Rick Richard
Well-Known Member
I shot my bull yesterday morning and just butchered it up today, I don't remember it smelling weird yesterday when I de-boned and loaded it out.
Today though I was getting nauseated by the pungent and super gamey smell of the meat..
It was hot yesterday and the boned meat was loaded into a cooler with a small amount of ice, I used game bags and stuck them in a trash bag to keep it dry in the cooler.
The meat was hung in my cool shop overnight, I can't see how the odor could be from the meat spoiling but I'm concerned..
Has anyone ever had a really fragrant elk?
Many many years ago I shot my first bull and took care with cleaning and etc. I had the same result as you and had to throw away the entire batch of meat because it was ruined. The processor told me the cause was the trash bags I had placed the meat into.