My wife shot a whitetail last week, that I assume had been stuck with an arrow.
At the top of his shoulder, base of his spine, he had an infection with a puss sack about the size of a softball. Pretty gross.
The buck was in pretty sad shape. His front shoulders were in pretty bad atrophy, with his shoulderbones sticking out pretty bad. The hinds hadn't atrophied much, but didn't have much fat on them either.
The meat, even the stuff right around the infection, looks completely normal. No smell, no off color, nothing.
My question is, would any of you hesitate to eat the deer? Is there any reason the meat could be bad? I'm thinking as long as there isn't smell or off color, it's got to be fine. My butcher agrees.
I'd just like some other opinions on this before we dig in.
At the top of his shoulder, base of his spine, he had an infection with a puss sack about the size of a softball. Pretty gross.
The buck was in pretty sad shape. His front shoulders were in pretty bad atrophy, with his shoulderbones sticking out pretty bad. The hinds hadn't atrophied much, but didn't have much fat on them either.
The meat, even the stuff right around the infection, looks completely normal. No smell, no off color, nothing.
My question is, would any of you hesitate to eat the deer? Is there any reason the meat could be bad? I'm thinking as long as there isn't smell or off color, it's got to be fine. My butcher agrees.
I'd just like some other opinions on this before we dig in.