Toss it or eat it?

[Stalk’nAwe]

What do you guys do with the “brown” meat in this picture? This is off an antelope that went into a cooler and ice as as soon as humanly possible. It doesn’t smell bad just looks bad. Do y’all eat it or trim and toss it? It’s not too bad on a hind quarter picture here but I hate trimming it off of the back straps as it takes a lot of meat off them…it pretty much mirrors my knife strokes in the field so is this just oxygen getting to the meat??

Just started processing on my own so please don’t be too hard on me! LOL

 

[jmez]

Eat it.

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[Red Letters]

Smell is the best indicator, brown meat will turn red in minutes after its been put on the grill.

 

[braydencase7]

Eat

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Ain't nothing wrong with that meat.

 

[slatty]

Eat

 

[Thebigbaby]

I’d eat it.

 

[Gwchem]

It's fine. The meat turns brown where a muscle is cut, if it's exposed to air or water. I bet if you cut a bit you'll find it's superficial.

 

[hh76]

If it's just a one off steak, I will sometimes trim it off because I'm kind of a hypochondriac when it comes to questionable food. When I find a bunch, I just eat it because I'm also kind of lazy.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Just trim that little bit off.

 

[PMcGee]

Eat it or trim it off and grind it. There’s nothing wrong with it.


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[Danny Hoey]

I usually shave it off with my fillet knife.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

With all the freaky diseases going around in wild game these days I trim back anything that doesn't look and most importantly smell right. Like @Danny Hoey said, I trim back with filet knife sparing as much good meat as possible.

I'm also in my late 40s and my bowels are much more irritable than when I was younger...

 

[manitou1]

That is normal. Eat it and don't waste the hard earned meat.

 

[Danny Hoey]

With all the freaky diseases going around in wild game these days I trim back anything that doesn't look and most importantly smell right. Like @Danny Hoey said, I trim back with filet knife sparing as much good meat as possible.

I'm also in my late 40s and my bowels are much more irritable than when I was younger...

I have zero concerns about that meat being diseased. I just don't feel the need to eat oxidized meat if I don't have to. Meat will turn brown on the edges in the freezer too. I trim them the same way.

 

[Lurch12]

Eat it

 

[LCsmith]

It is just oxidized, either eat it as is or throw in the grind pile.

 

[SoloWilderness]

Trim it off with a fillet knife and cook it for your dog, not wasting the protein that way. I'm finicky about eating oxidized meat, even though I know it's fine.

 

[MightyWhitey]

I’ll eat it

 

[Travis907]

No hesitation, eat it!