Nick87
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Right but ymthey had restrictions on it after a positive animal then lifted it? I just find that interesting.
New CWD Positive deer near SD/MN Border
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Bonasababy
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I live in a CWD zone. Origin was from a local deer farm. Farm owner was loud and vocal that DNR was overstepping and he worried more about his penned deer getting CWD from outside his fence.
Then an infected deer showed up just outside his fence. When authorities visited his operation he had numerous sick captive deer and a handful already dead....those not too far gone were tested and they were infected with CWD.
We have had extensive testing and only one other infected deer has been found...again, not far from his captive operation.
Liberal...but not unlimited...tags have not done much to our deer population. Wish our neighbors would have shot a few more this year, we have plenty!
I think if no more positives are found next fall they will stop testing and be a tiny bit more conservative on tags. Lots of private land with controlled or no hunter access here, wouldn't make much difference if they tripled bag limits but the smaller amounts of public lands might get pounded.
Then an infected deer showed up just outside his fence. When authorities visited his operation he had numerous sick captive deer and a handful already dead....those not too far gone were tested and they were infected with CWD.
We have had extensive testing and only one other infected deer has been found...again, not far from his captive operation.
Liberal...but not unlimited...tags have not done much to our deer population. Wish our neighbors would have shot a few more this year, we have plenty!
I think if no more positives are found next fall they will stop testing and be a tiny bit more conservative on tags. Lots of private land with controlled or no hunter access here, wouldn't make much difference if they tripled bag limits but the smaller amounts of public lands might get pounded.
