General Discussion

If these hunters were legit, they field dressed the bear -- bled it and removed its internal organs -- and brought back meat to process. They're not starting from scratch with an intact body.

I doubt this very much.

As I say, the removal of the blood and organs definitely happens outside. But after that, you have one giant piece of meat.

Inspection of factory meat is done because industrial conditions make it likely that the meat has been contaminated in some way. Meat from a freshly killed animal is generally clean and any parasites you'd get (say, trichinosis) are taken care of through thorough cooking.

Ideally they'd have skinned it outside. But a tick infestation isn't going to arise from a dead deer in a kitchen.

Don't get me wrong, it was pretty rude. I just find it weird the way everyone jumps to punishment (calling the cops, lease violations, sanitation laws, etc.).