Yellow fat/stuff on deer meat?

[Allpublic]

I've cut up alot of deer meat, but never seen this. Anyone else ever seen it or know what it is?

[lost cajun]

The one I cut up this weekend had the same thing. Not sure what it is!


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[Bradical BH]

I’ve cut up a lot of deer and never seen meat so pale. Looks like chicken. I’d get rid of that stuff

[Smart]

Looks like you soaked it an ice cooler for a period of time (pale meat) and the fat areas absorbed the liquid making it change colors.

[elhefe]

I’ve never seen that. Not sure what to tell you. I hate to throw good meat away but that might be relegated to the dog

[Abu_dude]

Looks like you soaked it an ice cooler for a period of time (pale meat) and the fat areas absorbed the liquid making it change colors.

this

[lost cajun]

I've cut up alot of deer meat, but never seen this. Anyone else ever seen it or know what it is?

Was it a doe by chance?


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[Burnadell]

I agree with the meat looking like it soaked in water, but I have no idea what the yellow junk is.

[Allpublic]

I did keep it in a cooler, iced and drained, for 6 days. Hence the pale color. But the yellow stuff was on/in him from the get-go. He was an older buck and rutting hard. Don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

[waterdog]

https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/content/articles/deer-news/heres-what-causes-that-nasty-yellow-fat-in-a-deers-body

[Drycreek3189]

https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/c...n-a-deers-body

I’ve seen this before (yellow fat) and it never stopped me from eating the meat. Thanks for the link, I never knew what caused it.

[Bci2nd]

Just old man fat. Some of yall have seen it just not on a deer. Im fat, just not old.

[Deerguy]

Catabolizing adipose tissue. The deer was burning fat reserves for energy.

[GarGuy]

It's perfectly normal and fine.

[60 Deluxe]

That is very common on cows. I'm talking cull cows, not feedlot animals. It comes from the carotene in the forage that they have been eating.