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Post by dead-eye on Nov 26, 2014 8:16:17 GMT -5
So anyway my wife shot a nice buck two nights ago and after many many hours of searching we ended up finding him last night. Only problem was he was bloated. He had been dead for about 24 hrs. I personally have never had a deer sit that long before I recovered it. So I didn't know if it is Normal for them to bloat up. When I field dressed him the only thing that was full of gas was the intestines. I think the Temps were in the mid to upper thirtys the whole time. Any input would be appreciated.
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Post by steve46511 on Nov 26, 2014 8:23:29 GMT -5
As long as the intestines were not broken. Bloat is normal.
Yep. Still good.
God Bless. Glad you found him!
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Post by deadeer on Nov 26, 2014 9:23:09 GMT -5
I would gut him, wash him out, and hang him up and see if he has any off odor or color in a day two. Then you would have more piece of mind. Good luck.
Jay
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Post by throbak on Nov 26, 2014 9:23:55 GMT -5
What Steve said and I shot one one and the arrow pushed a arterie in a Lung and the deer was blown up with air to make it swell
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Nov 26, 2014 9:35:29 GMT -5
Gut him, you should know right away by the smell.
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Post by henson59 on Nov 26, 2014 9:35:48 GMT -5
You should be fine. My brother just killed a deer during the IL gun season and we didn't find it until the next day and when he field dressed it the deer had a pretty good smell to it but all the meat was still good.
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Post by dead-eye on Nov 26, 2014 10:11:14 GMT -5
I gutted hung and cleaned everything out like normal. He did seem to have a little smell, but it might have just been the gas escaping. It was a single lung shot and I wondered if that couldn't cause it. All I know is when we were dragging him out he was farting all the way. When I loaded him into the back off the truck I got a good one right in my face. About made me cry.
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 26, 2014 10:45:28 GMT -5
Could u post a picture of the deer. We like to see pictures. Please
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Post by steve46511 on Nov 26, 2014 11:00:59 GMT -5
The meat might be a bit strong.
The body heat of those baby's hang right in there unless opened up.
It wont be BAD but perhaps a little gamey but not all are for some reason after laying I've found. It was cool but that hide does miracles keeping heat in and cold out and the meat just stayed warm for longer than desirable.
God Bless
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Post by dead-eye on Nov 26, 2014 11:10:07 GMT -5
This is going to be our sausage deer so gamey won't matter too much.
I'll post a pic later
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Post by jajwrigh on Nov 26, 2014 11:20:30 GMT -5
You will be fine.
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Post by drs on Nov 26, 2014 11:40:43 GMT -5
The meat might be a bit strong. The body heat of those baby's hang right in there unless opened up. It wont be BAD but perhaps a little gamey but not all are for some reason after laying I've found. It was cool but that hide does miracles keeping heat in and cold out and the meat just stayed warm for longer than desirable. God Bless I agree, the meat will be quite gamey. Might want to take it to your processor and see what he thinks. I know If I had a Deer lying out for a couple days and bloated, I'd leave it, not worth the chance of becoming ill from eating tainted meat. |
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Post by ridgerunner on Nov 26, 2014 11:46:21 GMT -5
Eat it...if you get sick let us know
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Post by esshup on Nov 26, 2014 12:54:25 GMT -5
I shot one a few years ago right at last light and then lake effect snow started, HARD. I lost the trail and couldn't get back to the deer until around noon the next day. It was bloated like they normally do, but the meat was too badly gone to be used for steaks/roasts, even after I washed it off with vinegar. Temps were in the upper 20's so I thought it would be O.K. I didn't want to take a chance on making sausage, so I ended up using the carcass as coyote bait.
After you've field dressed it and washed out the body cavity, skin it and cut a steak. If the meat smells different than what a freshly killed deer steak would smell like I'd toss the carcass. I'll eat a LOT of different things, but gamey meat is not one of them, unless I didn't have a choice.
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Post by steve46511 on Nov 26, 2014 13:41:17 GMT -5
The meat might be a bit strong. The body heat of those baby's hang right in there unless opened up. It wont be BAD but perhaps a little gamey but not all are for some reason after laying I've found. It was cool but that hide does miracles keeping heat in and cold out and the meat just stayed warm for longer than desirable. God Bless I agree, the meat will be quite gamey. Might want to take it to your processor and see what he thinks. I know If I had a Deer lying out for a couple days and bloated, I'd leave it, not worth the chance of becoming ill from eating tainted meat. It is your choice of course, pardon my continued additions. If not for the distance I would tell you to bring it to me. I sent you a private message here so please view it. Not saying I'm anything special but 15 years of butchering deer for others averaging only 300 a year or so, I've seen, handled and smelled it all. It would be tough for me to believe its NO good. A few years back a buddy shot one in early archery and it obviously died quickly since going less than 100 yards but not finding it that night, we could not look again the next EVENING after work and we found it in less than an hour. I seriously doubted the meat was going to be edible. It was in the high 60s days, mid 50s nights then. The hunter is as pickey a eater as Ive ever seen. He literally takes DAYS to debone a deer removing every single shiney membrane, every vein, every spec of fat. He said that 204 LB 8 pt buck was every bit as good as the doe he had the year before shot in December and he was equally amazed. I ate some of it myself visiting. I've no answer why some are ok, and a few are not but the average deer laying one day Id not hesitate eating, 2??.......maybe. God Bless |
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Nov 29, 2014 1:33:18 GMT -5
Eat it...if you get sick let us know LOL... nice ridge !!! I'd say its ok.. those temps should have cooled it off ok.. |
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Post by rocker4x4 on Nov 29, 2014 19:27:59 GMT -5
I'd hate to keep the meat on a deer with guts still in it for that long! What was the outside temp over those 24hrs? If you do keep, I'd grind it all, even the steaks jmo!
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Post by sakorifle on Nov 30, 2014 12:06:12 GMT -5
Greetings
Over here it has to be gutted within one hour of being shot or it is not allowed into the human food chain.
Once gralloched they reckon twelve hours in winter max before it has to be in the chiller which is below 7degrees if for any reason the chiller goes above 7 everything in the chiller is scrap.
That's why last week my backside was nipping a bit my chiller starting playing up and was sitting at 6degrees,I had 16 does in there lol
Got away with it, game dealer came quickly and got them away.
The temperature is recorded automatically and I have to keep the records for two years.
Such is the food law in the uk.
Regards
Billy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 12:12:30 GMT -5
Wow! Gutted within one hour of being shot??? That's gotta be a real challenge on an animal that takes an hour and a half to die!  |
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Post by sakorifle on Nov 30, 2014 12:26:09 GMT -5
Greetings
Meta, I'm not going there,woody would get annoyed lol, you know what we use here and if it manages to move, the dogs do the rest.
That is uk best practise. One hour of being shot, if it's out all night find it and leave it, if anyone was to become ill because of it one would be in court and probably sacked.
On my computer there is a section which says, not through larder, so if I get a deer such as lost overnight, or excessive bullet damage, or green gut contents, I have to use that facility, it means it does not go into the food chain but still comes off the area cull.
Oh yes its hard being a civil servant lol.
Regards
Billy
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