What the????

[Camo Queen]

What the heck is THIS?     Found it while processing my deer...

I'm really terrified to try to Google it, because that tends to lead to seeing things I cannot UN see LOL. This made my stomach turn. I still processed the deer because I'm well aware that wild game can contain parasites and such, but YUCK!!

[quadrafire]

Man that is some nice looking red meat there. I'd just trim the affected area. Is it just the one or are there many?
From the picture it looks like a cyst??

[bowhunterforever]

Looks like some kind of cyst to me

[Camo Queen]

It's scattered all throughout the meat, although most are just the size of the smaller looking one... the big one grossed me out!  Found mostly in the tenderloins and hind quarters. . .  I removed the ones I could find

[quadrafire]

Pretty sure they're harmless, destroyed w/ cooking and freezing.
Muley or WT?

[carpsniperg2]

I am guessing its cystercerci. Tape worms in the larval state. Here is a write up on it from Idaho fish and game.

 https://idfg.idaho.gov/wildlife/disease/tapeworm-cysts

[Curly]

 

[kellama2001]

I am guessing its cystercerci. Tape worms in the larval state. Here is a write up on it from Idaho fish and game.

 https://idfg.idaho.gov/wildlife/disease/tapeworm-cysts

Wow!    Good info to have, sure sounds like that's what they are. Thanks for sharing

[Camo Queen]

Pretty sure they're harmless, destroyed w/ cooking and freezing.
Muley or WT?

It was a muley

[singleshot12]

I found those once in a blacktail. He was skinny with zero body fat. The backstraps were tough so I made salami out of the rest and survived

[Mark Brenckle]

  congrats on the deer, though... 

[KFhunter]

Did you get a good look at the lungs and liver?   

[kckrawler]

I screwed up and Googled it 

Question I have is what is considered thorough cooking to kill the cystercerci? I hate to eat venison over medium. Should we be cooking deer and elk the same as something like bear?

[jackmaster]

Not only is deer meat better when cooked through but it should be treated like pork, sorry about you having to see that camo queen pretty tough to unsee those type of things.. I love Luke have a real tough time eatn that and I like deer meat more than elk meat!!

[kukusya]

Doesn't look like tapeworm larva. More likely it is trichinosis I grew up in area when it was almost in every animal that was harvest in couple years period. To minimize chances freeze for 2-3weeks in -10F then cocker for long period till meat star falling apart. Larva covered in thick calcium composite and it hard to kill.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichin