Is my deer meat spoiled??? (rookie question)
11-30-2008, 12:22 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 166
Is my deer meat spoiled??? (rookie question)
I shot it last evening, found it 16 hrs later.
Weather has been between 30-34 degrees.
Pretty good shot with my bow, enter behind shoulder, exited the 4th rib from the rear of the deer.
It was bloated when I found it, ....and it smells!!!
I just rinsed it out to see if there was just some bad stuff in there.
Did it sit too long? Am I able to keep anything? Or not risk it, and throw it away?
Weather has been between 30-34 degrees.
Pretty good shot with my bow, enter behind shoulder, exited the 4th rib from the rear of the deer.
It was bloated when I found it, ....and it smells!!!
I just rinsed it out to see if there was just some bad stuff in there.
Did it sit too long? Am I able to keep anything? Or not risk it, and throw it away?
12-01-2008, 06:30 AM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 564
RE: Is my deer meat spoiled??? (rookie question)
Curious as to what took 16 hours to find your deer??? I constantly hear advice about waiting hours and hours to retrieve a deer, even on good shots. Wait on something hit back, but a shot through the ribs even quartering like you had, that deer is dead.
