As far as I know it is perfectly legal to hunt in northern states that have had CWD proven infestation and to bring back to Alabama (or any other southern state) the head for mounting by a taxidermist. The taxidermist skins the head and then cuts the antlers from the skull, using a saw that would expose the prions to the taxidermist and any clients that might come into the shop. A butcher shop processing the animal would have the same exposure. Hundreds of deer each year are mounted by taxidermist and the meat processed by a butcher. The prions can then be carried afield and could/would potentially contaminate all the hunting areas the hunters go to. Heat nor cold temperatures kill the prions. Yet there hasn't been a single (as far as I know) reported CWD case because of this type action. Either CWD isn't as easily transferred and exposed or something else is up with the CWD. Nobody I have ever talked with has an answer to my concerns/questions.
Not exactly. You bring a head, spine, bone back from through KY or TN from a CWD state and they'll fine the heck out of you and take your deer. Arkansas and MO are the same.
Heads must be completely caped, antlers removed. Meat de-boned.
