Deer meat smells a bit funky

[jim]

If the is a lot of blood in the meat, it will smell 'funky''. soak it in italian dressing and fire up the Q.

[fratri]

If the rest of the deer you have is good maybe there was a mix-up at the butcher and you got part of someone's bad deer?
As for the smell, rinse it out, if it still does smell off or look off.....you can still cook it well done (but then it won't taste like much) better option dog food or dump it...

[Roper]

Dutch X2

[johny]

Was it good going into the freezer?
If yes, why is it not good quality coming out of the freezer?
Power failure, old/poor quality freezer?
How are other items coming out of the freezer?

Clearly more to the original question that just a single package of meat!

[Splaker]

Going into freezer, some parts did smell a bit... the deer were dressed rather late in that it was found quite some time after being shot. Some parts have had no smell... while others yes. My hunting buddy said he smelled the same thing from the same animal a few times over the past year... come to think of it, I recall that some of the parts when it was butchered did smell...

I rinsed and let it soak overnight. Seems to still smell off...

Maybe I should take a chance.

thanks guys

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

After reading this I am glad I process my own immediately after the kill. You never know what you will get from the so called pro butchers...

[Splaker]

After reading this I am glad I process my own immediately after the kill. You never know what you will get from the so called pro butchers...

Actually, I wouldn't blame my butcher. If there is a "pro butcher" out there, he'd qualify for that.. He has a very successful fine meat and specialty grocery shop in T.O. and he's very familiar with deer meat. It's probably our fault b/c the animal began to bloat a little and it was unreasonably warm when it was harvested. Some of the cuts have no odour whatsoever.

[trimmer21]

The last few deer seasons have been unseasonably warm and wet in our area,making it necessary to really hussle the meat to a cooler within an hour or two of field dressing. That makes it necessary to have a plan in place before any shots are fired. We saw a couple of crews with the generator/freezer combo sitting on trailers ready to go which was a very good idea.

[rick_iles]

If the butcher had any concerns about the meat quality, he certainly would have told you .

[DanO]

Any chance it's freezer burn smell? By this point in the year I find some of the ground meat will have a slight freezer burn smell.