Deer and infections?

I killed one years ago that looked healthy but when I skinned him yellow pus was inside one of his hind quarters. I cut it off and threw it in the woods. Looked like a 22 round hit him. The rest was ok.

I shot a buck once with a gun a few weeks after I had shot it with a bow. I don't remember what it looked like but If I recall it was limping.

I cut off the entire leg. It was infected from the wound, but the rest was fine. One year I shot a nice ten point that was limping, that guy smelled rotten. Someone put a slug in his front leg and broke all the bone and it stank. You could look in his front shoulder and see maggots.That whole deer was left to the coyotes.

I killed a doe with a bad limp one year. When skinning she had been shot with a 22 in the shoulder. It was all infected. I cut the shoulder off and pitched it the rest was good. I also have killed 2 bucks that had broad heads buried in them that were completely healed with no signs at all. The only way I found them was I hit them with the meat cutting band saw. One was in a shoulder blade the other was laying along g the back bone.

Barf🤢🤮

Thats just nasty!

You guys......gag!

Wrap it in bacon and dip it in ranch. Gotta be good that way.

I shot a buck with a wound just above the backbone. Had stuff ozzing out. The processer cut it out no problems.

I shot a button buck that was limping on both front legs. He was on bone on one leg the other had half a hoof. Both appeared to be mostly healed. No problems.

I came on a buck limping bad. I cut the distance down and put one through the lungs. I have only gagged on 2 deer, one when I accidently swallowed a bit of Redman and this buck. He was BAD. I took him to check in and called the CO. He said it was a road kill and advised me to cut the rack off and dump the carcass where I hunt. I had already called the processor to look at it so the CO told me to call him if I shot another deer and he would take care of the tag. The shoulder was the only thing bad. Rest was good.

I shot another limping deer. It had a slug hole just above the ankle that did not break the leg. All swollen and . When I gutted him the fat was yellow. There was no smell out of the ordinary. When I sliced the liver up I noticed a smell. The meat all had that same smell. I can't describe it but I can't forget it. Some cuts were ok but a good half of it smelled and got dumped.