I have never questioned the safety of the deer meat that I have shot & butchered.
Is deer meat always safe? Or, should I consider cwd & other things that might taint it?
Just wondering.
I've never gotten sick from any deer meat.

I suggest that as long as the meat is well cared for there would not normally be a problem unless you live/hunt in an area that is now prone to cwd (don't know about Ohio) if you do, then you should probably contact your local DNR or game biologist and ask them.

disclaimer: I am not responsible if anybody gets sick from any wild meat based on my above comment (grin)
hb

Unless the deer had suffered an earlier wound that was infected in an edible meat area, i would say its fine. CWD has never been recorded jumping from cervids to humans. Don't worry about it. I would eat deer from a hot zone area. we hunt in the zones outside the hot zone, the Herd Reduction Zone. i'll eat everything we kill. not even in the back of my mind.

slayer

I have allways heard to use the rubber gloves when buthering any game.
And I think ( Don't hold me to this ) Cooking the meat
Should take out any thing that is in the meat Cooked all the way through.
I hope this helps

Sunset, remember, the only stupid question is the one you don't ask! (Didn't have a clue about this either! lol)

I never even think about it unless there is a obvious wound or some of that green stuff oozing out of the meat