Eating CWD Infected Elk or Deer

[bukkskin]

Mandatory check stations and voluntary collectors can be found here:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild.../cwd/#checkMap

Is it free to have them tested?
I haven't killed a deer in Texas in 30 yrs.

[Pedernal]

After listening to the Joe Rogan podcast with Brian Richards, discussions with a few fellow TBH'ers, reading various articles over the past week, as well the MeatEater podcast Brian Richards was on about a year and a half ago, I have some questions for folks.

1. If you hunted in an area with known cases of CWD, would you forego testing for CWD, knowing you could potentially be exposing yourself/family?
2. If you had your animal tested, and it came back positive for CWD, would you still eat it?
3. Why or why not?
4. How many CWD positive deer would you have to shoot in order to stop hunting?

Not looking for arguments about CWD, EHD, TPWD, USDA, or any other govt agency, just a poll from the TBH crowd on how you would react.

1) no
2) no
3) to much potential for it to cause issues in humans like mad cow disease did
4) I will hunt until the Good Lord calls me to the sacred hunting grounds

[WItoTX]

So, in the other thread, there was mention, that this study wasn't accurate, and information was missing....

You will have to post the link, I posted this story in the other one, and don't remember any comments about it being wrong. I quickly looked and didn't see anyone refuting it. Did I miss it? I will definitely remove this article from the thread if it was proven untrue.

One person did say only animals getting the injection to the brain got CWD, but that was clarified shortly after in the thread.

[sectxag06]

1) no
2) hell no
3) prions are dangerous stuff that don't just go away. they are around for years/decades.
4) i would not stop hunting

[boomerball]

I don't know much about this stuff, but if I had meat I knew was contaminated I think I would figure out how to destroy it in a manner least likely to spread the disease. I don't know that eating it would fit that bill ...

[Briar Friar]

1 no
2 no
3 potential for disease contraction
4 no se

[Stoof]

Is it free to have them tested?
I haven't killed a deer in Texas in 30 yrs.

It is....

[Sika]

No
No
Because prions...
I don't know. I'd probably would just keep shooting them or hunt other species.

[bukkskin]

It is....

Ok, good deal.
It costs me $135 everytime one of mine dies.

[STGS]

For those of you/us who would hesitate to eat animals from areas with known cases of CWD, how do you address processors and the potential presence of infected deer being processed in the same facility? There will always be some cross contamination in my experience.

[systemnt]

Mmmmmmm prions.

[cj_sandman]

1. No
2. No
3. Because Axis
4. Wouldn't stop

[BURTONboy]

Yes
No
Doesn't seem like a good idea to feed my family potentially unsafe food.
Probably not. Unless it got to where every deer tested positive then it's time to find a new food source. Hunting whitetails is not just for sport for us.

[Encinal]

Ok, good deal.
It costs me $135 everytime one of mine dies.

Your business has overhead? The injustice!

[BowCrazy]

Are all state game biologist qualified to test?

Where can you access a map showing contaminated ares?