What are these??

[okie/texan]

I believe I have seen this on here before but my search function isn't working for some reason. I shot a buck this morning and when I was cutting off the skull, these came out from up towards the brain. Deer still okay to eat or no???

[Mike Fangman]

Blot fly larvae, I believe , they are transmitted threw the nostrils via a fly. Deer should be fine to eat.

[myway]

Correct bot fly. Congrats on the buck!

[okie/texan]

Cool, says there is no link to show they really effect the deer or venison. Thanks, first time ever I have harvested a deer in both Texas and Oklahoma during the same year. Eye guard never grew on right side so good 7 I guess. This deer came from southeastern Oklahoma

[Kurdawg]

Nice buck.

[jerp]

When sauteed in a little olive oil and some crushed garlic they make a fine appetizer. Put them on toothpicks along with your favorite hard cheese.

[boh347]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Iw0-7EMUo&sns=em"]Huge Botfly Maggot Removed from Head - YouTube[/ame]

[K. Lane]

I'm glad that a deer that has them are still good to eat. My wife shot a nice 8 last year in Medina county. I put the head in a garbage bag and the directly into the freezer with the intention of doing a euro on it.
We had eaten more than half of that deer by the time I got around to doing the euro. Right or wrong I use a pressure washer to get a lot of the mess, brain, and sinuses out. That's when I found a couple in the sinuses.

[Diamond S]

I have seen plenty of them. very common in hill country deer for some reason.. Freaked me out the first time I saw them while doing a euro mount.

[bassmatt72]

Blot fly larvae, I believe , they are transmitted threw the nostrils via a fly. Deer should be fine to eat.

Yep! There are some nasty looking parasites in and on deer!

[TacticalCowboy]

Bot larva.. the meat is fine. Cows have them too.

[d arrow]

Man, that's a big bugar right there. They're harmless, meat is safe.

[ecallarman]

Huge Botfly Maggot Removed from Head - YouTube

[Tspurgin26]

Huge Botfly Maggot Removed from Head - YouTube

Just watched 30 minutes of nasty videos on YouTube thanks to that!

[35remington]

Here are the ones from my deer: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCpI-MSgHo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCpI-MSgHo[/ame]