front tenderloins
 

Sun of a gun. All these years I've taken out the back tenderloins ( tallking about the inside tenderloins, not the backstraps) and had them first, as a reward for a successful hunt etc. But what about the front tenderloins? I've never thought to pull them out. Has anyone eaten them? They are smaller but they are significant. Are they more gamey?

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Say it isent so
The backstraps are the second best meat on a harvest(IMO)
Guess what the first is:eek:THE TENDERLOIN:Dmy mouth warters just thinking about it.
I can see your hunting buddies now.....Naaa you dont want that[:'(],here give it to me and I'll get rid of it for ya

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You have got me stummped. I know of only one set of tenderloins. They are located inside the body cavity at the end of the spine where it connects to the pelvic saddle.in a cattle beast this would be called Filet Mingon. Where are the "front tenderloins" I have never heard of these, I have processed lots of deer and have never heard that term before. A lot of people incorrectly call the loin(backstrap) the tender loin.

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im puzzled as well big guy?

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I process my own deer and if there are "front" tenderloins I don't know where they are hiding.

There are no muscles up above the diaphragm except the heart so I can't imagine where else you would be talking about.

Please enlighten me and my frying pan :)

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Uh oh. Maybe I'm off base here. I was dressing out a buck today and I thought I saw two tenderloins on the inside of the rib cage just before the neck. Too late to check now. The "other" tenderloins were in the frying pan before they had a chance to cool down. We live near a nuclear plant so it must have been some kind of mutation...

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i wish all my deer had 2 sets of tenderloins

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he is talking about the backstraps. but i think they are bigger nad longer than the tenderloin aka filet mignion

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After you field dress a deer ,you will see 2 pieces of meat on either side of the back bone(we call them the inside tenderloins also)EXCELLENT MEAT[8D]
What we call the backstraps(outside tenderloins) are the one's you have to skin the deer to get to

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1)- maybe you were tired-
2)- great choice to fri up first and fresh-
3)- you never-never know-what those emitions will do :)
:D:D:D

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I thought maybe I was missing something all these year's .The tenderloin's are the first meat to take and I have no idea on where to find the front loin's???????????? I've been hunting for 30yr's now and this the first I ever heard of them .

TELL me more if I'm wrong!

nubo

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I read this lastnight and I was stumped also. Well I just happen to get a deer this morning with my bow. Upon cleaning it and removing the back strap and tenderloins there are two small tiny loins inside the ribcage, on the inner spine. now these might be a lot bigger on huge deer but on a 100 lb'er there small. But yes they are there. Check it out next time .

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hmm, thank zrexpilot. ill have ta check that out when i get another one.

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Thats it:D
Thier small ,but damn thier tasty:)

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I also never remember seeing anything of the sort and when I'm done with the carcass the flies would starve.:)Wish we had a visual.

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TRY THIS
The back straps are from the ribs to the sirloin.
2 nice long pieces of tender meat
As soon as you skin it you can cut them out.Right
Now what we call...(dosent mean its right[:o])the tenderloin would be inside the body cavity(oppositt the loin half backstraps)on both sides of the backbone,right about where the loin is showing on the picture.
As soon as you drop thebelly out of the dear you see 2 red juicy pieces of meat next to the backbone.

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Zxrepilot. Thanks for sharing that observation. I hope others will check their next kill and see if they saw what i saw.and, if so , fry them up and give us a report.

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Atlasman The rear tenderloins are an unused muscle, as are these front tenderloins. Both ends are attached to bone.

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if you ask me the tenderloins can sometimes be too tender you know? MY all time favorite is the backstraps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

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I know........and every muscle is attaches at an origin and a insertion point into bone. Some become a tendon before insertion but they all are attached to bone. Muscles primary function is motion. If they weren't attached to a bone they would not be of much use.

The tenderloins are not used because deer walk on all fours. They still get used.......just very little which is why they are so tender.

I will check along the spine inside the ribcage of the next deer I butcher and see what you are talking about.

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I quess I have used them because when I am done cutting the whole deer minus the bones are used.

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Yep! I've known about the front tenderloins for about five years now! They are as good as the back ones, they are just smaller!

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How far up the spine are these front tenderloins??

Near the neck or closer to the last rib??

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Have to look also. I also eat the inside tenderloins the day of kill or when butchering. Usually they are the same. It's a treat you only get if you are there to help with the deer. My son and or buds often help me with dragging and moving the deer so they get to partake of the jewels of meat...

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the size of these loins must be small if most people over look them, wow- Thanks Buckstopshere for pointing these out, have to check this out on next deer i tag. when doing the taste -do they just 'melt away'? thanks again :)

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Atlasman Think of where the "back" tenderloins are; the "front" tenderloins are at the same location at the end of the rib cage.

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I know exactly what you are talking about and unless you split the sternum all the way up when butchering you will never see them. As already stated they are small, but excellent eatiing, those who don't split the sternum all the way up are missing out on a treat.

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i know these are exellent pieces of meat, but if you gut shoot the deer or cut open the guts when gutting, it can contaminate these pieces really quick and then they dont taste good.....
you have to be real careful with them...
but they are really good....