Clint I guide in Illinois and we are told that the deer harvested here cannot be taken accross state lines unless they are deboned. Mounts have to be done here and then shipped to the hunter(unless they want to take their chances of getting caught. (and it is a federal crime to transport them from a state know to have CWD)

Several yrs ago I contracted lime disease from cleaning a deer and it is nothing you want to catch. Last year another guide I work with caught West Nile Virus from cleaning deer.

If they are telling you to wear rubber gloves, then by all means wear them. They are cheap and I wear them " now" , but they don' t keep you from getting blood on the rest of your arms.
YOUR CHOICE!!!