I had the same thing happen a few times. Once a broadhead in a Backstrap. I cut out and threw away 6-8" of it. The rest was fine. Killed a deer with a puss pocket in his ham this season. Threw that muscle away and kept the rest. If it smells fine and I can cut out the bad spot, I'm not throwing it away.
Been doing it for 50 years.Nearly every year around this time bucks will have wounds from fights.Cut the chit out and go to grinding.You open one up with infection spread throughout his body,you’ll know…
