CWD - Question / Taxidermy

[KingPin]

Hey friends,
so this year I had the fantastic opportunity to harvest my first mule buck. Big enough and happy enough to make me happy - I took him to the taxidermist - head / antlers / and cape.

Because the mandatory head submission is new in my area, I made sure to talk to the taxidermist and make arrangements to pick up the head after it was skinned out and antlers were taken.

Now - crap happens, I get that, but the facility ended up tossing the head - so now I have no head to submit and a freezer full of deer meat that I'm not sure what to do with. (I have spoken with the taxidermist and agreements have been reached)

What's the general feeling here? I don't feel right tossing the meat - but at the same time there is always the possibility that there's CWD....I processed my own animal and he appears in good health (dead but otherwise healthy).

What would you do?

 

[hoytcanon]

BBQ a couple big steaks, make steak sandwiches and drop in for lunch with the taxidermist... let him eat first.

 

[kc34]

Hey friends,
so this year I had the fantastic opportunity to harvest my first mule buck. Big enough and happy enough to make me happy - I took him to the taxidermist - head / antlers / and cape.

Because the mandatory head submission is new in my area, I made sure to talk to the taxidermist and make arrangements to pick up the head after it was skinned out and antlers were taken.

Now - crap happens, I get that, but the facility ended up tossing the head - so now I have no head to submit and a freezer full of deer meat that I'm not sure what to do with. (I have spoken with the taxidermist and agreements have been reached)

What's the general feeling here? I don't feel right tossing the meat - but at the same time there is always the possibility that there's CWD....I processed my own animal and he appears in good health (dead but otherwise healthy).

What would you do?

What was the CWD positivity rate in your WMU for mule deer bucks the last couple years?

 

[m1008]

Prion diseases are evolving worth reading and educating yourself about them.

 

[trevj]

Hey friends,
so this year I had the fantastic opportunity to harvest my first mule buck. Big enough and happy enough to make me happy - I took him to the taxidermist - head / antlers / and cape.

Because the mandatory head submission is new in my area, I made sure to talk to the taxidermist and make arrangements to pick up the head after it was skinned out and antlers were taken.

Now - crap happens, I get that, but the facility ended up tossing the head - so now I have no head to submit and a freezer full of deer meat that I'm not sure what to do with. (I have spoken with the taxidermist and agreements have been reached)

What's the general feeling here? I don't feel right tossing the meat - but at the same time there is always the possibility that there's CWD....I processed my own animal and he appears in good health (dead but otherwise healthy).

What would you do?

Sounds like chasing down a retest! If possible, from what you saved.

Beyond that, chicken feed!

But I would hustle pretty hard for a replacement tag, too!

Otherwise, take a roll of the ol' dice! Alea Jacta Est!" (the die is cast!)