The answer to this is very much governed by what you intend to do with the carcass? If you are just keeping them clean until you get home to a larder or to eat them youself, then it is fine.
However, if you intend to leave them fitted to go on to a game dealer then it is not acceptable! It is a requirement to remove and inspect the organs as part of the gralloch process. How can you properly inspect them if they are still fitted and with a covering of fat as they often have?
The DSC 2 portfolio gives fairly clear indication of what should be done here:
3.3 Dress deer carcass ready to enter the food chain according to legal requirements. | Dress deer by removing: the head, hooves, any remaining internal organs. Avoid unnecessary contamination or damage to carcass. Unavoidable minor contamination removed. | Observation
supported by
questioning
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3.4 Inspect carcass, organs and lymph sites for normality according to legal requirements. | Internal inspection to include the mesenteric lymph nodes and where available the retropharyngeal and
Sub-maxillary. If not available then 2 of the following lymph nodes:
portal, gastric, bronchial, mediastinal.
Thoracic organs, head and hooves and reproductive state inspected. | |
Apart from that, the liver and kidneys contain bodily waste products and toxins which spoil much quicker than the rest of the carcass. If left in for any length of time, the contents leech out and have the potential to ruin the best part of the carcass. I always remove and inspect them. They then get bagged up with the heart, liver and diaphragm and sealed for the trip home. I carry a roll of white swing bin liners for this very purpose. I have a few friends which enjoy a trimmed liver or two, the rest gets chopped up for the dogs dinner!
MS