No the tenderloins and backstraps are two different cuts of meat. The tenders are located on the bottom of the spine just in front of the pelvic bone. On a deer they run about 12" " long. Backstraps on the other hand are the strips of meat that run the length of the back. these are the pork chops you might say if you were talking about a pig. They are two different muscles. Backstraps are the longismus dorsi muscle and the tenders are the multividous dorsi musles.