Thread: dealing with maggots

Originally Posted by roadkill

they are a fact of life, and after being in the bush for some time , i have seen them drop eggs in mid flight, much like a napalm bombing run, and leven lay the eggs on the OUTSIDE of tubs only to have them crawl thru the side of the lids and into teh meat inside when hunting.

So now i spray all my meat with vinigear and tape the lids with gaffa tape.

make sure you pull the meat out straight away when you get home or it will go festy


Also can use the vinigar at home when sticking in bags to freeze, but the freezer will kill them anyway

if its still crawlin its fine to eat, just downt eat dum balck bits that dont smeel so good....

Originally Posted by roadkill

they are a fact of life, and after being in the bush for some time , i have seen them drop eggs in mid flight, much like a napalm bombing run, and leven lay the eggs on the OUTSIDE of tubs only to have them crawl thru the side of the lids and into teh meat inside when hunting.

we talking about flies here right.....?
cos maggots dont fly......


i never seen a fly drop eggs.....and they lay live maggots as far as i know....usually on the food source.....
and vineagar stops them from attacking the meat...?
does it affect the meat or the taste of the meat....?
this is very interesting....

sorry for not expressing myself clearly, i usally have a few beers of a nightime.....

yep, they are flies, and yep usually have to lay direct onto food, in some climates they get a bit more exicted, like in tropical weather.

yep, they lay live small, tubular shaped maggots, as larvae so suppose eggs is not the right term!

i suppose they go off premiturely

the vinegar just kills the maggots on contact, it also will sterilze the surface of food to a point.

also will help to soften the meat, as it is acididic, and will start the decomposition off

pepper works a treat too, but if you have ever carried a animal carcass out of the scrub, with a can or two of pepper up your snoz, you wont try it again in a hurry!

From the title I thought this was going to be about parking inspectors!

you need something stronger than acetic acid for them maggots.......

hydrochloric acid works best on the big brown maggots.....

Originally Posted by MacMan

From the title I thought this was going to be about parking inspectors!

I was thinking maybe politicians,or the NPWS

Beat the crap out of them i say, oh we are talking about food

Why not just eat SPAM flies will find it very hard to get into a tin can therefore the maggots will not be a problem.