The warehouse nub is talking about is one of 5 'processing centers" being set up around the state for sampling all the deer they intend to sample throughout the state this year.
Another one is in Eagle and I don't recall the locations of the other three.
The deer, after sampling are being quick frozen and shipped to a huge warehouse in the LaCrosse area and those that test negative will be landfilled. They already have a contract for that. Those that test positve will be incinerated. The cost is pretty high for the rental of this place. No numbers given.
They have a system designed with bar-coding in which a tag will be atrtached to the head and an identical one will be attached to the hock on the carcass.
Everyone who shoots a deer that is tested will be told of the results via postcard when the results come back.
Also, if a person shoots a deer in the hot zone and takes it home to process it him/herself, he or she can take the skeleton back to the place in Black Earth and the DNR will incinerate it.
That's only in the eradication zone they're doing that.

Tim

Edited by - Tim-WI hunter on 10/06/2002 20:58:30