Well, I'm from Wisconsin, and I hunt in the HRZ zones, which are just outside of the so-called CWD "Hot Zones" or "Eradication Zones". Food pantries won't take deer from HRZ or ERZ areas, so you can't donate meat to the Help the hungry programs and such. Most deer processers wouldn't take deer from those areas; however, I think most now will, as long as the meat is deboned. Basically, the DNR says if you do it yourself, avoid the brain, eyes, liver,spinal cordand lymph nodes. No biggie. Not tough. We really didn't change the way we process our deer at home at all. Right away there was a big scare, but people realized it wasn't a threat to humans and we've just had to modify some rules at meat lockers.

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