CWD article
02-21-2019, 02:17 PM
#21
Dominant Buck
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I think a lot of us feel the same way.
02-21-2019, 03:16 PM
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I've read that deer can have it for a year before showing any symptoms at all.
For us close to cwd areas, it's entirely possible that we could harvest and eat infected deer a year before anyone knows there are sick deer in the area.
-Jake
For us close to cwd areas, it's entirely possible that we could harvest and eat infected deer a year before anyone knows there are sick deer in the area.
-Jake
02-21-2019, 03:44 PM
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'Feeling ok' doesn't change the reality or the facts, whatever those may be.
I'm just saying, There could be allot of cwd positive deer running around before anyone ever noticed any sick ones.
That being said, I had venison sausage on Monday, a shoulder roast on Tuesday, hamburger helper from ground meat on Wednesday and venison steak tonight. I feel ok about that too. But have to wonder if we really know what's going on.
-Jake
I'm just saying, There could be allot of cwd positive deer running around before anyone ever noticed any sick ones.
That being said, I had venison sausage on Monday, a shoulder roast on Tuesday, hamburger helper from ground meat on Wednesday and venison steak tonight. I feel ok about that too. But have to wonder if we really know what's going on.
-Jake
02-22-2019, 12:05 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
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Not trying to play fear monger here, but let's keep in mind that since this disease can cross barriers, and I'm referring to the point that plants can take this prion up and pass it to animals that forage on it, how long will be before other species such as pronghorn pick it up? The first question is: can it cross the barrier to pronghorn? If it can cross to mice, then, just maybe, it can cross to pronghorn or whatever species eat the plant. So what other methods dioes it pass? Through urine or feces. It would seem that any game species in the endemic area could pick it up from the environment. If that can be proven at some later point, imagine how hunting could be impacted in a given state.
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02-22-2019, 12:28 PM
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