Tips and secrets on hunting


Elk And Deer Hunters Protect Yourself From Chronic Wasting Disease

If you are a deer or elk hunter you may havewas found and appeared in mule deer at a
heard of diseases like Mad Cow Disease.sister research station nearby to the Fort
People get Mad Cow Disease from eatingCollins station. At the very worst in the
infected cattle and beef products. Can youmost densely affected regions In the area
get anything similar by eating big game? Ifknown as the heart of the disease problem -
you hunt deer or elk there is a disease callrates of infection are as high as 15 % of the
"Chronic Wasting Disease". Chronic Wastingmule deer population and 1 to 2 % of the
Disease is a member of group of transmittablesparse population of elk that reside there It
brain diseases that affect elk and deer. Theis true and can be determined that the big
brains of these animals become riddled withgame disease of Chronic Wasting Disease is
holes and almost look like a sponge - thatcertainly on the upswing and definitely
you may wipe and clean your S.U.V. with.spreading. Reports as far away as Canada are
There are other similar diseases that havenow known and reported. However this seems to
been around for a long time. Scrapie is aaffect only elk and deer that are in captive
disease that affects sheep. It's been aroundgame ranches and not wild animals endemic to
a long time - perhaps 200 to 400 years. Sheepthese areas - and that hunter's dream of.
get Scrapie - never humans. Similarly wellEven though no reports of people getting sick
publicized is a disease known as "Mad Cowfrom eating tainted hunted game have been
Disease". "Mad Cow" is obtained and spread byreported and as well for a longer term case
eating infected cattle. The disease spreadsstudy - for all the fact that Scrapie
and takes a long time to appear - sometimes adiseases in sheep had been around for 300
decade. However it is only spread by cattle,years and no human being has been stricken
and eating infected beef products, nothingwith Scrapie or a similar malady what
else. For all the zillions of people who youprecautions can you take to reduce and
know , or do not know , who have eaten beef ,minimize any risks? First of all do not
only a relatively small amount have ever comeshoot, handle or consume any animal that is
down with this disease. You have hundred ofacting abnormally or appears to be sick. Best
thousands of times more chances of the ato contact your state or Canadian provincial
airline losing your luggage on the way towildlife department if you se such a case.
your hunting trip to Canada than getting MadNext use latex gloves when field dressing
Cow Disease by eating infected beef. So faryour deer or elk. Bone out the meat from your
it appears that the Chronic Wasting Diseaseanimal. Do not saw through the brain or
found in America and Canada does not infectspinal cord. It is best practice to minimize
or transfer to people who have eaten thisthe handling of brain and spinal tissues.
infected meat. It is true that any effectsAfter field dressing an animal, wash your
take up to decades to appear. Still Chronichands, saws and knifes thoroughly with strong
Wasting Disease does not appear to be able tochlorine, Javex type bleach. All told if is
spread by eating infected meat - obtained bybest to avoid consuming the brain, spinal
hunting big game in North America. Thecord, eyes, spleen, tonsils and lymph nodes
knowledge of the appearance of Chronicof harvested animals. Lastly if you do have
Wasting Disease in big game animals firstyour animal commercially processed, request
occurred when scientists discovered thisthat your animal is processed individually
Chronic Wasting Disease in a captive mulewithout meat from other animals being mingled
deer near Fort Collins in Colorado. Thiswith the meat from your animal. All in all as
occurred as far back as 1977. Whether it wasin the sport of hunting and in protecting the
because it was now a known disease forhealth of yourself, your family and friends
wildlife biologists, and was there all theas well as your hunting buddies it never
time before, or whether because the diseaseshurts to play it safe.
had spread - Shortly thereafter the disease



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