Just got back from a very short yet successful hunt with my 8 year old. We killed a BB and while he was extremely excited there's something not quite right about this deer. It seemed healthy walking around but when we got to it I noticed his back side is completely matted with crap. Really not sure what to do with this deer, don't want to waste it but also hate to feed it to my kids if there is some illness causing this. Please take a look at the pic and tell me if you've seen this before and if you know what would cause it.
I would guess that he had the runs and it just got hung up. Not really sure, but I doubt the meat would be bad.
Thanks for the replies. In person it looks a whole lot worse. I will get him dressed and skinned go from there.
I've seen deer with the scours before that were messy all over their backside. I imagine it's from a protein rich food source that they aren't used to or just a change in seasonal diet.
We have calves that do that from time to time. It's usually a combination of a loose stool caused by diet and laziness when lifting the tail. It really isn't anything to worry about from a diseased meat standpoint. I share this because I've found that cattle and deer share a lot of common behaviors. Sent from my Z10 using Tapatalk