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FInally shot my elk on Christmas evening. While field dressing her we noticed a black spot on her heart. it was about 1 inch in diamter and I beleive on the top portion of the heart. We were thinking it was either from a past heart attack or stroke, she was pretty old. Any ideas? 7mm. guy shoot straight or shoot often. | ||
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Kind of hard to say what it was but it wasn't evidence of heart attack. A past/healed heart attack leaves scar tissue in the muscle of the heart. I do post-mortem inspection on cattle for the USDA and have seen many of these. Dennis Life member NRA | |||
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On an old animal, it might have been a melanoma, a type of tumor. They can occasionally be found on the heart. MFH | |||
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I hope you checked the liver, too. The only easy day is yesterday! | |||
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No we didn't check the liver. Is there reason for concern (is the meat possibly tainted? 7mm. guy shoot straight or shoot often. | |||
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Spots on the liver are tell tail signs of disease. The only easy day is yesterday! | |||
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The meat from your elk could be dangerous. For your own safety, package it carefully in dry ice and ship it to me. I'll do a careful inspection, and if necessary, actually sample some of the meat to see if it kills me. If I survive, I'll let you know how it tastes. | |||
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Yea, maybe the elk was an alcoholic. MG | |||
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I never knew the kind hearted people we had on this forum. Even to thepoint of testing other people's potentially tainted meat. Alas I can't in good conscience let someone else endanger themselves for me liike that so I'll have to take that chance myself maybe tonight. 7mm. guy shoot straight or shoot often. | |||
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