Thread: Venison shanks?

A question for all the shank experts please: Is it straightforward to locate these bone "toothpicks" early in the shank preparation stage and remove them, rather than painfully discovering them at dinner ?
Where in the shank meat are they found? Something like a diagram would be great as directions for being able to cut these out.
I'm not sure I've noticed them in all the venison here. Perhaps they are only a hazard in some animals?

Originally Posted by Puffin

A question for all the shank experts please: Is it straightforward to locate these bone "toothpicks" early in the shank preparation stage and remove them, rather than painfully discovering them at dinner ?
Where in the shank meat are they found? Something like a diagram would be great as directions for being able to cut these out.
I'm not sure I've noticed them in all the venison here. Perhaps they are only a hazard in some animals?

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alongside the main leg bone....think tibia n fibia it will be parralel to main leg bone.

We had venison shanks over the weekend. I did them based on this recipe https://www.thespruceeats.com/rosema...-recipe-101494 Which was delicious and I liked the fact it's just a couple of ingredients for flavour for a change,as I usually add more (like wine ).

Deer fibula @Puffin Easy to find reliably once you know where to look. I bone out all my shanks before cooking which reveals them