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It's definitly a weird disease. Concentrations of deer carcasses at historical dump areas (bridges, etc.) or leaving them in the field could possibly transfer CWD prions via the grass the deer eat. Obviously there's no way to control where a deer dies in the wild but I think they're trying to slow potential concentrations by informing hunters and/or providing locations to dispose. I live in a CWD area and the suggested method of disposal is via garbage which then goes to the landfill with all the other creepy crawlies. Landfills are concentrarions of who knows what but in theory they have better runoff control via liners, etc.The CWD thing is odd. If the state has designated disposal sites, how are the remains ultimately disposed of? It seems to me that leaving it where it lies is a better solution that transporting it
Here's an interesting atricle on PubMed if you have the time: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449294/