Parasite - worms in deer meat.

[camping1601]

It's not the first time I've found them, but after picking dozens of them out of some shanks I was browning, I finally tossed them. I've only ever found them in deer shanks. How about yourself?

 

[Sadie]

Following

 

[nubraskan]

Do you have pictures for reference?

 

[Beendare]

Following for pics.....

I have never seen worms in Deer or elk meat in 4 decades.

 

[Weldor]

Where did you kill it? (state)

 

[SDHNTR]

You sure they weren’t cactus spines? Seen that a lot in the shanks of desert dwelling deer.

 

[camping1601]

Regretfully I didn't take any pics, but they looked just like this. https://forums.bowsite.com/tf/regional/thread.cfm?threadid=148178&state=OR

Pa mountain buck.

 

[camping1601]

I'm not sure how to exactly put it into words but they were kind of wove around in a nickle size area just under that membrane outside the meat that's somewhat see through and between the layers of the shank. Not actually in the meat.

 

[West2East]

I see the Bowsite thread was from 07? I've never seen this in deer or elk in 20+ years in Oregon. That would give me the willie's