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Allyn T:
Yep it started as scabies in sheep, spread to cattle through bone meal made from diseased sheep, then jumped to elk. From there it went to mule deer and then white tail. It takes a long time for symptoms to show. From what I've read it some humans got it from eating cattle brains. As far as I know they haven't linked cwd to hunters yet so it hasn't made the species jump that way. As to your question fox, around here all counties with cwd and any counties with a 10 mile radius of a positive case they do mandatory testing opening weekend of rifle season. They also let you voluntarily get test if you want through out the season. Still haven't had a positive in my county the last 5 hunting seasons I've been a part of. I don't get my deer tested unless I have to but if it became prevalent I would. I'd also discard any meat of an infected animal just to be safe but that's up to each person individually.

Digital Caveman:
I take it it doesn't cook out?

Allyn T:
It isn't a living organism It's a protein fragment so you can't cook it out or freeze it out It can stay active in the soil for 2 years. Don't quote me on this but I believe what I read was you can't burn it out either because it requires a temperature of like 10,000 degrees, not sure if that's the right temp

boomhowzer:
Apparently CWD has made the jump from deer or elk and infected some non-human primates. This is where the concern for possible transmission to humans comes from, but so far there haven't been any reported cases. Let's just hope it stays that way.

Fox:
Thanks guys.. some good into here. I’ve read about what it does and how it started but I’m not sure how it will effect hunting this season. One of the really annoying things is I can’t leave guypiles in the woods which is going to make some things hard for me considering I usually Quarter in the field and leave everything I don’t want to the coyotes…. It’s a long way to drag a full deer by yourself where I’ve been hunting…. I also feel quite wrong about throwing any deer parts where the state wants you to… it just seems wrong throwing them in a dumpster of some kind….

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