Lafayette Deer Processor???

[Gerald]

I was reading a post on how long people left the deer meat in the ice chest.

Most only left it in 3 or 4 days, but there were quite a few that said they left it in the ice chest for 7 to 10 days and drained the water each day.

I try to process the meat in couple of days..... but sometimes it take me 4 or 5 days to get it all cut up and wrapped. I now have a meat grinder so that may take me another day to finish.

How long the meat stays good...... depends a lot on if you did not keep the meat well iced down. If the all the ice melted or you did not "mix up" the meat so that all the meat had ice next to it.... this will shorting how long the meat will stay good.

Once bacteria starts growing..... and you put the meat in the freezer, you can not keep the meat more than a couple of months, if that long.