CWD in deer is the equivalent of mad cow disease and it was shown that mad cow disease CAN be transmitted through consuming contaminated bovine products.

From CBS News dtd 4/22/24 - "Authors said that finding may point to "a possible novel animal-to-human transmission of CWD," although they acknowledged it did not definitely prove that consuming venison from a deer infected with chronic wasting disease eventually caused Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in any human being. But that possibility could not be definitively ruled out, either." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunters-die-prion-brain-disease-contaminated-deer-meat-report/

Actually, it's time to stop building ANYTHING new in Frederick County and let the deer have their habitat back. How 'bout reducing the human population instead?

"However, the National Park Service recommends not eating the venison or tissues of CWD-infected animals."

And here lies the problem. Unless the deer is tested there is no way to know if it has CWD. Do hunters now kill the deer and send a sample in for analysis before processing the carcas?

No bueno. This region is way over populated with deer. In my own neck of the woods, car strikes have become an all too frequent hazard. The time has passed to raise tag limits & further encourage hunters to reduce deer numbers to healthy levels.