A sad day.

[CowboyLeroy]

I knew it was a 'when, not if' situation with CWD but that day finally came. Georgia DNR sent out a notification yesterday declaring the first case of CWD in a wild deer. Tennessee and Alabama both have documented cases of CWD so I expected when it came to come from the north or northwest corner of the state, not randomly pop up smack in the middle of South Georgia.

First Positive Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Confirmed In Georgia | Department Of Natural Resources Division

The sample was taken from a two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer harvested on private property. Immediately following the positive confirmation, WRD staff implemented the CWD Response Plan and are taking additional samples from the area. “I want to assure our hunters that deer hunting...

georgiawildlife.com

 

[Laelkhunter]

Not good.

 

[Nick87]

Well I've got bad news. Last year was probably the best your ever going to see it. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Bonasababy]

Not familiar with your state, but in many cases the way it moves around is not from deer to deer through natural deer movements--but due to fenced cervid operations bringing in infected deer and not managing (or in our states case, not even being required to until recently) manage their fences and operations in a manner that all but eliminates passage to wild deer. If it didn't show up very close to another known endemic area I'd look to fenced operations first.

 

[ismith]

Not familiar with your state, but in many cases the way it moves around is not from deer to deer through natural deer movements--but due to fenced cervid operations bringing in infected deer and not managing (or in case, not even being required to until recently) manage their fences and operations in a manner that all but eliminates passage to wild deer. If it didn't show up very close to another known endemic area I'd look to fenced operations first.

As far as I’m concerned, the blame for CWD is squarely on the shoulders of the captive cervid industry.

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Well I've got bad news. Last year was probably the best your ever going to see it. Hope I'm wrong.

I think you're probably right. Normally both sides of I-75 have standing high fences to keep the deer out, which would be a great buffer for me on the west side but after this last hurricane most of them have been flattened.

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Not familiar with your state, but in many cases the way it moves around is not from deer to deer through natural deer movements--but due to fenced cervid operations bringing in infected deer and not managing (or in our states case, not even being required to until recently) manage their fences and operations in a manner that all but eliminates passage to wild deer. If it didn't show up very close to another known endemic area I'd look to fenced operations first.

To my knowledge we don't have deer farms in GA. If I had to guess it would be that it came in in a doe pee bottle.

 

[Treeshark]

To my knowledge we don't have deer farms in GA. If I had to guess it would be that it came in in a doe pee bottle.

Could be, but my guess would be a transplanted deer if some sort.

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Could be, but my guess would be a transplanted deer if some sort.

Maybe. I've told people the doe pee attractant is a disaster waiting to happen

 

[Treeshark]

Maybe. I've told people the doe pee attractant is a disaster waiting to happen

I’ve never thought of that but I wouldn’t be surprised.