Thread: Checking health of deer before butchering

Good reminder for me to refresh up on disease identification. It's something that apparently sticks out like dogs balls if you have gutted a few animals before. Im yet to identify something that would suggest to dispose of the whole carcass. However, i have seen a abscess from most likely a stick that had poked into a deers rib once and healed up. I simply discarded the affected area. I have the book "Game Butcher, Wild About Meats by Darran Meates". This has a few pages of pictures showing Abscesses, Lesions, and TB throughout the meat/guts.