Help!

[Beerslayer]

Arrowed a nice eight point last night at 5:30 PM. No blood and raining, my worst nightmare.Looked all night and finally found him this morning at about 8AM. Body was still warm though in the 40's. Though a double lunger, he went over 300 yards.
Gutted him, removed the anus etc and careful not to puncture anything. Still noticed a strong fecal smell. Got him home about 10AM and hosed out the cavity. Still a strong smell. Can i trust this meat to be OK? This is my first deer among many that I haven't field dressed immediately. Any rule of thumb anyone knows of? The temp here is still in the 40's as he hangs. What can i do? Thanks for any wisdom.

[StumpJumper]

You're probably smelling his tarsal glands.

[bownutty]

The meat will be fine. Now you have it gutted and cooled down, get it cut up and in the freezer!

[Bret]

I think he'll be fine too. Well done. Tell us how you found him.

[unclecbass]

:D As long as you found the right deer, it is absolutely fine.

[Beerslayer]

Funny thing. This buck dropped within tweny feet of the other eight pointer I got opening day :cool: Go figure. I should have looked there first.:confused:

[turkeytamer41]

It will be fine. Tell us how you got him and we like pics.

[DANNY ELLER]

The meat will be eatable but will have an off smell and will be real red in color when you skin it. I skin a lot of them each year and can tell you every deer the guts were left in overnight.

[FISH]

the tarsals work great this time of year for big bucks