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WI CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE?
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[cool] Are there any avid bow and gun whitetail hunters from WI out there? Well, if you are from WI and have already hunted this year, I have a question for you. With all of this talk about the chronic wasting disease flooding our media and making all of us wonder about the quality of our harvests this year, I wonder if any of you have had any problems with your meat this year or not. Have you heard of any ways to tell if your deer has this disease or not?? What about butchering, I heard that most butchers use the same blade to cut the spine (where the glands are stored that the disease affects) and then use that same blade to butcher the rest of the deer? I have not had any problems in the past with any venison, but all of this hype is really getting me to think. Should I be worried, or not?? HELP!!!!!!

Wolfman
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As a personal choice, Wolfman, I'm not going elk hunting this season in Colorado. Entire elk herds have been destroyed because it had been infected with CWD. Infected deer has been found close to Boulder (suburb of Denver) and Dept of Wildlife (DOW) sharpshooters have been hunting the deer to eliminate the herd.
I read, and listened, to all the so-called information put out by the DOW specialists, hearing them state that there was no scientific proof that CWD could be transmitted to man through eating the infected meat. THEN, a local man was diagnosed with CWD (the human version), he had eated infected meat, Unfortunately, he did not survive. There's your scientific evidence that CWD can be transmitted to humans.
The DOW has contracted with several testing companies in-state that will test the animal for CWD for a small charge, less than $25. However, right now, the test takes about six weeks to complete. There are several other companies that say they can complete the tests in less than two weeks, but the test is only 75% accurate. I don't know about you but I don't like the odds. Having holes develope in my brain isn't my idea of fun.
So, I'm leaving the Winchester on the gunrack and taking the shotgun out for some duck and geese.
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all i know is that the infected animal acts like the "mad cow desease " animals that were shown on the news , but that can only be in the later stages of the desease , i guess .
the michigan d.n.r. is going to ban all baiting if one deer is found as close as fifty miles outside of our boarders .it'll be to late by then , same as the t.b.
of course the t.b. is also in africa , the c.w.d. is the same form of mad cow from england i think , maybe they should ban importing the exotic game animals and imported feed pellets , but then some invester wouldn't be making his millions at our expence , would he ?
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