You do realize that the butchers are professionals right? We are not talking about Bill and Bob with a chain saw in the back yard.
And anyone with half a brain can tell the difference between a roadkill and a gun (or arrow) shot deer.
But even roadkill deer, if gutted and brought in quickly, can be safely eaten.
But as I was said a professional deer butcher can tell if the animal is safe to process and if it is not they will refuse it. They are professionals and their living depends on people coming back with their kill year after year. They are very careful to make sure that what leaves their facility is free from any taint.
“But as I was said a professional deer butcher can tell if the animal is safe to process and if it is not they will refuse it. They are professionals and their living depends on people coming back with their kill year after year. They are very careful to make sure that what leaves their facility is free from any taint.”
Apparently there are several diseases and/or parasites that can be transmitted from deer to humans. Sometimes the risk is in how the animal is field dressed, sometimes not.
The reason farm/ranch raised animals are as safe as they are is that they are bred, raised, slaughtered and processed under controlled conditions. Wild game is a total unknown before it is killed, however it is killed - bullet, arrow, car.
(The only deer I ever got was killed with a 1982 Chevy Malibu Classic Sedan Police Package, a ~22,680,000 gr projectile.)
I can certainly see why The State would be a little skittish about handing out venison-x to wards of said State and telling them it’s perfectly good to eat.
I don’t mean to impugn the motives of hunters but it is a huge liability risk.