Creutzfeldt-Jakob from squirrel brains
https://www.foxnews.com/health/man-dies-from-extremely-rare-disease-after-eating-squirrel-brains

Chronic Wasting Disease from deer, elk & moose
http://www.virology.ws/2015/03/11/is-chronic-wasting-disease-a-threat-to-humans/

Tularemia from rabbits and prairie dogs
https://www.cdc.gov/tularemia/transmission/index.html

Bovine TB in deer
https://www.cdc.gov/tularemia/transmission/index.html

Bird transmissible diseases
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/61646.php

and all of the tickborne diseases
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/index.html

Please double glove with nitrile gloves while cleaning, and don’t allow brains, spinal cord or spinal fluid to contaminate the meat.

Protect yourself, and your dog from ticks
http://nymag.com/strategist/article/effective-tick-repellents.html

And review and update your dog emergency kit.
This is a good place to start
https://www.sportdog.com/hunting-training-tips/building-a-first-aid-kit
I would not use H2O2 to irrigate a wound, but contact lens saline solution in a squirt bottle (and works well for debris in the lower eyelid)

H2O2 mixed with a coconut oil shampoo works pretty well for a skunk squirted dog.

Add some form of antibleeding gel, glucose gel, vet wrap and bandage scissors (cutting out burrs, cholla tubercles) in your vest, and small needle nose forceps for pulling cactus spines or quills (works a lot better than the multitool pliers, but have one on your belt also)

Get your vet records and find a vet near where you will be hunting BEFORE leaving home. You might even ask your vet to make contact with the office ahead of time.

Review how to release a dog from a trap
http://www.terrierman.com/traprelease.htm

drew: could it be dat "god" is tellin us to stop killin fur pleasure?

Not to answer for Dr.D but I think God was pretty clear on our relationship to animals and the earth Ed. Also, this, war and pestilence will always be with us, and poverty, so I've heard.

Chief

A tick bite in the Spring of 2003 drastically altered the course of my life, with the fallout still uncertain. Use caution and good chemicals where and when you can.

Don't underestimate the mosquitos.

I just got over West Nile virus and encephalitis from the buggers. Darn near killed me. The only good thing from it is now I'm immune and I lost 30 pounds in the hospital.

I was told one out of 500 infected bites results in the virus, then one out of 150 with the virus get complications like meningitis, encephalitis, paralysis, amnesia, organ failure, blindness, coma etc.... It is the brain swelling that messes you up. Potentially permanently.

Its' no joke. A guy in New Jersey just died in early September. People that mean well start telling you the worst stories they ever heard about how fugged up people they knew or read about got from it. Thank God I just thought I'd get better after a while, I never realized how serious it was in the beginning.

Spray some bug juice on before you go out there!!

This is another very relevant and widespread tick related disease that can and does affect thousands in the range of the Lone Star Tick. It’s no joke and can kill. My father contracted most likely from ticks on our land in northern VA and has had life threading symptoms and years of doctors analysis and treatment. Like Lyme’s, it can be difficult to diagnose and life altering. Like Lloyd said, take precaution by using appropriate chemicals - whether it be pre-treated clothing and/or sprays - used properly should not keep you out of the woods but, with ticks.. don’t let your guard down!

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608

Before my stepson spent a summer in Costa Rica taking courses at UGA's campus and working, I gave him a pump spray can of 99.9% Deet. His classmates looked sideways at him for carrying it. Their intentions were to use "natural" repellents. After seeing the introductory video to the insect hazards of the jungles, including Bot flies, they lined up with extended hands asking for a bit o'deet. It's been Seresto collars for my dogs during hunting season, Deet for me and Sawyer's for my clothes when I'm in the woods. The Seresto collar mfg. claims that the collar can be worn when dogs get wet; However, if dogs get in a lot of water while hunting, the effective life of the collar is reduced more severely than the mfg. would have one to believe. My vet advised to remove it before the hunt and place it back on afterwards if the dogs get in water. My dogs could find water during a drought in the Sahara. Gil