I had this young buck come through friday evening. He has some sort of a growth or tumor on his hindquarters, it is black in color, any ideas what this is, he looks healthy besides the tumor. What do you think?

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Maybe an old wound[&:]

I forget what it's called ,
but it is a tumor . They discussed this on TR's Tips once , they're usually not malignant and don't affect the quality of the meat .

And with a little garlic and onions I've heard that they're quite tasty ...

I saw a massive 8-pointer last year that had something similar hanging off the front of his brisket, except it was about the size of a large cantelope. Kinda nasty, but he seemed to be in his prime. No ill effects. I woulda bagged him given the chance. I hear that nonmalignant tumors are great when cooked medium rare with a little Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce!

They're called deer warts or something like that. I killed a doe a long time ago that had 2 on her brisket. One was fat and small, the other was long and thin.

I did some research on them, and they are essentially harmless to deer and consumer

Is it a goider. (spelling) I have seen similar things on cats and dogs called goiders.

Pretty nice spike in a few years he will be fine and dandy. Dunno what that is...can't say Ive seen that before.

Its called either a fibroma tumor or papilloma. Papilloma is a warty growth caused by a viral infection. I actually have one in a jar of formaldihyde. Mine is about the size of a lemon and the doe that had it tasted just like any otherdeer I have killed. Although I was a bit weary about that hind quarter.

Anyway, I just ran for my book and these are "not transmitted to man, are seldom injurious to the deer, and although papillomas are common they occur in less than 1 % of deer. "

They are only skin deep and I can attest to that with my doe. After skinning, it was tough to see where the growth was.

That was years ago and I'm still here. It could account for the way I am though!

Greg

Yep tumor radiation alien deer