Hello, I see this on almost every deer that I mount and I have never figured out exactly what it is. Inside the deers nostrils, down deep, there are always big caterpillar looking bugs...Like a leech kinda, but fat around. I come across them sometimes when caping out a head but mostly when boiling a skull...sometimes 5 or 6 boil out. Anyone know about this? Its nasty.
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They are botfly larvae. You also find them under the skins of squirrels during the summer. I've seen them in sheep actually up inside their sinus cavities. It HAS to be maddening for them.
Do a search under Bot Fly. All the info you need.
These things are disgusting!
Have you all heard about the guy who had an itch in his eye and he found it to be a botfly? interesting stuff but it sure is gross