is it safe to eat this????

Question

see, my neighbors took home a road-kill deer and hung it up/ gutted it/ skinned it/ butchered it.....and are now cooking it...AND INVITED ME OVER FOR DINNER! do you think it is safe to eat it? i am not too sure about it! help!

hey now...my neighbors are hillbillies! uuummm remember the chicken plucking question i asked?

Answer 1

Road kill deer was a major source of meat when I was young. We ran an animal and bird rehab center. the Highway Patrol and sheriff's dept was over-joyed to be able to turn such animals over to us instead of trying to get a rendering company to come get them. We would butcher them out and feed them to the carnivores, bird or animal.

But if one came in warm, and wasn't beat up real bad, it went into our freezer. The two concerns I would have are -
How good a butcher are your neighbors? If they know what they are doing and have the proper equipment, great.
What killed the deer? If it was hit by a truck, there is a good chance that there are little slivers of bone in a lot of the meat. This can be a bit dangerous, especially for little kids. We would pitch any meat around a shattered bone.

You don't say where you are from, but in many states, road kill can be claimed by the person reporting it. Highway Patrol, Sheriff's Departments and the Conservation services all carry tags which they fill out if the person requests it. This gives them legal access to the animal. This is normally done within hours of the animals death. Remember that it is not unusual for an animal killed during the open season to be held for over a day from the time it is actually shot until it is processed. Further, in the old days, it was not unusual for an animal to be held several days, during cool weather admittedly, before being dressed out. This would allow the naturally occuring enzymes in the meat to act as 'tenderizers'.

So don't worry about it.

Answer 2

It depends...did they actually hit and kill the deer and then take it home immediately and skin/gut it? If so, I guess it would be safe. If they found it lying on the road and have no idea how long it's been dead, I wouldn't come within 20 feet of the dinner they've prepared, much less eat it!

Answer 3

I have never heard of a child getting sick or dieing from eating their boogers(I'm sure at some point we have ALL eaten a booger or two) As disgusting as it is they say it can actually help build their immune system.

Answer 4

Montana Don gave an excellent answer but, as a joke, I was going to say to try to get an invitation to the second dinner gathering and that way you could see if anyone got sick on the first one. :)

Answer 5

I don't think you should eat things that you find dead. It doesn't sound healthy or right. If you killed it or someone else killed it, then it was prepared to be eaten or stored away in a safe manner soon after, then it would have been fine.

Answer 6

Dirty scruffy tw*ts, thats well nasty. What happen to popping down to the local shop?

What are you considering eatting this do you live in a 3rd world country. I doubt it as your on the net

Answer 7

Usually it is safer if the meat has cured(soaked/coated) in salt and sits for a while, I have been told that this helps kill stuff you don't want to consume.

Answer 8

It's probably safe, deer is good. Wait... what was I thinkin, ask 'em how many times it was run over first, you would wanna get tire posioning.

Answer 9

That's so disgusting! No of course not....why would you want to eat an innocent deer anyways?

Answer 10

I wouldn't eat it, but taht's just me.

Or for revenge, find a squirrel on the road and bring it over :)