Thread: Deer bones not white like normal

Thanks guys. I just spoke to a lady at the Ministry of Primary Industries in the pests and diseases department. She said the grey colour is a sign that the animals immunity is working over time and has been for a long time. It would have been ill for a while for sustained permanent liver damage. She said it may not be anything like TB but it means that the deer has been sick or struggling for a while. I asked her if a sub lethal dose of 1080 may have caused that to occur and she said it could well have. Regardless of course she said that I should not eat it.

Yes the meat was washed out, cutting it into steaks was impossible it just didn't hold itself together at all!