[SJackson]

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Having cleaned the deer without wearing gloves and with open scratches on his hand pretty much says it all.

[Vaquero]

this is better than chronic wasting.

which like mad cow and CJ, Chronic wasting has no cure and would eat the guys brain....at least the Rabies can be cured at this stage.

[Krankor]

He may have been exposed to rabies but, if he actually contracted the disease, he’d be dead.

[KarlInOhio]

Hunter contracts rabies from a deer

Where in the article is this backed up with any facts. He shot and cleaned a deer that was found to have rabies, so he was advised to get rabies shots. He had no symptoms so we'll never know if he was actually exposed to the disease. I did a quick check but wasn't able to find the transmission rate for rabies, so I don't know how often diseased blood to open scratch (or even a bite by a diseased animal) will result in rabies if left untreated.

[MachIV]

I’m a little embarrassed to admit I believed only quasi-carnivore type animals could get rabies. I just never thought about grazing critters contracting the disease. Interesting.

[Joe 6-pack]

"[He] said that he saw the deer standing in a creek, straining and growling."

Something just didn't look quite right with that deer...

[Bellflower]

Why don’t people get rabies vaccines like pets? Are there bad side effects?