Maggots on elk meat... Now what?

[Kc_Kracker]

It was killed on the 14th 5:30 pm.  Finished boning out meat at 1:30am on the 15th ..... on ice by 5 pm that day.

so it was 12 hrs before it was processed? wow that a good while in the heat, hope you save most of it!!

[flyguide]

Eggs are not a big deal, eat it.  I have had that on a couple of bulls no big deal to me.  Flies will get through any tiny hole in a game bag nothing you can do.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Serve it with rice....   

[remington300mag]

Serve it with rice....   

(((LMAO)))  Literally laughed out loud......

[bobcat]

Serve it with rice....   

(((LMAO)))  Literally laughed out loud......

    

[WAcoyotehunter]

Eggs are not a big deal, eat it.  I have had that on a couple of bulls no big deal to me.  Flies will get through any tiny hole in a game bag nothing you can do.

  I bet you're seeing eggs, not maggots.  Rinse it off, trim it and eat it.  As long as the meat doesn't smell sour, it's fine.

[RG]

 

Serve it with rice....   

[Bunny Thumper]

Our camp has killed many elk in September heat since 1984. Your time frame for boning and getting the meat cooled is fine, I'll bet what you see is blow fly eggs, are they in little piles and short rows? If so just fillet them off or wash them off, don't wipe them or they will stick all over the meat. Should be fine, but yes don't tell your wife!

[huntnnw]

my elk friday had giant flies on it in minutes of finding it

[h2ofowlr]

Our camp has killed many elk in September heat since 1984. Your time frame for boning and getting the meat cooled is fine, I'll bet what you see is blow fly eggs, are they in little piles and short rows? If so just fillet them off or wash them off, don't wipe them or they will stick all over the meat. Should be fine, but yes don't tell your wife!

This is what they are.  We ran across this with our elk.  We had it out to the rig by 9:30 that evenning.  Hung it over night and started processing the elk first thing in the morning and one shoulder and a hind quarter had a few spots with the eggs.  Just wiped them off.

[huntnnw]

Grind them in with the burger..extra protein

[Heredoggydoggy]

Maggots will only eat rotted flesh.  As long as the meat gets processed before the eggs hatch, you're fine.  You probably eat worse than tha every day and don't know it.

But yeah--don't tell your wife about it!   

[Chesapeake]

Fly eggs can hatch into maggots in a day or so in warm conditions. You likely had eggs on the stuff that first evening. If you didnt clean them off they could be maggots by now.

Maggots in just a few days would indicate you didnt keep the meat cool.

Like others have said, I use my nose, look for browned meat, bad smell, ect....

[farmin4u_98948]

Any meat that will bother you being in the area with the *censored*s.  opps. Maggots  just make pepperoni . Its all good...

[Threewolves]

Scrape them off, cut into the meat a little like an inch, if none are found-good, if you find any cut in another inch. Go until you can not find any. And again just scrape them of. fUsually the meat is still good. Eggs will hatch on about any meat fresh or not. Don't sweat the small stuff. Take Care, Paul