From the pictures posted I would be very careful regarding handling the carcass. It appears your bull was suffering from some form of infection that has systemic impact on the host bull. You may want to take a sample and have it tested for a series of diseases that affect ungulates before you invest the time and energy butchering and storing the meat.My wife killed her first bull on Halloween, and what started as a great day ended in disappointment. Antlers are cool, but we hunt for meat.
I don't want to be wasteful, and certainly don't want to throw away an elk that took all day to get out, but I'm really struggling with feeding my family with this.
He had a really nasty infection on the bottom of his brisket, that puss was bubbling out. The wound went into the lung cavity.
As you can see, he is very skinny.
I'm afraid the infection might be throughout his body.
You can see the bright viens all over his hide, I don't know that it's related, but I've never seen hide look like this.
Not sure what to do, this sucks.
I'm with you on this one. We have had a couple of bouts with EHD in our deer around here. The coyotes won't even eat them. The injury/infection will be throughout his whole body as it easily shows by the pic. Your wife should be very proud of her trophy and she did the right thing putting it down regardless. That bull was going to die slowly and painfully.What isn't good for human consumption isn't good for your canines....they get poisoned from bacteria also....
But the bull is bad...dont chance eating it..take it to f&g and let them decide...but if they say eat it..make them eat the first pieces....
And..they will probably want the antlers surrendered if she wants a cow tag...
Nice bull! Congrats! I agree , I would contact fish and game.My wife killed her first bull on Halloween, and what started as a great day ended in disappointment. Antlers are cool, but we hunt for meat.
I don't want to be wasteful, and certainly don't want to throw away an elk that took all day to get out, but I'm really struggling with feeding my family with this.
He had a really nasty infection on the bottom of his brisket, that puss was bubbling out. The wound went into the lung cavity.
As you can see, he is very skinny.
I'm afraid the infection might be throughout his body.
You can see the bright viens all over his hide, I don't know that it's related, but I've never seen hide look like this.
Not sure what to do, this sucks.
Looks like nature was going to select this guy anyway, so you humanely sped up the process. It's not a waste. It's enough that you are questing the safety of consuming this. If it's in doubt, I wouldn't risk it.My wife killed her first bull on Halloween, and what started as a great day ended in disappointment. Antlers are cool, but we hunt for meat.
I don't want to be wasteful, and certainly don't want to throw away an elk that took all day to get out, but I'm really struggling with feeding my family with this.
He had a really nasty infection on the bottom of his brisket, that puss was bubbling out. The wound went into the lung cavity.
As you can see, he is very skinny.
I'm afraid the infection might be throughout his body.
You can see the bright viens all over his hide, I don't know that it's related, but I've never seen hide look like this.
Not sure what to do, this sucks.
I suggest discarding the carcass. Keep the horns. I'm a retired DVM. See a DVM locally an he may ge able to get youMy wife killed her first bull on Halloween, and what started as a great day ended in disappointment. Antlers are cool, but we hunt for meat.
I don't want to be wasteful, and certainly don't want to throw away an elk that took all day to get out, but I'm really struggling with feeding my family with this.
He had a really nasty infection on the bottom of his brisket, that puss was bubbling out. The wound went into the lung cavity.
As you can see, he is very skinny.
I'm afraid the infection might be throughout his body.
You can see the bright viens all over his hide, I don't know that it's related, but I've never seen hide look like this.
Not sure what to do, this sucks.
PASSMy wife killed her first bull on Halloween, and what started as a great day ended in disappointment. Antlers are cool, but we hunt for meat.
I don't want to be wasteful, and certainly don't want to throw away an elk that took all day to get out, but I'm really struggling with feeding my family with this.
He had a really nasty infection on the bottom of his brisket, that puss was bubbling out. The wound went into the lung cavity.
As you can see, he is very skinny.
I'm afraid the infection might be throughout his body.
You can see the bright viens all over his hide, I don't know that it's related, but I've never seen hide look like this.
Not sure what to do, this sucks.
The bull was beat up and skinny from fighting throughout the rut. He was probably a herd bull which means he was nonstop fighting to protect his cows.
cut out the bad meat and eat the rest
The marks on the hide are from fighting I have seen that before, the white stuff, never seen before.. if that is a mt bull we have CWD in both deer and elk.. take the head to fish and game, they can tell..My wife killed her first bull on Halloween, and what started as a great day ended in disappointment. Antlers are cool, but we hunt for meat.
I don't want to be wasteful, and certainly don't want to throw away an elk that took all day to get out, but I'm really struggling with feeding my family with this.
He had a really nasty infection on the bottom of his brisket, that puss was bubbling out. The wound went into the lung cavity.
As you can see, he is very skinny.
I'm afraid the infection might be throughout his body.
You can see the bright viens all over his hide, I don't know that it's related, but I've never seen hide look like this.
Not sure what to do, this sucks.