HoozanAlthough the structure of this sentence is unusual, it's not necessarily a bad thing to separate one item out of a list for emphasis, especially if it is not stated in the same terms. Certainly, we could say "the deer was a source of meat, its hide was used for clothing, etc.," but that's not what the author chooses to do. Instead, there's an initial clause ("it was a source of meat"), and then "and" introduces a list of three parallel terms. Similarly, I could say "I miss the movies, and I also miss popcorn, candy, and soda." I
could put all four in a list, but separating out the first one puts it in a primary place, with the other elements as add-ons. Similarly, the original sentence is showing that the deer was eaten, and that various things were done with the uneaten parts.