Gut shot tenderloins

[3006Sprng]

First semi gut-shot ever today, quartering away, clipped gut, liver, heart, stopped in the far shoulder. Deer ran 40 yards and went to sleep.

Inside was full of grass. Packed him full of snow and emptied everything out a few times.

Pulled the tenderloins, washed and trimmed them. Do I toss em, or send it. No stank at the moment.

 

[Joe Hulburt]

I’ve never tossed out a tenderloin! Some I soak in salt water before cooking and never had any problems.

 

[MThuntr]

No stank = eat to me. If they taste funky then feed to neighbor's dog and let them deal with the farts

 

[INMT]

No stank = sear em and eat em

 

[WapitiBob]

been there, coyotes gotta eat too

 

[Wildabeest]

Depends on look and smell. I gut shot an antelope and didn’t like the way one of the tenderloins smelled or looked. I fed it to the dog vs. tossing it though. He didn’t seem to mind.

 

[Dave N]

Depends on look and smell. I gut shot an antelope and didn’t like the way one of the tenderloins smelled or looked. I fed it to the dog vs. tossing it though. He didn’t seem to mind.

Your dog eats shit!

 

[El Jason]

No stank = sear em and eat em

This.

 

[Bullshot]

Toss tenderloins? What has the world come to!

Assuming they are out quick, just wash em off and cook them up, cubed and in onions and brown gravy with a side of mashed potatoes.

 

[R.K.]

Stomach, I’ll probably rinse, dry, grill and eat. Intestines? Not worth the risk.

 

[WyoDoug]

First semi gut-shot ever today, quartering away, clipped gut, liver, heart, stopped in the far shoulder. Deer ran 40 yards and went to sleep.

Inside was full of grass. Packed him full of snow and emptied everything out a few times.

Pulled the tenderloins, washed and trimmed them. Do I toss em, or send it. No stank at the moment.

If it's a fresh shot and tenderloin don't have any blood shot, keep em. Only the meat with blood shot dark red to almost black is what I would throw away. As long as you cleaned them and got them cooled down they will be plenty good and tasty.

 

[3006Sprng]

If it's a fresh shot and tenderloin don't have any blood shot, keep em. Only the meat with blood shot dark red to almost black is what I would throw away. As long as you cleaned them and got them cooled down they will be plenty good and tasty.

All the grass and seeds cleaned off pretty easy, no blood shot. Thankfully it was -18C (0F) this morning, so that helped the situation lol.

 

[rjthehunter]

Eat them. I've done so more than a few times!

Now if it sat overnight in a gut shot deer, I'd definitely check them out closer. But in this case, definitely eat them!

 

[Steiny77]

Might be a different story had you gut shot the animal and it laid overnight before recovery. Considering how quickly you recovered and cleaned it out, I'd have very little concern.

 

[Jamen]

I have processed several hundred deer. I have seen almost everything imaginable at this point. "most" Tender loins that i have seen that were in bad shape can be cleaned up pretty well. Sometimes i have to trim away a decent part of them. But if it can pass the smell test and an eye test then i feel confident packaging them for the customer. There have been only a couple i didnt save a portion of them. And that was for a few other reasons.