Bird shot in my Buck!!!!!!

[patton1]

I shot a nice BT buck on Christmas day and took the cape to the local taxi.  As we was skinning the rest of the skull he found a couple of BB's under the skin.  Well I was butchering him the other night and this buck is just riddled with bird shot.  I found 15-20 BB holes in the backstraps alone. I tried to cut around the holes as much as possible because they were filled with black blood.  He must have been shot at pretty close range because the BB holes go pretty deep into the meat.  Some people are just ignorant. 

The meat should be OK to eat, right? I would guess it's steel shot but it worries me a little bit that it might be lead.

[lewy]

That sucks, do you have any pictures?

[patton1]

That sucks, do you have any pictures?

Of the buck, yes.  Of the BB's no.  I wish I would have taken some but I didn't think about it until after.  They were black and so was the blood inside the holes.  They were little BB's like those in a small game load and felt pretty hard.  I should have taken some pics but it kind of slipped my mind.

[luv2hunt]

Bad enough trying not to chomp on a bb in upland birds let alone a deer...I would think the meat will be fine reguardless of lead or steel. just my

[D-Rock425]

What area did you kill the Buck in? Any duck hunting spots around?

[high country]

get outta my flowers you sunbitch!  I can hear my wife now.....lol.

[D-Rock425]

get outta my flowers you sunbitch!  I can hear my wife now.....lol.

[singleshot12]

I found pellets and bird shot in a couple bt's I've got.. It would bother me too if it was lead and it looked like the shot had been in there a couple years. Best way to tell if it's lead or not is to squeeze one with a pair of pliers.

[patton1]

I got him on Whidbey Island.  My guess would be the flower bed situation.  No duck hunters in the immediate area.  I did push on  a couple of the BB's with my knife on the table and they seemed pretty solid.  They definately looked like they had been in there for a while though.

[luv2hunt]

I found pellets and bird shot in a couple bt's I've got.. It would bother me too if it was lead and it looked like the shot had been in there a couple years. Best way to tell if it's lead or not is to squeeze one with a pair of pliers.

Good point... Never thought about how long the lead could have been in the deer. I guess I was thinking about short term like when you used to be able to kill waterfowl with lead.

[CP]

You need to throw out any meat that is close to the wounds or that is discolored in any way.  Steel or lead, it doesn’t matter, there will be bacteria and all kinds of nasty micro critters in there.   

[C-Money]

If you think it was small bird shot, I would think it was lead. Like said before, take the time to cut all the bloodshot meat out. What a shame, sorry your deer was blasted befor you got to him.

[billythekidrock]

If you lived close to a rez it would be .22 rounds in the neck.

[400out]

A member on here took a festered 22 round out of his buck last year 

[NWWABOWHNTR]

I killed a cow elk a few years back that had a lead "buffalo" bullet lodged in the neck meat.  I just cut out all the meat around it.  WIth bridshot I doubt it went too deep,  like said before cut out the wounded areas, and you should be fine.  Damn shame as that is a nice Whidbey Buck