I would like to know the answer to this also as my husband is an avid deer hunter.

ps you can also pick up this thing called prion which dosent matter if its cooked or not.Heard of Mad Cow Disease
Mad Deer Disease
Chronic Wasting Disease,
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

The prion isnt even alive
http://www.wi.mit.edu/news/archives/2002/sl_1017.html

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Originally posted by Lymeindunkirk:
That sounds just great. I like my meat med. rare so I have cooked deer steaks that way in the past. Can being reinfected make symptoms worse or actual start if maybe everything was dormant?

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You could get reinfected with same strain or a new one could kick off a immune responce even.

I still eat deer meat but today its not just deer why do people think cows cant be bitten by ticks or even chicken ticks feed on anything not just deer or mice.

I cook my deer meat longer in butter and some garlic powder as long as the temp hits 175 it should be safe everyone else says 165 but I prefer not to chance deer meat a thick beef steak gets cooked a little longer now to than I used to Hell I used to eat meat while it was still shivering hahahah