Serious deer question - Page 2

XFCTR · 10-18-2009

I always trust in my nose when it comes to raw meat. Course, I have a purty sensitive schnoz.

jmiller676 · 10-18-2009

The cyst on its leg doesn't really worry me it's the fat that I found around the left rear leg and right front shoulder. All spots were about an 1" in dia. and maybe 1/4" thick in the fat. There were no scars or anything near the spots in the fat.

Field King · 10-18-2009

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Originally Posted by jmiller676

The cyst on its leg doesn't really worry me it's the fat that I found around the left rear leg and right front shoulder. All spots were about an 1" in dia. and maybe 1/4" thick in the fat. There were no scars or anything near the spots in the fat.

1" in diameter and etc. May be old wounds!

jmiller676 · 10-18-2009

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Originally Posted by Field King

1" in diameter and etc. May be old wounds!

In the fat? But don't they burn that fat off in the summer? So, it would make them recent wounds right and there wasn't anything wrong with the hide.

Jack Ryan · 10-18-2009

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Originally Posted by jmiller676

In the fat? But don't they burn that fat off in the summer? So, it would make them recent wounds right and there wasn't anything wrong with the hide.

No they build up fat when food is plentiful in the spring, summer and fall then starve it off in the winter.

Shep79 · 10-18-2009

WOW...that was either an old lazy buck or we're in for a nasty few months!

teknickle · 10-18-2009

That fat, and everything else, sure is pointing to a nasty, nasty winter.

Kind of off-topic:
Where is a good place to hunt deer around Elkhart County?
We just moved, so don't have the benefit of woods behind our house anymore (only thing in my yard now is rabbits and squirrels).
And then our friends 132 acre farm doesn't seem to have the deer there this year.

I got a .357 lever I got last winter and wanted to take a deer down with this year.
I would hate to go all the way down to tri-county (which I love to go to for duck) or some other area likely to be stepping over other hunters.

jrich2125 · 10-19-2009

Cold winter maybe, I got a mule deer in Texas last year that had a large amount of fat as well! We'll see maybe we will get some good ice fishing in as well!

DHolder · 4 Weeks Ago

Those are lymph nodes, I belive there are seven in a deer, and as long as they are not all nasty, the deer is fine. It is a good idea to cut out as much excess fat and silver skin when processing a deer to help reduce gamey taste. Those looked fine, butterfly those backstraps and throw on the grill, ummmm.

10-18-2009	#2 (permalink)
jmiller676 "Memo: 4 pounds of C-4 may be a bit...excessive." Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Goshen Posts: 929	The cyst on its leg doesn't really worry me it's the fat that I found around the left rear leg and right front shoulder. All spots were about an 1" in dia. and maybe 1/4" thick in the fat. There were no scars or anything near the spots in the fat. __________________ "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"

4 Weeks Ago	#9 (permalink)
DHolder Marksman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mooresville Posts: 353	Those are lymph nodes, I belive there are seven in a deer, and as long as they are not all nasty, the deer is fine. It is a good idea to cut out as much excess fat and silver skin when processing a deer to help reduce gamey taste. Those looked fine, butterfly those backstraps and throw on the grill, ummmm. __________________ Appleseed Rifleman

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10-18-2009	#1 (permalink)
XFCTR Plinker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Columbus Posts: 69	I always trust in my nose when it comes to raw meat. Course, I have a purty sensitive schnoz.

10-18-2009	#6 (permalink)
Shep79 Plinker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brownsburg Posts: 50	WOW...that was either an old lazy buck or we're in for a nasty few months!

10-18-2009	#7 (permalink)
teknickle Plinker Join Date: May 2009 Location: God's Country Posts: 262	That fat, and everything else, sure is pointing to a nasty, nasty winter. Kind of off-topic: Where is a good place to hunt deer around Elkhart County? We just moved, so don't have the benefit of woods behind our house anymore (only thing in my yard now is rabbits and squirrels). And then our friends 132 acre farm doesn't seem to have the deer there this year. I got a .357 lever I got last winter and wanted to take a deer down with this year. I would hate to go all the way down to tri-county (which I love to go to for duck) or some other area likely to be stepping over other hunters.

10-19-2009	#8 (permalink)
jrich2125 Plinker Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 48	Cold winter maybe, I got a mule deer in Texas last year that had a large amount of fat as well! We'll see maybe we will get some good ice fishing in as well!