Infected deer

[Kylongrifle32]

I will put this here as more people will probably see it than in another thread.
Hunting in southern Pendleton county. My uncle killed an average sized 8 point buck yesterday. When field dressing it ran into two large baseball sized masses on the inside of the ribs. Lungs, liver and meat looked good. He took it to a processor and they refused to process the deer. Told him the deer had ??? And was not edible. He forgot whatt the ??? Dieses was they called it tried to get ahold of a conservation officer but tono avail.
When I searched on the internet it appeared to look the same as EHD or BTV.
Just curious if any one has run into this around the state and if so did you process the meat or discard it?
My search found that EHD or BTV was not transmitted to humans. But what are your thoughts on eating an infected deer?

 

[carnivore]

Not sure but Take some pics.

Burn the carcass &gut pile so scavenges dont pass it on.

Id probably process myself freeze it and get a definitive answer before eating or tossing it. Wear gloves wash thoroughly etc. OR S Pendleton is thick w deer, kill a bunch of does for meat and dont risk it.

 

[1wildcatfan]

Coyote bait

 

[bird whisperer]

I doubt it had a disease, lots of things cause tumors. Old injurys and such.

 

[Kylongrifle32]

He was worried about eating any of it after the processor told him it was inedible. Not a trophy sized buck but hated to loose the meat. He brought it back to where it was killed and dumped the deer in a sink hole.

 

[FF/EMT516]

I dont know about that stuff but I killed a small buck a year or two ago and it had pus in one of its shoulders, I assume from fighting. And I just threw that shoulder out and ate the rest. And I’m fine except for this urge I get to run out in front of traffic on occasion.

 

[EdLongshanks]

If a processor told me not to eat it….I wouldn’t eat it. Too many other deer out there to eat

 

[FF/EMT516]

If you cook it well done it would probably be fine….but #1 I don’t know much about that kind of stuff
#2 Who wants to cook everything well done?

 

[Little FR]

It doesn’t hurt my feelings to throw out any questionable meat. Too many deer available.

 

[ManofManyStangs]

I killed a deer several years ago that had 1000's of worms inside the intestines. While I was gutting it i could see them moving. I told my buddy I was leaving the deer for coyote bait, he told me they weren't in the meat no big deal. I took the deer to the processor and when I got it back I couldn't eat a bite of it. I can eat almost anything but couldn't stomach the thoughts of that deer.

 

[Brody]

Maybe this

 

[xbokilla]

Covid, no doubt. All hunters stay out of the woods until you are fully vaccinated.

 

[KY_Swamp_Beagler]

I’m with Jim Shockey. He says there is no waste in nature. I’d do the same and dump the carcass where I killed it. Something will benefit from it.

 

[Kylongrifle32]

As luck would have it no pictures were taken. The spots on this deers rib cage were very large. About the size of a cupped hand and resembled something like a large piece of chicken fat. Yellowish in color but tougher in texture When cut into a yellow liquid like urine poured out.
I ran across a picture on a forum from Pennsylvania yesterday while trying to research it that looked exactly the same and it was called EHD Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.
Not the small white spot like the picture of bovine TB.

 

[Dark Cloud]

I‘m not eating an animal ,if I think theres something wrong with it ,I would leave it for the coyotes .But when the processor ,wouldn’t process the meat ,that should convince you.