Found these in Mule deer meat

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So I shot my first deer ever last weekend. A two point Muley in the Okanagan.
As I was processing the meat, I found these black/dark green seed shaped things imbeded in the hind quarter meat. They are hard, but can be cut easily.
I found about 6 in total, varying in size from 3mm to 5mm. What are they? And should I be concerned?
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While reading the op's description I was thinking shot with/from a shotgun.
Then I saw that smarter guys than me too had already figured it out.
Peoples being foolishly trying to save their gardens or yards from marauding deer and tcb with a shotshell.
Anyone ever find a deer that has been shot with rock salt, that would be some already seasoned rump roasts ? ;)
 
It's not shot. They are pumpkin seed shaped and hard/pasty inside. They were also imbedded deep in between muscles under the connective tissue.
 
i did a search of seedlike things in deer meat and results seem to be two types of nodes, a natural part of deer. recommending cut them out and discard while butchering

searched on round seedlike in deer meat
 
That is not a lymph node.
Google is your friend. If it is not shot then it will be some parasite larva. Edible if cooked to 165F.
Most people cut them out.
 
It was found on both sides of the animal so definately not shot. I did as much searching as I could and could not find anything exactly the same. My best guess is some kind of parasite cyst. Although most are white/whiteish according to goodle.
I ground up everything except the tenderloins and backstraps, so the meat will be well cooked. I'm wondering if I should cook the tenders and strap well done as well? None were found in those cuts and it would be a shame to overcook those...
 
Overlander2018 said:
It was found on both sides of the animal so definately not shot. I did as much searching as I could and could not find anything exactly the same. My best guess is some kind of parasite cyst. Although most are white/whiteish according to goodle.
I ground up everything except the tenderloins and backstraps, so the meat will be well cooked. I'm wondering if I should cook the tenders and strap well done as well? None were found in those cuts and it would be a shame to overcook those...
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That'd be my guess as well. If I were you I'd do well done on those cuts too. Better safe than sorry.
 
Lastgun said:
Others have found the same thing but have yet to figure out WTF they are.

I'm betting they are hemal nodes that you have found in your muley meat...Part of the lymphatic system.



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Lastgun said:
More on hemal nodes....

https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/38d...wnload/haemallymphnodesfactsheet-sep-2012.pdf
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The deer actually had Hemal Nodes in the carcass, in the fat along the spinal column. But this is not it as it was found in the hind quarter, not the neck or backstraps.
 
bnk2 said:
That'd be my guess as well. If I were you I'd do well done on those cuts too. Better safe than sorry.
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Agreed. Guess I'll have to go after a Whitetail to eat some rare steaks this year.....I'm thinking it's some kind of dead parasitic cyst, as live ones are typically white.
 
could they be somehow related to ticks?

in absence of a solid answer to what they actually are...... my best reply would be to send photographs to your provincial wildlife biologists and see what thier reply is.
 
I've got an old book on Deer Hunting in which the Author states that Deer are full of glands that only professional Butchers know about.
 
Thanks Lastgun for clearing up the guesswork.
My what is this was Deer fibromas. I shot it in the head because that was all I could see. I left it in the bush and went home and google it. Then came back and skinned it in the bush. The taste of the deer was great.
 
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