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<blockquote data-quote="ImBillT" data-source="post: 3093635" data-attributes="member: 117715"><p>People with agendas have certainly grabbed hold of it, but CWD is real, is increasing in prevalence, and has begun to substantially reduce deer populations in areas that have been infected for a long time.</p><p></p><p>The European beef industry said mad cow couldn't infect a human for years. Then it did. CWD is not a way that I want to die. I get my deer tested and wait for results before I eat them. I've only been charged once, even in areas that say they charge. No testing is perfect, but I've only hunted in fairly low prevalence areas. If the prevalence is 5%, and the test is 99%, if I get a negative result, there's only a .05% chance the animal actual had CWD.</p><p></p><p>One thought that keeps me getting mine tested even when it's a little inconvenient is that with mad cow, most people would not consume all the meat from a single cow. Their family might consume 250lbs of beef over a year, but that beef most likely came from many many cows. If they lived in Europe when mad cow was raging, they probably had a few meals off of infected cattle. How many pounds? I don't know, but probably not 250lbs. On the other hand, if I shoot an infected elk, my family would eat the entire 250lbs of infected meat. I'll keep getting mine tested. It's less hassle than any of the part of the hunt, and even when I had to pay, it was cheaper than any other part of the hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ImBillT, post: 3093635, member: 117715"] People with agendas have certainly grabbed hold of it, but CWD is real, is increasing in prevalence, and has begun to substantially reduce deer populations in areas that have been infected for a long time. The European beef industry said mad cow couldn't infect a human for years. Then it did. CWD is not a way that I want to die. I get my deer tested and wait for results before I eat them. I've only been charged once, even in areas that say they charge. No testing is perfect, but I've only hunted in fairly low prevalence areas. If the prevalence is 5%, and the test is 99%, if I get a negative result, there's only a .05% chance the animal actual had CWD. One thought that keeps me getting mine tested even when it's a little inconvenient is that with mad cow, most people would not consume all the meat from a single cow. Their family might consume 250lbs of beef over a year, but that beef most likely came from many many cows. If they lived in Europe when mad cow was raging, they probably had a few meals off of infected cattle. How many pounds? I don't know, but probably not 250lbs. On the other hand, if I shoot an infected elk, my family would eat the entire 250lbs of infected meat. I'll keep getting mine tested. It's less hassle than any of the part of the hunt, and even when I had to pay, it was cheaper than any other part of the hunt. [/QUOTE]
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