Found a little Suprise in my Elk meat

[SuperX]

I found a pellet from a pellet gun in the haunch of my urban blacktail.  I found shotgun slug fragments in the backstrap and under the skin of my bear, and I once shot a whitetail who had an inch of wood from a sharp branch in his backstrap.

In each case the wound was fully healed and there was no sign of injury visually or in the behavior of the animal.  There were a dozen blond hairs in the bear where the shotgun slug entered its back, but you couldn't really see them against the chocolate brown of the coat.

[dewandgin]

I shot a cow elk with a collar on her and after getting her home and starting to cut up the meat found the tranquilizer dart in her hide quarter. Still have it saved thought it was kinda cool.

[huntmando]

The bull I shot last year had just the broad head in it from the previous year.
It was in the front shoulder with a baseball size pocket of scar tissue around it.

[lokidog]

When I was a kid in WI, a friend called and asked my dad if he still had an archery tag as this guy had a buck tied to a tree.  Back end was paralyzed, found an old green broadhead through its spine.  It looked like it had gone in and stopped within 1/16 inch of the spine and was all healed up.  We figured this guy got in a fight with another buck and just got hit in the wrong place.

First elk had an 'X' scar through his back leg, all healed nicely.

Margaret bull had a 3/4 inch hole in its skull under its antler, all healed up.  One of my other elk racks had a brow tine that fit the hole perfectly.  Of course my "friends" said the bull was probably deaf and blind on that side and walked with a limp, no wonder I was able to get him....

[remington300mag]

A few years back I shot a spike in the Clockum....while using an elk cart to get it to the road i noticed it's right front leg was way bigger than it's left....when we got it back to camp and started skinning it.....I was surprised to find that the leg had about 3 inches of an arrow sticking out of it with the broad head still stuck in the bone.....can you say Gange Green!!!!! Worst smell I have ever smelled....with a sour cream looking green puss running down the leg.....It was horrible!!! We cut the leg off about 8 inches above the bad part.....Yep still ate the elk...and it was good....and dug the broad head out after a night of drinking!! LOL Still have the broad head somewhere!

[Huntbear]

My brother and I shot a big cow in the Washougal Unit one year, she was moving fine before she went down.  However, when we went to butcher her, noticed one whole shoulder was nothing but gristle and scar tissue.  No noticeable meat on it anywhere.
Did not find any foreign objects, so figured she had been hit by a truck or something when young.   

[LRshooter]

I found #8 or so bird shot in the hind quarter of my muley this year.

[mossback91]

Never found much but my own bullets or what not.........Dad found a 243 bullet lodged in the the shoulder of a muley buck......... perfect mushroom but just up against the shoulder.....didnt even break it........I'm guessing somebody took too long of a shot 

[billythekidrock]

I found this broken tine a few years ago in the hindquarter of a bull I killed.



We have found a couple broad heads encapsulated in grisle as well as more then a few deer with rounds in the neck.

If you hunt in an area where there are poachers or tribal hunters you will find many deer with .22 caliber rounds in the neck area. We used to find that rather frequently.

[SunniCutt]

Found 1 22 cal bullet and some more lead with my meat grinder last year.  Made my grinder run really hot.

[Slayock]

I found a broken tine in the front shoulder of a muley buck a few years ago, it was about 4 inches long.

[carpsniperg2]

billy that is a cool pic thanks for sharin

[Blacktail135]

 Found a broadhead in the backstrap of a 6x7 elk in '05 and a broadhead in the shoulder of a blacktail deer I shot in '03. '06 sheep had a big, knarled scar and a piece of backbone missing I assume was from a bullet. I couldn't find the 4th blade of the broadhead on the elk so I tossed about 4" of the backstrap.

[Bigshooter]

Four or five years ago a buddies dad shot a nice big old bull.  It had a broadhead in one shoulder, and broadhead in its back straps.  And 2 bullets in one of the hind quarters.  All were healed.

A couple years ago another buddy shot a buck that had a .22 bullet in its front shoulder.

[becker]

Found my brother digging around in  my freezer looking for prime cuts of deer steak.

Does that count?