Irrelevant
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The Masshole?
Study: Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison
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44hunter45
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I miss that guy. Nice kid for an O&G shill.
Ok, so in WY state average for deer positive was 18.3 or something up from 17.1.
So if you get a positive test and another tag that takes 18% of tags out of the equation or would it be untop of the capper NR tags sold?
Here in WI if you shoot a deer get it tested and it's positive. You get to keep everything and you get another either sex tag. I know of guys out shooting doe knowing very high likelihood of positive test. Than they get a buck tag good for this season and next.
It will get real interesting imo if/when tags are getting reissued for positive tests. You think point creep is bad now.
Nick87
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I'm in the camp of it tests positive That's a risk you took going into the drawing.
I'm in this camp too as well as the ignorance is bliss in regards to testing. If the animal appears health meat looks good it's getting eaten not tested. Unless mandatory obviously
Nick87
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Gun season is mandatory here, which I've got zero problem with. (How they manage after the data is a different story). Never had one tested during archery as long as they appear healthy. And I am in the "hot zone".
44hunter45
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I wasn't putting that much energy into it, but I'll play.
Replacement tag is outside the quota because you took a CWD positive out of the field. Assuming if a state considers CWD positive animal to be a full value asset, they will keep those tags in-quota. If they consider them a liability, you are doing them a favor by removing them.
If I were the fictional Director, I would hold that the positive press we get from "working with hunters to solve the CWD problem" would offset keeping the tags out-of-quota. CWD positive animals skew management plans and cause NR hunters to apply elsewhere, let's reward those who remove them. I would even let you keep the ivories. The antlers would be used by the agency for educational and promotional purposes. Or we would sell them on eBay for some revenue to offset the admin costs of issuing you a new tag. We would have to get something out of the deal.
You bring up my only reason for making hunters choose. Are hunters scamming the system when they get to keep everything? I'm not interested in exploring that it is only does, etc.
Like I said, I'm not putting that much energy into this.
I often write 10 sentences when one would do. The point I was making is that we need real-time testing.
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