Bubbles on deer meat. Safe?

[work765]

For some reason this hind quarter had a lot bubbles on it and it didn’t look like the other sides.

It’s not from a bullet wound. Could it have been during the field quartering?

Is it safe to eat?

This is my first time butchering my own deer. There are no bad odors and I had it on ice in a cooler for a week. And outside temps have been pretty low as well.

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[TheM1DoesMyTalking]

Looks like moisture from being in a cooler. If you start trimming and remove the silver skin, how does the muscle underneath look? I bet the meat itself is great.

 

[work765]

Looks like moisture from being in a cooler. If you start trimming and remove the silver skin, how does the muscle underneath look? I bet the meat itself is great.

Yeah the meat looks totally fine.


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[flathead#2]

Just connective tissue / fat?
I see it on most I've killed.

 

[Matt5266]

Ya, pretty normal. Just trim it away and good to go.

 

[30338]

Totally normal. Trim and enjoy.

 

[work765]

Thanks everyone!!


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[elkguide]

Trim it up. Clean off the hair. Package and enjoy.

 

[SloppyJ]

You'll get a lot better with practice about keeping hair off of it. Next time take a butane torch with you and it will singe those hairs off. I always keep some shop towels and wipe my hands real good to keep myself from getting hair all over the place.

Also, get a big cooler and get something to keep the meat off of the ice. It makes a huge difference IMO. I used some cookie racks that my wife had at first then built a rack for my cooler out of PVC.

Let it "dry age" for a week and then take it out and process it. I won't do it any other way now.

 

[work765]

You'll get a lot better with practice about keeping hair off of it. Next time take a butane torch with you and it will singe those hairs off. I always keep some shop towels and wipe my hands real good to keep myself from getting hair all over the place.

Also, get a big cooler and get something to keep the meat off of the ice. It makes a huge difference IMO. I used some cookie racks that my wife had at first then built a rack for my cooler out of PVC.

Let it "dry age" for a week and then take it out and process it. I won't do it any other way now.

Thanks. Yeah I’m going to buy a torch. I used a small little one and it didn’t work too well. I ended cooking some of the meat while trying to burn off all the hairs.
And I’m planning on doing the dry aging next year. I just kept draining the water on the cooler this time but I watched a video on the dry technique and I like how it looks.


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[Lelder]

butchering your own if you have the time is so satisfying. and knowing you getting YOUR meat back and not some partial ground from another hunters game is priceless to me. ive seen how some people gut/handle game and no thanks