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I was always under the belief that it was contained in the nervous system tissue (brain and spine) so I felt there was some measure of protection in processing them bonelessly and avoiding the nervous system tissue and bone marrow…..until I read your post. If it can be found in detectible amounts in the animals blood it is completely distributed throughout the animals flesh.

Fortunately, there hasn’t been any CWD detected here…….yet.



After reading the post by @gunpa above I went and looked and there is indeed a home test. Just send in a chunk of meat, $45 and you will get your answer in a few weeks.

Bob

PrioSense CWD Venison Test Kit
Simply send in $45.00 to find out. IMO that wreaks of a money making scam, much like COVID 19.
 
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I had no idea CWD was around for so long.
"CWD was first identified in captive deer in a Colorado research facility in the late 1960s, and in wild deer in 1981. By the 1990s, it had been reported in surrounding areas in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. Since 2000, the area known to be affected by CWD in free-ranging animals has increased to at least 31 states across all 4 regions (West, Midwest, South, Northeast) of the continental United States. "

https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/occu...was first identified in,in wild deer in 1981.
The original "deer" were Elk, IIRC.
 
We got it in moose, elk and deer in Montana....but generally very low frequency of infections. The our State does an excellent job of testing your game if you bring it in (free)...or we can extract the "parts" (pharyngeal lymph nodes) ourself and send them in. I've done both. Got results back from deer and elk samples this month in less than a week. So far all my game has tested negative.....so I been eating it!
 
Do a gut less method of meat removal and process your own meat.
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My brother-in-law always does the gutless cleaning. Personally, I enjoy eating the tenderloins too much to waste them.
The loins aren’t a problem too get out once you learn how it’s done..👍

I watched a video “ 11 minutes to process a deer using the gutless method “ or something similar.. lol

The Ol boy on the video says he actually can do clean one in 5 minutes..
That’s deboned and into the cooler..

This is the 4-5 one I’ve done and it still takes me 45 minutes or so..

It’s just a lot less mess & cleaner cuts of meat ..👍
 
The loins aren’t a problem too get out once you learn how it’s done..👍

I watched a video “ 11 minutes to process a deer using the gutless method “ or something similar.. lol

The Ol boy on the video says he actually can do clean one in 5 minutes..
That’s deboned and into the cooler..

This is the 4-5 one I’ve done and it still takes me 45 minutes or so..

It’s just a lot less mess & cleaner cuts of meat ..👍
As long as I can salvage the tenderloins I'm sold! I'll do some research to learn the technique.
 
As long as I can salvage the tenderloins I'm sold! I'll do some research to learn the technique.
Quite a few years ago I was on a hunt with a small group that included my12 year old grandson. (He'll be 30 in January) One of the guys killed an elk around midday pretty close to camp and we all decended on it and quickly completed a gutless handling. When we were done and all the meat was on the way to camp I and the boy were next to the remains thinking about the tenderloins. Without any prompting he got the carcass belly down, plunged a knife into the back just behind the ribs and massaged those tenderloins out by sticking his hand inside.
 
Many ,many years ago one person of are hunting group killed two dear and needed help to field dress them. He came back to the camp to get help, we returned to the deer maybe a hour later. Both deer had been stripped of the back straps and hind legs deboned of meat. I always think of that when I'm trying to do that and it takes me over a hour for one deer and I'm not worried about anyone seeing me. Guess I don't do it enough to get it right.
 
Many ,many years ago one person of are hunting group killed two dear and needed help to field dress them. He came back to the camp to get help, we returned to the deer maybe a hour later. Both deer had been stripped of the back straps and hind legs deboned of meat. I always think of that when I'm trying to do that and it takes me over a hour for one deer and I'm not worried about anyone seeing me. Guess I don't do it enough to get it right.
How is this on the topic of CWD ?🤔
 

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