[WillyB71]

I have a sister dying from CJD (google it), a 100% fatal disease very, very similar to Mad Cow & Chronic Wasting Disease. It's a million to one, but that didn't matter for Becky.

She has gone from talking to being completely comatose in about 10 days.

There's no telling where she got it, but she traveled all over the world working in the military supply chain back in the 80s & 90s when Mad Cow was first being discussed, including places with Mad Cow problems.

I know places I hunt (Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, etc) are confirmed CWD states.

Even on Arkansas deer I always wear gloves when gutting & handling carcases, but now I'm spooked about even bringing back meat from CWD states.

Do you guys treat them any differently than local deer....above & beyond AGFC CWD requirements...?

Thanks.

 

[stealthycat]

it was such a huge scare back in the 1990's early 2000's that WI tried to eradicate an entire quadrant of the state

of course, prions don't go away, they exist naturally in the world, always have

call it whatever you want to - encephalopathy of any kind are very similar


me? I hunt NW Kansas - one of the hot spots (or near to it) for CWD

I don't treat the deer there any different than I do here and IMO CWD is nationwide, confirmed cases or not

 

[WillyB71]

You are correct on the prions, Stealth.

The spread of the malformed ones that cause the disease is on the rise from what I read, because of animal containment and feed practices i the 80s & 90s.

There are no symptoms for 10-15 years or longer, then it progresses rapidly.

I started wearing gloves when I cleaned anything several years back. I am now doubly careful, especially with anything to do with the brain & spinal chord.

Becky's first symptoms were over the Thanksgiving weekend & she died on January 18.

 

[stealthycat]

this topic would have 10 pages and 150 replies .... if it were started 10 years ago when the fear had seized everybody

that fear is gone ... for whatever reason, nobody even talks about CWD anymore

 

[firecat]

always wear rubber gloves even shoulder length is better. they are cheap and there is simply no reason not to have some in your pack. my hands are alway scratched or cut and thats a perfect gateway for bad things

 

[Powerquack2K]

Do you guys treat them any differently than local deer....above & beyond AGFC CWD requirements...?

Thanks.

On deer we skin we never open them up anymore..... skin them, get the shoulders, hams, and backstraps off then dispose of what is left.

Much less blood exposure that way and never get close to the spinal cord, urine, or feces.

 

[brushcreek]

On deer we skin we never open them up anymore..... skin them, get the shoulders, hams, and backstraps off then dispose of what is left.

Much less blood exposure that way and never get close to the spinal cord, urine, or feces.

you don't get the tenderloins?

 

[Powerquack2K]

you don't get the tenderloins?

No. We never open the chest on a deer anymore.

 

[WillyB71]

When my sister got sick I did a lot of reading. Many medical experts think CJD is a ticking time bomb because of the long incubation period.

Here is an opinion on some country folks getting it becuase of eating squirrel brains. It's worth the read.

http://www.rense.com/general32/cdc.htm

 

[stealthycat]

I've never been a brain eater or morrow sucker ..... but human's have done it since the dawn of man. natives brain tanned everything, and they ate every part of the animals too.

 

[buck rogers]

WillyB71, sorry to hear about your loss, it sounds like a really terrible disease.

 

[Powerquack2K]

I've never been a brain eater or morrow sucker ..... but human's have done it since the dawn of man. natives brain tanned everything, and they ate every part of the animals too.

The issue is modern men has done things to upset the "balance"


Rendering down cows and feeding it back to other animals is not natural.

 

[WillyB71]

WillyB71, sorry to hear about your loss, it sounds like a really terrible disease.

The really sad part was that by the time the doctors figured out what it was, she was already past understanding her condition. No one got to say goodbye.