Deer meat

[scdevildog]

I have two deer in a cooler at a processor and the been there a week out his back door in my cooler. He has kept ice on them but it still worries me. Should I be worried or is this OK?

Thanks Brad

 

[plj]

I need more info, I'm not clear what "he kept them on ice" means.

Do you know what temp the meat was kept at in his cooler?

Beer coolers or walk-in cooler?  (ie is the meat hanging or sitting in one big pile)

Has the meat been kept wet or dry?  

What are the air temps in SC this week?

Skin on or off?

 

[scdevildog]

It was stored in my 72 qt beer cooler and the temps have been around 54  and the skin was off and quartered. Ice was thrown on top. 

 

[diggingdogfarm]

We often used to hang deer for up to 2 weeks or so (at safe temperatures) before butchering.
Dry-aged venison.


~Martin

 

[badsmkinhabbit]

Here in Michigan our bow season can be very warm at times. I have personally been only letting my deer hang for 1 to 2 days then into a cooler or the fridge. I skin and quarter it then put each quarter in a heavy duty garbage bag. Every 2 days I will change the bags then at the one week mark i process all the meat. It helps to put the bags in the freezer prior to cutting.

 

[two-eyes-up]

i kept mine in a cooler covered with ice 4-5 days,draining (water,blood)off plus moving the meat around and adding more ice as needed.

charles t.

 

[cooknhogz]

Your fine I have done this plenty of times. I quarter, place each quarter into sent free garbage bags, and put into a very large Coleman 5 day extreme cooler. You can buy the Coleman Extremes at WalMart pretty cheep and they are awesome. I also use them to let my cooked/smoked meats rest for hours staying very hot.

 

[michael ark]

I would go look at it it's still your property and it's your health that will be at risk if he has not kept it at a safe temp.