Thread: Crook deer

Here is a carcase inspection tutorial on inspecting lymph glands on a deer. The spleen on the healthy fallow is different to the scungy red hind posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUM9yDHvcM

Most deer I’ve taken there have been from wairere falls area,the knees let me know how big the deer were after carrying them down those bloody flights of stairs that’s for sure,younger and dumber back then,shot my very first deer up there 30 years ago.

Originally Posted by The bomb

Most deer I’ve taken there have been from wairere falls area,the knees let me know how big the deer were after carrying them down those bloody flights of stairs that’s for sure,younger and dumber back then,shot my very first deer up there 30 years ago.

Meat wont bruise when dead...drag the bastard down the stairs...of course not a good look for the trampers.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Here is a carcase inspection tutorial on inspecting lymph glands on a deer. The spleen on the healthy fallow is different to the scungy red hind posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUM9yDHvcM

Quickest inspection and most effective are the lymph nodes just under the atlas joint, easily visible when head is taken off.



In the US when they are doing research on illnesses such as Chronic Wasting Disease this is where they usually inspect and remove for sampling if suspect.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Quickest inspection and most effective are the lymph nodes just under the atlas joint, easily visible when head is taken off.

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In the US when they are doing research on illnesses such as Chronic Wasting Disease this is where they usually inspect and remove for sampling if suspect.

You are correct that heads are used for CWD but CWD is a Prion disease that effects the brain / CNS so it makes sense to check those glands for CWD. I always check the windpipe, lungs, liver, intestines as well as lymph