Web it was white, not yellow, and didn't smell.

Yellow fat in deer. The latter is strictly an untested hypothesis. Josh fricke , oct 7, 2012. Web corn consumption can also cause the fat to yellow, but not noticeably the way sweet potatoes will.

Saturated fat is bad, right? In figure 7 which show ictric (jaundice) carcasses with internal organ, and illustrate the yellow colour in internal organ (liver, kidney, lungs, heart fat). Web when we peeled one doe she had this yellow kinda slimy fat film over the meat through most of her body.

I don't remember yellow fat on the on the outside areas under the hide. A deer’s sex, age and physical condition closer to winter are the three biggest factors affecting the color of fat that hunters see when processing a deer. You could even outline the ribs.

165k members in the hunting community. Web they all come to the same conclusion about deer fat: For poultry fat to be yellow, xanthophylls must be present in the diet as carotenes will not produce this result in birds.

The deer may have been sick if yellow was on more than just the fat. Yet, i didn't think to try it because conventional wisdom has always been deer fat tastes bad. Another factor is body condition.

Web upon cleaning her i noticed her fat was a bright yellow. Most hunters never see the yellow or red phases because they harvest their deer before winter sets in. If in doubt, do not eat it.