Communicated by: Terry S Singeltary Sr <flounder9@verizon.net>

[If one looks for a disease then it is entirely likely one will be found. Indeed CWD is a contagious disease but the mechanism is not completely determined. However, there is mounting evidence that hunters may be propagating the disease. When an animal is field dressed and the gut pile is left in the field (hence field dressed) then other deer come and consume the gut piles. We know that prions seem to be presented to the central nervous system through the gastro intestinal tract. So leaving the GI and the associated lymph nodes is like leaving the disease out. The animal may not appear ill because the disease has not progressed to the point of being visible. Some may say that deer are not carnivorous, but indeed, given the opportunity to eat gut piles, birds, eggs, etc, they clearly avail themselves of these opportunities. 

 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock: Seriously?!!!! come on, has anyone on here ever seen this happen?