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All the posters made some valid points. But please don't think that freezing the meat will kill all parasites. I had 21 years experience inspecting beef and fish for the military. Certain parasites can be killed by freezing but only at very low temperatures and only for certain time limits. The most problemsome thing to worry about in game meat in Alaska is trichnosis. It is most commonly found in bear meat and is easily killed by cooking the meat well done. I never ran across a case of trichnosis in a human from deer, caribou or moose. But they can get different type of tapeworms.
I would like to add what we do in the field. First, bring a few pairs of disposable latex gloves and make sure you have a small clean tarp to lay the meat on. We skin the animal and remove what we can, flip it and do the same. Then we cut into the body cavity for the ribs and tenderloins. We always bone out the animal where it drops (if possible) and put the meat into game bags and then into plastic bags to help keep the packs clean. Once in camp the bags get hung immediately. We keep the bags limited to about 60 pounds or so. If it is a warm Sept hunt then we throw a tarp over the meat to block the sun and rain. Happy hunting.

Message Thread:

• Meat Care in the Field rost495 Oct 19 2005
  • Game Bags Kort Oct 22 2005
    • Notes on game bags Michael Strahan Oct 22 2005
  • North Slope Meat Cache John S Oct 20 2005
    • Meat Cache Michael Strahan Oct 20 2005
      • Thanks for the advice Mike John S Oct 21 2005
  • Meat and Trophy Care Akres Oct 19 2005
    • Meat Care Snowwolfe Oct 19 2005
  • Great Start - How About Some Pre-Shot Input? mdhunter Oct 19 2005
  • Here you go- Michael Strahan Oct 19 2005
    • More ideas on meat care. Michael Strahan Oct 21 2005
    • great post Mike. fullkurl Oct 20 2005