Positive CWD Result

[Fowl91]

This year I was fortunate to harvest my first Mule Deer buck, and like with any of the deer I had taken I submitted the head and went on processing the animal. I deboned and cut up myself and then took the meat to a local butcher to have it made into sausage (had no time to do it myself this year).

Yesterday I got the call that my result was positive (The head was submitted Nov.9). My plan is to dispose of the meat and not take any chances, but I'm wondering what the experiences here have been with positive CWD results?

Also I've read some threads on here about being issued another tag for next year, and wonder how that works for those of you that have been through the process?

[Ranger CS]

IMO you are wise in your decision not to eat this particular deer. If you read this year's regulations, even the World Health Organization is advising not to eat meat from an animal that tested positive for CWD.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Margo Pybus likely called you directly or will be shortly, she will go through the process and your options.

LC

[purgatory.sv]

I am making an assumption you have been through this process,did you need to ask about a replacement tag or was it part of the call?
Thanks for the input ,i could not find any info about replacement tags on the sites i searched.

[ram crazy]

Just a question? Why on earth would you do Anything with the meat until you found out what your CWD results first.

[Lefty-Canuck]

They called initially, said that something was up and they needed further testing. Got another call indicating the positive and then they outlined the options.

LC

[graybeard]

Originally Posted by ram crazy

Just a question? Why on earth would you do Anything with the meat until you found out what your CWD results first.

3 weeks passed and I was emailed my results; I cannot hang a deer in my garage for 3 weeks.

[Fowl91]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

Margo Pybus likely called you directly or will be shortly, she will go through the process and your options.

LC

Yes she called, and I will be in contact with her again next week.

To clear up some of the questions...

In the past all results have been negative, and this time I took it for granted that it would be again... thus why I took the meat in before receiving the results. Likely an expensive lesson moving forward.

As for cross contamination, likely not an issue here. I talked to the owner and the butcher, they assured me they don’t mix meat and they clean their grinders daily. I deboned and cut up this deer before taking it in, all they did was grind and put into casing. I also provided my own bin with the meat when I dropped it off. However I’m thinking in the future they will stop accepting game meat until documentation of negative CWD results is given.

Moving forward I will take Lefty’s approach and keep my meat separated and frozen until results are in. Hopefully as we all become more educated and experienced we can learn from each other to stop this from happening again... which is why I share this.

[Jim]

The government should be dropping the hammer on everything east of highway 2 to try to slow down the spread of CWD to the rest of the province.

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by Jim

The government should be dropping the hammer on everything east of highway 2 to try to slow down the spread of CWD to the rest of the province.

Government should be dropping the hammer on game farms before we start Nuking the rest of the provinces wildlife...

[RZR]

Originally Posted by Jim

The government should be dropping the hammer on everything east of highway 2 to try to slow down the spread of CWD to the rest of the province.

This is a pizz poor attitude, instead of slaughtering maybe try and find a cure. They already tried the slaughter and you see how well that worked out. Did this not originate in Saskatchewan.

[covey ridge]

Originally Posted by Fowl91

As for cross contamination, likely not an issue here. I talked to the owner and the butcher, they assured me they don’t mix meat and they clean their grinders daily.

I would think to be 100% sure of not being contaminated, they would have to clean their grinders after every deer.

Sorry that you got an infected one.

[Fowl91]

Originally Posted by covey ridge

I would think to be 100% sure of not being contaminated, they would have to clean their grinders after every deer.

Sorry that you got an infected one.

I agree, and part of the reason why i chose to go and speak to the owner was to help them have a plan in the future. Unfortunately we cannot rely on everyone to disclose their results voluntarily, so the butcher shop has to have a bulletproof plan in place to protect themselves and their customers.

Thanks, tough pill to go without venison this year.

And this deer was taken in WMU 156... for those that asked.

[covey ridge]

Has any area ever got a handle on eliminating the disease? How does it progress? Is it a disease that can run its course or does it eventually just expand its area of infection?

I seem to recall that when we first started hearing about CWD, that those in the know claimed the meat was OK to eat if one did not cut into the bones along the back or suck the marrow out of the bones.

[Dewey Cox]

Everybody panic!

[Chukar Hunter]

Originally Posted by Fowl91

This year I was fortunate to harvest my first Mule Deer buck, and like with any of the deer I had taken I submitted the head and went on processing the animal. I deboned and cut up myself and then took the meat to a local butcher to have it made into sausage (had no time to do it myself this year).

Yesterday I got the call that my result was positive (The head was submitted Nov.9). My plan is to dispose of the meat and not take any chances, but I'm wondering what the experiences here have been with positive CWD results?

Also I've read some threads on here about being issued another tag for next year, and wonder how that works for those of you that have been through the process?

Please burn it!

[covey ridge]

Originally Posted by Chukar Hunter

Please burn it!

and where are you allowed to burn it?

[Fowl91]

Originally Posted by Chukar Hunter

Please burn it!

Yes this is already done

[covey ridge]

Originally Posted by Fowl91

Yes this is already done

Just curious, but where did you burn the meat?

[purgatory.sv]

Originally Posted by covey ridge

Just curious, but where did you burn the meat?

Sorry but i thought this would have been obvious.

The present controllers wish that real communication be by private message.

???

[densa44]

I don't want to derail this but there is a great deal to talk about here and I'm not sure the best way to go about it.

I now know why we don't have any hunters in 206, we are a cwd zone.
What happens to the animals that die from this illness? Do they get eaten buy the birds and coyotes?
I see the research shows that the disease can be transmitted to moneys.
No one has mentioned it and it is probably verboten, but the poachers don't get the heads examined by the scientists and they may be consuming dangerous meat.
The research says don't feed it to pets. Well if the remains (gut piles) are just left in the field while the head is being tested, pets could be exposed.
Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease a "re-portable" illness?

Are we and the government doing everything we need to do to stop the spread of this disease?

Is there a recommended course of action that we should take?

If some one wants to start new threads on recommended actions or any other helpful information, that would be great.

I agree hwy 2 isn't much of a boundary.

[covey ridge]

Originally Posted by purgatory.sv

Sorry but i thought this would have been obvious.

The present controllers wish that real communication be by private message.

???

Please forgive the question, but should the need arise I am not sure where and how I would dispose of a large amount of processed meat or a carcass.
I have not checked my md burning bylaws but I suppose I could build a bonfire in my field. My last deer I boned and left the carcass outside my shop for the birds to clean up and then I bagged the bones and delivered to the dump.

[Guide5689]

Have your mother in law over for steak night


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