Next mourning

[HUNTER2]

Has anybody shot a deer and then found it in the mourning and gutted it and ate it. My great nephew shot a doe last night and we found her this mourning. Lung shot and the blood really smelled. we toughed it out and I washed her with the hose. Hopefully meat is still good.

[FireRanger]

What was the temp over night? Does it still stank after gutting? Can you have a butcher look at it?

[Sew Sille]

I gut shot a buck a few years ago and we left it tell the next morning. It stunk to gut it, we washed it out, it was good. (Maybe thats whats wroung with me?)

[HD]

You can tell when you cut the meat, take a whiff, if it stinks...don't eat it.
Was the deer bloated when you found it? If yes, don't eat it
If it was warm overnight, be careful.

[MNRealtree]

We shot an elk in early september that wasnt found until the next morning and the meat was still good... except the tenderloins inside the body cavity.

[wildlifeminnesota]

I think it will be fine as he shot it at night fall and you found it in the morning, It is colder at night,  but all use your nose if smell bad then throw it,