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| I read an article this morning about a Buck that had CWD from the are we hunt in central WI that described the Buck as "having his tongue sticking out and looking skinny". That got me thinking about a Buck my son shot on Saturday. Tongue sticking out and looking tired... and very little fat on him compared to the 3 1/2 year old doe we shot on Tuesday. He appeared healthy... but where would you have a deer tested if you had any concerns? |
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| You can voluntarily donate the head of the deer to the DNR and they will include it in their annual testing, but it must be fresh. They may not accept if their budget does not allow unless it is from a testing area. The head must include three vertebrate attached to the back of the head. You can call your nearest DNR headquarters to fin out the location of the drop-off places. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | CWD is not transferrable to humans. It poses no risk to us. |
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| I tend to be a little more cautious... I had a friend die a horrible death from the human form "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease". Odd thing was, he was not a hunter, never fished and ran a marathon 6 months before he died. The odds of getting the human variant are 1 in a million, although there is plenty of speculation and some evidence that there is a link between the 2. I could post a hundred or so links from credible medical journals, but hey…. everyone is free to form their own opinion
Rather be cautious. Denny, would you eat a deer known to have CDW? Just curious... and besides, shoudn't you be busy winterizing boats! |
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| The CDC is increasing testing because they have indications it may have the potential to infect humans |
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Location: Rhinelander | If the CWD prion was dangerous to humans there would be many more known cases, and as far as I can find there are zero. CWD has been in the herds in Colorado and Wyoming for decades, and in ours for quite a while in Wisconsin. By the way, the report of the CWD case in NW WI was supposed have been declared a false positive, looking for that report now.
If that buck had CWD it would have been decimated, not just have less body fat. It would have been pretty obvious if in the latter stages of the disease, and would not have looked in any way healthy. I'd bet that old boy had just been chasing the ladies too hard. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | Dominic,
I guess if I knew from a test that CWD was present I doubt I would eat it. If I did not know I would not care. Its that way with everything you eat these days though. As far as that deers condition, I have shot them just like that as well, and can tell you that Steves assumption is exactly what I would call it as well, LOVE DRUNK.
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| I'm sure you know, (but thought I'd make sure) that the tongue sticks out on dead deer, right? Did he actually see the tongue hanging out oddly before he shot? Fat amounts vary widely in deer, you can't judge anything by that.
If the deer did not appear to be acting strangely (disoriented, unbalanced), I wouldn't worry about it. |
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| Thumper... I laughed out loud and yes, we saw it coming from 1/2 mile across an open bean field. Both my son and I were up 20 feet in the blind and you could see this old hound dog panting and breathing heavy as he came right down our trail.
When I grunted to get him to stop, it was like he hit a wall.
I can't wait till my youngest hunts alone, I have not fired my gun in 3 years, but my kids sure have. I think the only reason I go along is gut and haul them out of the woods. |
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