clouds555, I've wrote this in another post so I will say it again... Last research I've done is that you have a better chance of getting struck by a lightning than getting sick from CWD found in deer.
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I actually prefer eating wild game, such as venison, to eating beef. I feel that in comparison, the deer led a pretty good life, and that the meat is much healthier for me than processed and injected and growth-stimulated cow flesh could be.
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Some people are against hunting, because you can just go to the store and buy a steak, why shoot a deer? I'm sorry ... is the cow somehow less dead?
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Last question for biggirl & clouds555: What made you think donating deer is a bad choice to the poor? If it's CDW, what about Mad Cow Disease from cows? If it's because you think hunters don't want them, then I take it that you're not a hunter yourself. It's people who post comments like yours that make me laugh due to inability to think about what you know on the subject at hand.

Clouds555 since your calling me out... Go to Mayo or some other credited study in the brain disorder community and prove me wrong. A link to the DNR on wolves does not disprove any thing. In fact it show your inability to comprehend CWD.

turkeyman little bit of info there are wolves in central wisconsin many people have seen them around the wisconsin rapids area bout the dnr wont release that information there is a known wolf pack in the mead wildlife area which is about 25 miles north of rapids and also some in the necedah wildlife refuge so the wolf popluation has expanded more then the dnr has informed the public

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“ If any of the opinions opposing eating venison written here are true we would have an alarming rate of brain disorders specifically in S.Wisconsin”.
Have you been read the Gazette blogs lately?--- I think it’s happened.

I eat deer meat does that mean I have a brain disease?????? I have been eating deer as long as I can remember. Now even more that my finacee hunts. It is good, and in my opinion probably better for you than hamburger meat. We hunt, shoot/kill, clean and cut all our own meat and not a single one of us are sick!

clouds555 and biggirl: my guess is that you know nothing about hunting. my husband and i have donated 1 to 2 deer each year to the pantry. he loves to hunt, but we simply cannot eat it all. each deer donated goes through testing. same as hamburger from a cow. if i donated a cow to the poor, would you be as inclined to complain about that? cows can be diseased too knuckleheads.

Clouds555 - no one is saying to give the poor the food that no one else will eat. I'm guessing that most who donate are venison eaters themselves (why else would they be hunting if they weren't). I have been eating venison my whole life, and if I were a hunter I would donate.

If any of the opinions opposing eating venison written here are true we would have an alarming rate of brain disorders specifically in S.Wisconsin. It would be fair to say that 1/3 of the population of Wisconsin has or had consumed venison in the last 10 years that we have tested for CWD. I have yet to see where diagnosis or findings of Wisconsin residents are prone to brain disorders or symptoms at an alarming rate to link CWD. Science is not a hoax or an emotion.
Either the animals brain test positive and it's meat is discarded or it test negative and the meat is safe for consumption.

Good thing the meat is tested! However, it is TRUE there are mixed opinions and that the adverse effects of a person eating a CWD infected animal may take multiple decades to show up. Even then, there is little to determine the mental deterioration is due to CWD in a living person. Since the disease is rare, some physicians might not even consider it as a diagnosis, and might mistake the symptoms for other brain disorders like Alzheimer's or Huntington disease. Given it is rare for a family to ask for a brain autopsy after death, misdiagnosis is a valid concern. Currently brain autopsy is the only verifiable way to determine the disease. Can we consider the rise in Alzheimer's may simply be a mis-diagnosis and somehow related to CWD, as well as other Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases, now already in our food chain? If there is any question about the safety of food given the large choices available to Americans, it's foolish to not err on the side of safety. http://www.rense.com/general25/deer.htm

I say "Good job!" to those who are generous enough to pay to give away the venison they aren't going to be able to eat. Another example of how we can each pitch in to help each other out.

The Gazette report got the name wrong it is called Project Hunger not Hunter and if you go to the DNR website you will see the meat is tested http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/news/Breaking... and that is what the donation money is used for.

clouds555,
CWD is found in the southern half of Wisconsin. There has not been a wolf population is the southern 2/3 of the state since 1900.
So are you saying.
1 We have been eating diseased meat for over a hundred years?
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2 It’s taken that long for CWD to show up?

Here's a twist...How do we know humans didn't give the deer CWD?

I have eaten venison since I was old enough to chew it,about 30+ years worth. I cut and processed at home and will continue to do so. The meat donated is processed and TESTED to be SAFE. How can you clouds555 and biggirl make a comment about giving unsafe meat to the poor,THIS IS CLEARLY PRINTED IN THE ARTICLE THAT THE MEAT IS TESTED AND SAFE! IF the test comes back positive the meat is discarded. People are giving up money and meat from their own table. Give thanks.
Please don't allow your own stupidity to get in the way of people giving to our own local people in need.

You know, CWD has probably been around a lot longer than we know and I don't see people dying every year because of venison. I'm sure the meat will be inspected etc. anyways. Why is everything always so negative? I think this is a great program. Some hunters get more than they can eat so why not give it away?

Yes, donate your deer meat with CWD to the poor. Wonder why all the donations have been up since the discovery of this disease?