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Message: <blockquote data-quote="( deleted account )" data-source="post: 226497" data-attributes="member: 5993">Like HIV and many other “new” or at least newly discovered other diseases, the origins and spread are worked out pretty well by the epididimology people.  I’m sure they could be wrong on some of the zigs and zags of its transmission.   Like in ND. As little or nothing was known of CWD 20-30-50 years ago no one was concerned about it.  Now with their surveillance monitoring they are finding a bit of it. Was it always here you are asking, Guy?  I dunno and am not sure anyone knows, positive or negative. But I’m sure there is a lot of truth in by looking more for it we’ll find more.  But that’s all to the good, the more that is known the better intelligent rational decisions can be made to contain it, treat it or eradicate it.  That’s how disease Science works I guess.- - - Updated - - -I’m not going to hang up my guns or bows because of concern about CWD in healthy appearing animals.   However, i admit that I’m always a bit relieved when I read that my harvested deer from a surveilled zone was tested negative. Many of my hunting buddies agree. I’d like  to suggest a totally voluntary program where a hunter outside a surveilled zone could have his deer jaw lymph nodes tested for a cost, 5 or 10 bucks, (I have no idea the real cost, just a made up number) and the G&F OR a private company could work with a private lab , test your deer, then let the hunter know.  Would it be worth it when you know that maybe 99% of deer will be neg?  I dunno. Strictly voluntary and the hunter would pay the cost for the assurance his/her deer is fine.  Might be a part time business for some entrepreneur.  A money maker in the future. I’m too old to start something like this but  it could be a very viable business. Farm the samples out to private labs to begin with, then if it took off, build your own lab and WOW!  Figure the millions of deer harvested countrywide and people wanting reassurance......Also, data from this could help researchers and  G&F.</blockquote>

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