Was the deer my wife harvested OK to consume?
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Hey grant I am needing some input on weather or not the meat from our deer we shot would be ok. My wife shot a doe around 3:00 Saturday evening and she shot it in the back legs complete pass through. At first I thought she hit her in front of the back legs so we waited until Sunday after church to go look for her. We found her only about 125 yards from where she shot her. Saturday night temps got down to around 30, pretty heavy frost Sunday morning. By the time we got her cut up it was around 2:00 Sunday afternoon which temps got to around 60. The arrow went through the front part of the back legs so it did go through some intestines. Of course she did have a bad smell from that but the meat in the legs looked and seemed ok.
Thanks Jeff
Thanks Jeff
Jeff,
Congratulations to your wife!
If the meat smelled and appeared Ok it should be fine to consume. It takes hours for a freshly killed deer to cool to air temp. This plus the fact it was cold all night are in your favor. I’d trim a bit heavier near the wound path and enjoy the venison!
Enjoy creation,
grant
November 11, 2015
