sign was not very encouraging so we backed off to wait for morning. It was around 55 degrees when I shot her, it got down to 47 degrees over night. I recovered her the next day (Thursday morning) at around 10:30 AM. I had her quartered and in the freezer by 12:00 PM. It was around 55 degrees when I recovered her about 15 hours after the hit. The hit caught some of the stomach so the oder was terrible. Is the meat edible?
10-10-2003, 05:59 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 1,086
RE: Did my doe spoil?
most likely yes. (the meat is fine) You don' t know exactly when she died overnight, it was pretty cool. I let my buck go overnight last season in very similar temps, maybe a little cooler, and it was fine. It also had been hit a little in the guts from an angled shot.
10-10-2003, 11:32 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
RE: Did my doe spoil?
Should be fine ,just cut away any discolored or tainted meat adjacent to the shot, Might loose a little near the butt also but the rest should be good. Nice job on recovering it.
