Anyone have any idea what these are?
#11
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas City, Miissouri
Posts: 36

You might try sending a copy to the Department of Fish & Game and see if they can answer your question. They often know quite a bit about various deer diseases and/or what is normal but often thought of as a disease. Another option might be to see if someone at the USDA might know. They inspect meat all the time.
#12

You guys must have not cleaned too many deer. Those things are in every deer I have ever killed. Sometimes many, sometimes just a few. I really can't tell you what they are, but they aren't blood clots. They are probably cysts.
#18

Wow..........like everyone else......never seen that before. To my knowledge you don't get blood clots in fat........clots stay in veins and muscule. I would say it some kind of parasite or something. Cook it hot and fast............maybe dip it in a little shore lunch
#20

I agree, I think they were in about every deer I have ever cleaned. I know they were in the 4 I cleaned last week. They look like blood clots to me.