Deer meat donation "ignorance is Bliss"

[curlewkiller]

deer meat is probably the healthiest meat out there

Yes if not hit by a car. People forget when an animal gets hit by a car what usually happens is busted intestines pumping into the meat tainting it for human consumption. Ecoli poisoning is not a myth.

So we should just leave a deer that is a bit gut shot? What if deer is quartering away and bullet or arrow flies through a bit of intestine but is a lung or heart shot?  If you process a deer that has intestines ruptured correctly you can still eat the meat in my opinion.

[WA hunter14]

having its intestines blown up doesnt put do anything to its shoulders or hind quarters

[Stein]

deer meat is probably the healthiest meat out there

Yes if not hit by a car. People forget when an animal gets hit by a car what usually happens is busted intestines pumping into the meat tainting it for human consumption. Ecoli poisoning is not a myth.

So we should just leave a deer that is a bit gut shot? What if deer is quartering away and bullet or arrow flies through a bit of intestine but is a lung or heart shot?  If you process a deer that has intestines ruptured correctly you can still eat the meat in my opinion.

I hope so, I just had some tonight.

[DaveMonti]

It's hard to blame the PD for wanting to avoid liability when the system is set up to make money by suing people and having insurance companies pay.  Everyone is now looking for an angle to sue and there is no shortage of lawyers to help them out.  The lawsuit mentality infects every single corner of society.

[lokidog]

It's hard to blame the PD for wanting to avoid liability when the system is set up to make money by suing people and having insurance companies pay.  Everyone is now looking for an angle to sue and there is no shortage of lawyers to help them out.  The lawsuit mentality infects every single corner of society.

This is, unfortunately, too true in our society.         

[pianoman9701]

It's hard to blame the PD for wanting to avoid liability when the system is set up to make money by suing people and having insurance companies pay.  Everyone is now looking for an angle to sue and there is no shortage of lawyers to help them out.  The lawsuit mentality infects every single corner of society.

Exactly what I was trying to say in my last post.

[singleshot12]

having its intestines blown up doesnt put do anything to its shoulders or hind quarters

Yeah if the animal is dispatched within a few minutes. I'm talking about a deer that's been laying off the side of the road (Alive) with a broken back and busted up guts. With the heart still beating pumping blood and gut juices into all the meat muscles thus tainting it for human consumption.

Cook it very well done if you are into eating road kill

[tgomez]

It's not personal I'm sure, just the department covering them selves. Police departments and police officers get hammered with law suits all the time, and a lot more than one would think. Good on the officer for keeping his integrity and doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason.