Woah, Deer are TOUGH! You learn something new everyday and a bit of a scary thought though, but since most of the families around here have always managed to eat wild deer meat fine I'm thinking deer probably just have awesome digestive systems that are skilled at eliminating the toxins in the first place. Doesn't get in the body in the first place to cause problemsmarshallsmyth said:The deer in this forest eat any plant at all. I've seen them eat poison oak a lot, they know how to eat the wild salmonberries and wild blackberries whose thorns leave those tiny pieces you can't even see. They've eaten a friend's tomato plants that have nightshade in them. I've even seen absolutely and definitely deadly poisonous mushrooms one evening, gone the next morning after seeing deer there.
Deer seem immune to natural plant and fungus poisons!
Actually, I do wonder if those poisons carry over into deer meat.