Will the deer disease stop anyone from hunting?

pickenup

A lot of my friends here in Colorado will not be hunting deer this year because of the disease the deer have. The state just announced that they will have free testing for anyone taking game in the watch areas. If you are not in the watch area then it will cost $25-$35 or so for testing.Is this going to stop anyone on this board from hunting deer? If so, which state are you in?For everyone, what are your thoughts on this?

If I knew then, what I know now.

Knifecollector

No, it won't stop me from deer hunting. I live in North Carolina and I don't think the disease has made it here yet. I hunt primarily for the meat so I would have it tested if they were to offer it here.

4GodandCountry

If they test your deer and it comes back positive can you kill another deer and so on?

When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....

concealedG36

I heard that they setup a buffer-zone between Michigan and Wisconsin and that no signs of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) have been spotted here yet. But, even if they do find some deer I will continue hunting. If they do find signs of CWD in Michigan I'll likely have any deer I harvest checked, though.



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turbo

Several months ago someone posted a couple of threads on "right of passage" and "drinking blood as a ritual of the successful hunt".

Now that this disease is one of the confirmed (amongst others that cause havoc in humans), I trust there are those who would refrain from such practices.

These diseases which are known to exist and have been known to transfer to humans from infected meats and organs of animals, in cluding sheep, bovine and the handling of infected dog fecal waste, is not something that would cause happiness within ones family.

Here is some info on the disease, a word to the wise is sufficient.

Prions Background Information

Prion diseases are infectious diseases of the brain and occur both
in animals and people. The disease is given a different name according
to the species:

Humans: CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease)
GSS (Gerstmann Str?ussler Syndrome)

http://www.roche-applied-science.com/indbio/ind/BSE/cjd.htm


Cattle: BSE (Bovine Spongiforme Encephalopathy)

Sheep: Scrapie

Deer / Elk: CWD (Chronic Waisting Disease

http://www.roche-applied-science.com/indbio/ind/BSE/info.htm



Chronic Wasting Disease


http://www.roche-applied-science.com/indbio/ind/BSE/cwd.htm


This reminds me, mexican foods served in fast food establishments, such asTaco Shops, prepare;

Tacos de Cabeza (made from usually a cows head, includes brains), Menudo made of stomach lining and tripe), Pozole (same as Menudo except it has different herbs and ingrediants with hominy), and Tacos de Tripa ( usually made of fried up veal tripe, which has been left with the curdled milk in the intestine of the veal); there is no doubt that these foods are tasty and have a certain exotic flare to them, but I would not recommend any individual seek this type of food for ingestion, knowing that the possibility of contracting such diseases are a possibility.

It's bad enough knowing one can get cancer just drinking contiminated water, let alone paying for the privilige of hunting deer, or other game animals, and then becoming infected from consuming infected meats.



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Edited by - turbo on 06/17/2002 17:26:24

offeror

We had a scare here a few years ago about tainted fish in the lakes that didn't bother me until I caught a nice catfish with a big tumor hanging off its belly. It put me off fishing for quite a while. Since then I take advisories seriously but without panic. I would advise anyone with any doubts to do the testing for sure. It will help you keep your hearty appetite (and those of your guests) to know for sure that you're eating good clean game meat.

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turbo

OK!, that does it,

I guess I'm goin to have to take up ballroom dancin..

mmmm??


well, on second thought,

maybe, bacci ball.

"The great object is that every man.... everyone who is able may have a gun." Patrick Henry

turbo

Wait a second..

I was thinkin it would safer to take my chances with the ole italians, who play this game at our local park, I always see them when I go for my 3 mile walk in the mornings,

Then, I just remembered they argue alot, and when they're done arguin they all kiss one guy, and thats the end of it.

Problem is I don't think, the guy that gets kissed is seein again.

Allright, well, I'm still thinking.????

"The great object is that every man.... everyone who is able may have a gun." Patrick Henry

lazywallrus

In Michigan we have had a problem with TB for a long time and there has never been more hunters than there is now. I think the best way to control alot of these diseases is for people too hunt and fill all of their tags. Otherwise the deer have too much contact with each other. The infected states need to start giving out unlimited doe permits. Nobody likes to see the size of the herd to decrease but it is the only way to control the diseases. The quality of bucks would probably improve as well, being that only mature bucks would be able to take does, not as much nookie to go around.

nelchris

IN WISCONSIN WE HAVE CWD THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND KILL 25,000 DEER IN A 350SQ MILE AREA WE JUST HAD A WEEK HUNT WITH 3 MORE TO FOLLOW PLUS THEY WILL EXTEND THE REG SEASON.I MIGHT JUST SKIP IT NO MEAT JUST TO KILL,WHO WANTS TO HOLD ON TO MEAT WHILE ITS TESTED.I LOVE HUNTING BUT ITS JUST SO SO

oldgunner

I don't think the disease has reached my state of Tennessee, but it seems reasonable to me that it is MORE reason to hunt them, not less. Hunting should help irradicate it. But I will have them checked if it gets here.

There are no bad guns, only bad people.