Ga6570
Well-Known Member
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 didn't read any other reply's prior to making my comment.
Contact MT FWP - present this to them.
Several years back I was with a friend who harvested a calf that was acting funny on a ranch north of Livingston, my friend found similar issues with the animal as he was starting to cut it. He called FWP, they took the animal for testing and gave him a new tag. They said not to eat the meat.
Sorry for your situation.
Good luck!