black growths in neck of deer

[singlestacksig]

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I got a nice buck this afternoon, & my Wife is butchering it right now.. she cut the neck off and while removing the trachea she found many black lumps.. she has not seen them before..
anyone have a guess to what they are? and should we be concerned?

 

[Kurr]

almost look like clots in the pic

 

[Kutnupe14]

What that dear a smoker?

 

[yote hunter]

If the dark spots are not in the meat should be ok, but if its in the meat I personally wouldn't eat that part... That's just me.. I don't know what it is tho ?

 

[Tobryan]

Lymph nodes?

 

[Bfish]

I think they kinda look like blood clots too... Did you "play" with them at all? What were they like? Hard to tell in the pic. It is in an odd place.

 

[Huzrjim]

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I got a nice buck this afternoon, & my Wife is butchering it right now.. she cut the neck off and while removing the trachea she found many black lumps.. she has not seen them before..
anyone have a guess to what they are? and should we be concerned?

I'm still stunned by the "my Wife is butchering it right now" part!!

 

[Porter]

Nice buck....... Let's see them horns! If the spots are just in the throat no worry just make sure the meat looks good and fully cook.

 

[dusty88]

This doesn't look like a typical location for blood clots, but if so they would disintegrate easily when picked up with a gloved hand.

Do you have any pictures of the internal organs? particularly liver and lungs?

They are probably normal lymph nodes (hemal nodes), but I would want to know that the rest of the deer looked normal.

 

[TaunTaun]

Lymph Nodes, be sure not to cut them. Supposedly it leads to the deer having a gamier taste if cut or left in the meat.


I saw a lot of this when perusing different techniques for cleaning and butchering deer.

 

[singlestacksig]

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His rack was not that impressing, but hoof weight was 280#.

Yeah, If you know my wife you would not be surprised that she gets a kick out of butchering game.. Many times it is her own kill she does..
We are thinking lymph nodes.. I found another forum that posted info about how they are rare & people call the DNR about them..
All other parts seemed fine.. will eat some tonight.. We had to pitch the cat fish because i cut the gut while gutting him..

 

[Crappiepro]

I process my own deer. I have for the last 8years or so. I'll get 4 to 6 a year. I have seen these small black clots in the neck before on alot of the deer Ive done. I've not worried about them at all.
I've just cut them away and got the neck meat ready to grind. I may be wrong but I believe they are just clots that came about after the blood pools and is nothing more than arteries with clotted blood.
Just my thinking on this.

 

[Crappiepro]

Congrats on the buck also! Thats a nice one!

 

[greg]

I'm still stunned by the "my Wife is butchering it right now" part!!

So Folks have a DREAM and some LIVE the DREAM.....lol ...The Perfect WIFE!!!

 

[PriestEG]

Depending on how many and their anatomical location, my guess would be parathyroid glands