I am a minnesota resident hunting wisconsin gun opener. Can anyone expound on the new law prohibiting interstate carcass transport? How is my deer going to spread cwd? I cannot find an answer on the mn dnr website.
The theory behind the law is that the infected lymp nodes and other parts can not come in contact with other animals. Most studies have shown that prion type diseases are transferred from an exchange of bodily fluids. Whitetails (especially does and fawns) are very interactive animals. Frequently touching or licking each others’ noses.
Another whitetail contracting CWD from a carcass I think would be very rare, if not nearly impossible. However, some believe strongly that if you prevent the prion diseases from coming to your region in any capacity, it will prevent the herd from being infected.
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Thanks for the information, Randy.
Much appreciated.
Not to be a jerk but I have a cabin in Wi and if I get a deer there its coming home with me to my Minnesota garage for butchering just like I have always done.
Another good reason to have a topper.
One of the other concerns is Prions (or proteins associated with CWD) can potentially be taken up by plants and thus be resident in the environment. I don’t know if a lot is widely known with respect to possible transmission but is one of the directions they’re researching with respect to CWD.
Takes no time to get them boned out to bring home. I shot one in NE this year no biggie. Also in Sept, the DNR started contacting all Taxidermist and they stopped in on them also. If they get an out of state deer ,elk ,Antelope they have to call the DNR. My taxidermist let me know when I stopped in September to check in on a mount.
They had this law a few years ago also in WI. It will not last long just like WI.
I was reading one article that talked about how CWD is caused by a defective protein and that this is stored in the brain and stem. That when these decay into the ground the defective protein is in the ground and transferred to another animal that eats that grass. I tried to find it again, they explained how it is transferred really well.
If you bring a head into the taxidermist they are required to report it to the DNR. You will get a phone call warning from the DNR this year and will be ticketing.
Not to be a jerk but I have a cabin in Wi and if I get a deer there its coming home with me to my Minnesota garage for butchering just like I have always done.
Another good reason to have a topper.
what do you do with the carcass when you’re done butchering??? Why not just bone it out and leave the carcass in the area it’s shot? It only takes 20-30 minutes to bone a deer if you know what you’re doing and have a little help.
If the lake your cabin is on had zebra mussels would you leave your livewells full and wait to dump them in a lake in MN?
I throw it in the trash can and our service incinerates. Best possible solution.
I used to take the carcass back out to the property where it was taken and hung it in trees for the birds to pick at but have in more recent years have bagged it and let the garbage haulers take it to the county incinerator. End of threat.
The disease is supposedly spread by body fluids. Stop and think about this a minute. Deer take a leak a few times a day. They take a dump maybe more than once a day. Deer sneeze often and every time the let loose with their wheezing blow as a warning they’re broadcasting nasal mist all over. The gut pile could be full of the disease. And of course there is the social licking that’s been mentioned. When I consider all of the things that can spread this stuff naturally I just shake my head when I read of all this external crap that is supposed to slow the spread down. Why doesn’t the dnr try to find a medical fix to the disease instead of pissing on a forest fire?
Put in the hides for habitat box. Better use for them instead if putting in the trash. You can drop off a on few spots on your way home to the cities still in WI.
I do. I was refering to the carcass minus the hide. I used to get them tanned but not since the big tannery in Owatonna closed. Now I just need a good jacket maker to use all the hides I have.
Why doesn’t the dnr try to find a medical fix to the disease instead of pissing on a forest fire?
Do you have any idea the amount of research and work that has gone on regarding trying to find a “cure” for CWD? The prion (mutated protein) that causes CWD is, to date, been impossible to kill through “medical fixes”. At this point the effort is geared toward slowing down the spread of the prion, hence the regulations enacted by your DNR.
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