First off there has never been a case of CWD tranferring to humans. Otherwise you would have heard of it by now especially from Colorado where it origionated. My husband got one a couple of years back that did test positive and we ate it. Nothing is wrong with us.
Here's one site where they are telling hunters not to feed or bait the deer because, it will spread CWDwww.dnr.state.il.us/pubaffairs/2008/december/idnr.html
But the IDNR hunts over bait with there sharp shooters. So, they can be spreading it.
I went to a CWD information seminar that the IDNR was having in Rockford, IL last fall. The guy that was representing the IDNR was telling us that a good deer population will hold 50 deer per square mile. The IDNR wantedand has got it down to 6.9 deer per square mile. They also said that they were going to stop there sharp shooting program after 5yrs. but they are still doing it. My point is that I wanted other people to know what is going on here in Illinois. The disease will eventually spread to your area. If it is not already there. They just startedf testing for it the deer could HAVE HAD IT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS before they tested them. As far as not being able to eat it because it might infect somebody read this
Is CWD transmmissible to humans?
There is no evidence CWD can be transmitted to humans. Epidemiologists with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found no evidence that prion-related disease in humans occurs more often in hunters and consumers of wild game than in the general population. More than 16 years of monitoring in affected areas of Colorado found no disease in people living there. Ongoing public health surveillance is important to fully assess the potential risk. Cited from http://agr.state.il.us/AnimalHW/cwd/

As for the poor people we are some of them that is why we hunt so we can feed our family. I was out there throughout hunting season bow/shotgun and I only saw two deer. You know they (IDNR)are killing more then they are letting on when the first time I went out there five years ago and you would get ran over by the deer there were so many of them down to seeing two the whole season something is wrong. I even had cameras up to capture any pics of them and I did'nt. I do not have the money to go and lease land either or I would. To get to an area where I actually see them.