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In september I shot a white tail buck, when we cut the head off there were two large cysts in the neck oozzing with puss. I never really put any thought in to it besides how gross it was. I finally got around to eating some of the meat and it tasted extremly wild. So bad that I can not even eat it. Could have those been the lymph nodes and does it effect the meat in any way?

I remember reading about people throwing meat away because of it on another site. I can not find it anywhere , do any of you know?


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Dench said:
In september I shot a white tail buck, when we cut the head off there were two large cysts in the neck oozzing with puss. I never really put any thought in to it besides how gross it was. I finally got around to eating some of the meat and it tasted extremly wild. So bad that I can not even eat it. Could have those been the lymph nodes and does it effect the meat in any way?

I remember reading about people throwing meat away because of it on another site. I can not find it anywhere , do any of you know?


thanks
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Likely lympnodes.
 
I used to work in a butcher shop, and the occasional beef quarter would have something like you describe in the meat, but the butchers would just cut it out, and be sure to not use any of the surrounding meat. Never saw any entire quarters get tossed because of it.
 
I cut up my own deer and yes there are lots of lymph nodes in a deer. Mainly incased in fat but on some skinny deer it is more visable. If it tastes strong grind it up and make chili or add ground pork and spices to the ground deer and make meat patties.
Or it might have been in a fight like some of the other guys have mentioned and got a couple of wounds.

My favorite is gound deer, italian dressing, barbaque sauce, mixed and left overnight in fridge and made into patties. Only cook what you want to eat that day. Left over deer is stronger than fresh cooked stuff.
 
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My brother shot a buck many years ago that had a cyst behind its ear.When he took the head to be mounted at the taxidermist,the taxidermist caped it and it was a strong stench ,he opened up the cyst and dug out a 1" piece of antler which I guess was broken off in a fight.The meat tasted decent though.
 
mlehtovaara said:
I used to work in a butcher shop, and the occasional beef quarter would have something like you describe in the meat, but the butchers would just cut it out, and be sure to not use any of the surrounding meat. Never saw any entire quarters get tossed because of it.
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I'm a butcher by trade and have had the same experiences as this poster. Cut around them liberally and toss out.
 
I buddy shot a WT buck walking down a fenceline like a drunking sailor .Pussy neck with old wound .Turns out he had a .22 slug in him from a poacher earlier in the year.Another friend in NW Alberta shot a nice 6x6 bull elk that he had seen several times with no clear sot that was limping.He got him near the end of the season and I'll be darned if the butcher found a 12ga slug in his shoulder! They are tough..........Harold
 
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mbogo3 said:
I buddy shot a WT buck walking down a fenceline like a drunking sailor .Pussy neck with old wound .Turns out he had a .22 slug in him from a poacher earlier in the year.Another friend in NW Alberta shot a nice 6x6 bull elk that he had seen several times with no clear sot that was limping.He got him near the end of the season and I'll be darned if the butcher found a 12ga slug in his shoulder! They are tough..........Harold
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My cousin shot a buck last year. The butcher dug a broad head with 8 inches of arrow on it out of his shoulder. It looked fairly old, we still have it at the camp.

Says by the way the buck walked, you would never be able to tell he was injured.
 
the cyste/absess in the neck area should not affect the rest of the carcass. Perhapes it is a mental thing on your part. Maybe you think the meat tastes off due to knowing there was an abcess?
 
thebaron said:
My cousin shot a buck last year. The butcher dug a broad head with 8 inches of arrow on it out of his shoulder. It looked fairly old, we still have it at the camp.

Says by the way the buck walked, you would never be able to tell he was injured.
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I have heard of this happening fairly often. Deer are much more likely to survive, and to heal properly after a poor shot from an arrow than from a bullet. This is because broadheads kill by cutting, and bullets kill by shock. A nice clean cut will heal much nicer than a bunch of ruined tissue around a bullet wound.
 
A local taxidermist had two WT bucks come in one year.One with about 30 ft of 1/2" dog chain wrapped up in it's antlers{no collar or dog}and another with a broken off arrow protruding 8 " forward between the eyes with shaft broken off at the base of the skull.It was healed and shot a month or so after archery season.Also seen a FMJ .303 bullet healed in a cow moose hock from Lord knows when? Harold
 
Is this your first Quebec deer.Deer here are stronger tasteing due to eating so much cedar twigs all year. How big of an abcess were they. Could be from thorns even.
 
thebaron said:
My cousin shot a buck last year. The butcher dug a broad head with 8 inches of arrow on it out of his shoulder. It looked fairly old, we still have it at the camp.

Says by the way the buck walked, you would never be able to tell he was injured.
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When I shot my first buck I had it mounted. The taxidermist called and asked what I used to kill it. Told him shotgun. He had found a broadhead behind its ear between the hide and skull.
 
Shot a nice 35" Bull moose many years ago.
When he was butchered, there was a big lump in that sinewy
"ropelike" yellow strap up high on the shoulders and back.
Cut the lump open from curiosity...a 30 cal bullet, slighly expanded,
embedded in the strap a bit.
Moose showed absolutely no signs of distress. I believe that shot was 1-2 years previous to my shooting him properly. Tasted great!!
Eagleye.
 
I doubt your cyst is anything but battle wounds. Particularly as they are in the neck area.
The "wild taste" is usually do to meat handling techniques more than anything else. Most likely, meat that was not cooled quickly enough.
 
I shot a big 10 point buck last season and when we skinned him we found 2 7mm rounds (I was shooting a 338 WM) 5 buckshot pellets and a 6" cedar stick, all healed over from previous years. Tasted just fine though.....
 
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