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I wonder if deer processors across the state will lose any business from cwd next year.
 
I have a feeling that it will, especially in the hotzones. With so many positives being reported, there is almost no way for them to decontaminate their equipment between deer, and the fact that they all probably mix deer for the ground venison and sausage part, one can contaminate the entire batch. Maybe they can make up some of it by offering deboning services, cross contamination is still a possibility but if they use havalon knives (or the like) and discard the blade after each deer it may give hunters a better feeling of safety about using them for that.
 
I bet it has a pretty big negative effect eventually. I bet Lots of processors also will do beef and pork, you'd think a new rule would be put in place to not allow them to be done simultaneously.

I think crossing the state line restrictions have probably already hurt some people some what.


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Omega":2j4c7xxy said:
I have a feeling that it will, especially in the hotzones. With so many positives being reported, there is almost no way for them to decontaminate their equipment between deer, and the fact that they all probably mix deer for the ground venison and sausage part, one can contaminate the entire batch. Maybe they can make up some of it by offering deboning services, cross contamination is still a possibility but if they use havalon knives (or the like) and discard the blade after each deer it may give hunters a better feeling of safety about using them for that.
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Unfortunately there is no way to decontaminate their equipment at all. You cannot kill the prions with bleaches or traditional methods and the only thing I have heard that works is heat over 1800 degrees.

I think the processors in the CWD areas will suffer quite a bit. I have always taken my deer to a processor, mainly for convenience. I know for myself, if I do shoot a deer now, I will hang it, remove the meat from the bones and age it in my fridge until the test comes back. No way I will drop it at a processor, pre-pay for it and then have a test come back positive a couple weeks later causing me to get rid of the meat.
 
Processors have already lost significant business since the discovery of CWD in the Hot zone. Whether they will go completely out of business will depend on how much business they need to bother with it. All the hunters I've talked to will now do their own processing when they didn't before. It's gonna be the only way you'll know your meat is not contaminated.
 
We really need a faster and more efficient means of testing deer even if you process it yourself. I can see the cost of these tests transferring to the hunter as well.
 
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alaska_av8r":3jxtihil said:
We really need a faster and more efficient means of testing deer even if you process it yourself. I can see the cost of these tests transferring to the hunter as well.
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Who do you think is paying for the tests right now? TWRA is funded by hunters.


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I know some processors take deer that has been de boned.So how is anyone that brings a deer to a processor that's out of the hot zone gonna know if someone has taken a deer that has tested positive to them.Not all hunters will wait on the results to come in they will just take there deer to the processor.Plus we don't know if it has already spread to other counties.
I process my own deer.But a lot of hunters don't they have it done.
All they require now in the hot zone is to just de bone the deer before transporting it.
 
I quit using processors about 15 years ago. I prefer to eat my deer rare, and I just don't trust anyone else to handle meat that I am going to cook rare other than myself.

But if I were using a processor, I would quit for sure because of CWD. No offense to the processors, there are some very good ones out there.
 
One point that I think the members here are overlooking is that there are a LOT of casual deer hunters who probably haven't even heard that CWD has been found in Tennessee. A large number of those probably don't know what CWD is if they had heard about it. Those hunters aren't doing anything to contain it obviously.
 
Yep, sure many have lost a lot of business in the west side of the state, and agree with some of the posts above. Have been processing our deer for about 20 years now. Just don't trust the processors in this area enough to know we are getting our own deer back, and now with chronic wasting disease don't believe they can keep from having contamination.
 

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