Wife & I disagree deer in ice chest ...opinions?

[1riot1ranger]

just add ice and leave the drain open. 10 days is a long time to leave in an ice chest though

[RiverRat1]

Ice slows bacteria growth. If there were deer parts in there then there's bacteria.

As said, it's probably still safe but why risk it?

A better question would be when does ice get borderline unsafe due to bacteria?

[SmTx]

deer is gone. All is left is ICE & water. figure I can drain the water & add more ice

Oh. I'd wash my cooler like normal and take it dry unless icing beer down

[Mike Fangman]

I’m with the, dump out and start fresh crowd.

[Smart]

With 10 days, there is no doubt I would be dumping out your bacterial slush, spray the cooler down with bleach spray,rinse it out and buy new. Ice is cheap......doctor bills are not.

[Huntindad]

upsetting your wife seems pretty risky to me. you've got to pick your battles. give in on $10 worth of ice and make a stand on a better hill later.

naah, that is not an issue. we hust disagree on the ice in the ice chest.

[rolylane6]

Why get new? it is ice it's freezing...Why can I not just add to it?

You can. Go for it.

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[lodgepole]

With 10 days, there is no doubt I would be dumping out your bacterial slush, spray the cooler down with bleach spray,rinse it out and buy new. Ice is cheap......doctor bills are not.

This. Food safety comes to mind. No telling what could grow in there. Dump, throughly wash, dry, new ice.


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[glen]

Heck. She will never know- Just go and never mention it. But it will be fine. The temp itself keeps bacteria from growing.

[texan16]

Dump it, wash your ice chest, refill with new ice and new deer meat. I have a deer thats been on ice for 8 days now. Meat has been totally covered in ice the whole time with the drain plug open and ice chest elevated so water can drain. I know the meat is good to go, but there is some dried blood and stuff around the inside of the ice chest that needs to be cleaned up before I put any fresh meat in there. You probably dont have anything to worry about, but why not clean it all up ?

[Aggiehunter08]

Stubborn is a hard thing to deal with.

[rolylane6]

what am I risking?

A chance of bacteria growth maybe. Maybe not. I'm not a biology major. It may be just fine but it may not. I say don't take the chance. If you knew for sure you wouldn't have asked...so there must an unknown risk involved. Like I said, ice is cheap.

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[Huntindad]

ok folks...I concede...I'll dump the ice in morning and clean it before leaving

[Huntindad]

A chance of bacteria growth maybe. Maybe not. I'm not a biology major. It may be just fine but it may not. I say don't take the chance. If you knew for sure you wouldn't have asked...so there must an unknown risk involved. Like I said, ice is cheap.

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no, that was from her.

[12ring]

Would you put it in your Crown & Coke ?