Buchan
Thank you. That may well be the case. Yes, the pink colour is blood from the gralloch. 'Granular' is the best way that I can describe it - it just felt 'gritty' when held between the fingers. The doe wasn't that old and was acting perfectly normally. Having shot, or seen shot, well in excess of 100 muntjac I've just not seen anything like this before. It would be easy just to dispose of the gralloch and not bother asking, but there's always something new to learn with deer, so many thanks for the reply.
willie_gunn