QUESTION
 

My son' s and I are new to deer hunting. We have a question for ANYONE!!!
We keep hearing about the " musk gland" on the back of the deer' s leg that must be removed. We have asked and 50% say " remove it" and the other 50% say " what gland" ?


help!!!!

RE: QUESTION
 

Go to http://www.bowhunting.net/NAspecies/...htm#Appearance
and scroll down a bit. It shows the gland.

Also look at http://home.mn.rr.com/deerfever/Anatomy.html
for targeting deer vitals.

Jim /*

RE: QUESTION
 

Don' t touch it and then contact any meat you want to eat! Nasty thing it is that gland.

The only reason I would ever touch it would be to collect some of the bucks urine also and " hit" another known dominant bucks areas to get him to show himself. When a dominant buck smells another bucks scents and thinks another buck has moved into/onto his turf, well there' s gonna be some fighting!

Of course they could be fun to put in a ziplock, open it a little bit and leave in a place or two I can think of. Hmmmmmmm? LOL

Uncle Matt (in IL)

RE: QUESTION
 

This is known as the Tarsal Gland and I always remove it after I have gutted my deer in the field. I was told when I started many years ago that leaving this gland can cause poor taste in the meat, but I really don' t believe that theory to much anymore. I just simply remove it in the field so the deer can be tagged(this is where the meat seal goes), the deer is ready to be hanged to be skinned and I don' t have to worry about any taint from the gland when skinning(as i use a different knife to skin vs gut). I guess it is personal or taught when it is to be removed but seeing it has to be removed, I just perfer to disgard it in the wild and be done with the task.

RE: QUESTION
 

I never remove it until I skin the animal.By trying to remove it you stand a greater chance of cutting into it and tainting the meat if indeed this can happen.

RE: QUESTION
 

Yeah my Buddy came by and showed me a cow horn he shot I done the dumb thing and smelt it WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TALK ABOUT A SMELL LOLOLOLOLO











Born to Hunt, but need to get an education![8D]

RE: QUESTION
 

I never remove them and havent had any foul meat, yet:D

RE: QUESTION
 

Have removed them,and have left them on.The only way you can contaminate the meat is to rub the gland on it.
Don' t see how that can happen,but it only takes a minute to cut them off it it makes you more at ease.(do it after you gut the deer)

Joe

RE: QUESTION
 

It is a area on the inside of the back legs right where by the knee area.
There is a little sack under the skin that contains the musk. I always cut
mine out first, then move to the male area and remove it. Be extremely
careful cutting this out. If you feel with your fingers gently, you will feel
the sack, just simply cut around it while gently pulling on it and it will start
to come out.