Buck tested positive for CWD

[dgolden]

My dad shot an old 7 point on December 6th. He got a call from TWRA last night stating that it tested positive for CWD. They wanted to know where it was shot, how he was acting, etc.
The deer acted like an old rutting buck. We had several pics of him working scrapes for a few weeks and the day he was shot he was chasing 3 doe.
They recommended not eating the deer. His freezer is pretty full of deer that didn't test positive so he's letting them come get it and dispose of it.
Our lease is on the Fayette/Hardeman line in between Hickory Valley and Whiteville.

 

[Roost 1]

Looks perfectly healthy to me.

 

[Andy S.]

That's unfortunate, but I'm not surprised due to geographic location of club. Thanks for sharing with us.

Was the buck aged by TWRA? If so, how old?

 

[fairchaser]

I hate to hear that but not surprised. CWD has been around in Fayette/Hardeman county for several years based on the number of known positives and the multiple ages of the deer found so far. It wouldn't surprise me if TN had it well before MS and not because we are north of MS, but because we got it here first.

 

[dgolden]

That's unfortunate, but I'm not surprised due to geographic location of club. Thanks for sharing with us.

Was the buck aged by TWRA? If so, how old?

They did not age it. I was really hoping they would have. I believe the deer to be mature. He was a bully. He had scars all over his neck and had a chunk missing from his ear.

 

[megalomaniac]

Def no clinical symptoms yet. Fine looking deer, shame you won't be able to enjoy the meat. At least you know the others in the freezer tested negative

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[JJ3]

Hate to here that. Sounds like that pushes the hot zone a little further north. Agree that looks like a mature deer.

 

[Big Gun]

Not far from our lease. I'm just west of you off Country Club rd.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Sounds like that pushes the hot zone a little further north.

First thing that crossed my mind. The known footprint is growing.

 

[TX300mag]

Thanks for sharing, hate it for him though.

He looks like a healthy PIG of a buck in that bottom pic! Do you know what he weighed?


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[Doskil]

I don't think CWD can transmit to humans

 

[fairchaser]

I don't think CWD can transmit to humans

No it can't but the CDC recommends exercising caution and not eating meat of CWD positive deer.

 

[Doskil]

I don't think CWD can transmit to humans

No it can't but the CDC recommends exercising caution and not eating meat of CWD positive deer.

Understood..............

 

[MickThompson]

It hasn't been known to transmit to humans but that doesn't mean it can't.


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[TNCharlie]

Is this in addition to the original 10? (Or was it 13?)

 

[dgolden]

Thanks for sharing, hate it for him though.

He looks like a healthy PIG of a buck in that bottom pic! Do you know what he weighed?


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We didn't weigh him, but if I had to guess I'd say he was pushing 200 lbs.

 

[dgolden]

Is this in addition to the original 10? (Or was it 13?)

This is in addition to the original 13.

 

[Deer Assassin]

good looking buck

 

[Bone Collector]

If he keeps his skull do the Prions live on? Does is it matter, being no one is going to eat it, and no deer can be infected, but the thought just crossed my mind. I don't know why but it did.

 

[Mike Belt]

According to TWRA prior to transporting a skull out of a hot zone the brain and all meaty portions have to be removed. It would seem then that the skull (bone) is not capable of holding or transferring the spread of the disease.

 

[Omega]

According to TWRA prior to transporting a skull out of a hot zone the brain and all meaty portions have to be removed. It would seem then that the skull (bone) is not capable of holding or transferring the spread of the disease.

I have reservations about this, if prions can live in the soil, plants, and they tell you to decon your knives and such, it stands to reason that they can live on in the skull. But, as was stated, since they are on the wall, they should be quite harmless.

 

[Mike Belt]

I agree with that sentiment. If it doesn't wash off your knives then why wouldn't it stay on a skull? It would be impossible to spread it though.

 

[ImThere]

I agree with that sentiment. If it doesn't wash off your knives then why wouldn't it stay on a skull? It would be impossible to spread it though.

on top of this are any of you worried about cutting yourself gutting a deer. Or while processing it and then it comes back CWD positive? Will you knife now infect the next deer you clean?


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[spinal tap]

on top of this are any of you worried about cutting yourself gutting a deer. Or while processing it and then it comes back CWD positive? Will you knife now infect the next deer you clean?

I always wear nitrile gloves when gutting animal and more often than not, use a Havalon Piranta. I have another Havalon, the fillet type, that can be used with saw blades when needed. I replace the blades after each use. But as careful as I am, I have cut myself once with the Piranta blade. They are ridiculously sharp.

 

[ImThere]

on top of this are any of you worried about cutting yourself gutting a deer. Or while processing it and then it comes back CWD positive? Will you knife now infect the next deer you clean?

I always wear nitrile gloves when gutting animal and more often than not, use a Havalon Piranta. I have another Havalon, the fillet type, that can be used with saw blades when needed. I replace the blades after each use. But as careful as I am, I have cut myself once with the Piranta blade. They are ridiculously sharp.

i understand but now you cut yourself your just may have put prions in your blood? And if prions stay on your knife Even replacing the blade there will be some left will it infect the next piece of meat you cut?


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[spinal tap]

i understand but now you cut yourself your just may have put prions in your blood? And if prions stay on your knife Even replacing the blade there will be some left will it infect the next piece of meat you cut?

I understand your concern, but honestly, I just do the best I can. I think that's the spirit of fight against CWD - to take every reasonable precaution. If I have to gut a deer in a biohazard suit, I may seek other activities.

p.s. To the original poster of this topic, I am sorry that your buck tested positive. He's a good looking deer and it's a shame to lose all that meat.

 

[AlabamaSwamper]

To bad they'll now want to eradicate your deer only to see no change in anything.