My feelings on getting tripe from a hunter is the parasites.
Also deer will eat more than grass and I don't want grains in my tripe.
And as stated above, most hunters gut the deer in the field(easier to haul back) and it is nasty.
If you do decide to go with it, freeze for a couple of weeks to be safe. I fed my dogs a fresh deer heart(a few days old) without freezing and Kacie got sick soon after. Not sure the heart was the cause, but I'll freeze from now on.
I get my tripe from
Taylor Pond Farms and it is from grass fed beef. They have distributors Midwest, Eastern US so you may not have to pay for shipping.
I feed raw and my dogs get a heeping spoonful with every meal. I've read where a dog with severe EPI eats tripe only and thrives on it. I don't think you can overdo it, and it doesn't cause runny stool. But I believe a balance of MM, OM, RMB in the meal is crucial. I don't put tripe in any of those catagories, it is a supplement and provides natural digestive enzymes and probiotics.