Smell when cooking

[buddys1974]

My buddy's son killed a buck last year and I gutted it and butchered it. Not a gut shut and we cleaned and washed cavity like normal. It was cold, below 30 overnight so it hung and I butchered it the next day. Kept cold the whole time and I ground what was to be ground when I got home. Meat looks and smells fine, even when I take a package of burger out and thaw it, it looks and smells normal. However, as soon as I start cooking the meat, it's stinks terribly. To the point I won't eat it. Backstreet, roast etc are fine, but the grind is atrocious. Deer did die a slower death as he spine it and he didn't finish it off til I got to his stand probably 30 minutes later. Any ideas on the burger stink? Think it could be from the death and more andrenalin or what? I can't Figueroa it out. I gutted and butchered 100+ deer and never had this issue. It was peak rut time too. Thanks.

 

[92xj]

96.485% of the time with grind and having stank or “gamey” taste is hair in the meat. I see it on every animal I watch get butchered, there is rarely any hair care. I burn all my quarters with a torch, then wipe before cutting muscle groups and chunks to grind. Even one hair that has been pissed on, then ground can taint a lot of meat.

 

[buddys1974]

96.485% of the time with grind and having stank or “gamey” taste is hair in the meat. I see it on every animal I watch get butchered, there is rarely any hair care. I burn all my quarters with a torch, then wipe before cutting muscle groups and chunks to grind. Even one hair that has been pissed on, then ground can taint a lot of meat.

ya, don't think thats it. Like I said, I've butchered more than most. I clean well and get the hair off. I'm at a loss on this one.

 

[The Guide]

Your fat that you added could have been sour.

Jay

 

[buddys1974]

Your fat that you added could have been sour.

Jay

didn't add fat. And trimmed all the deer fat off for the most part. Crazy, no smell at all till it heats up in skillet.