Lungdeflator
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DPA 346 special CWD hunt
A special deer hunt to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease in wild deer is scheduled in January and February.
Dates
- Friday, Jan. 25, through Sunday, Jan. 27
- Friday, Feb. 1, through Sunday, Feb. 3
The hunt will occur in deer permit area 346. Details about the hunt, including information about hunting in Great River Bluffs State Park and King's and Queen's Bluffs Scientific and Natural Area, will be posted as they become available.
This hunt is one step DNR is taking following the discovery of chronic wasting disease this fall in a wild deer harvested in Houston County. Collecting additional samples will help determine the extent of the infection in this area.
Harvesting deer across a broad area is intended to lower populations locally and remove males because they can move the disease longer distances. This helps reduce the opportunity for deer to spread the disease across a larger geographic area and potentially removes CWD-positive animals from areas where the disease exists.
That area borders Wisconsin......weird....
Also, I predict 2020 to be a banner year for ND perch, after all the sconies choose to go to MN to shoot all the deer this year instead.
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Keep in mind folks that our own NDGF is looking at putting a statewide bait ban on to control CWD which is what MN, WY, and WI (county by county) all have already in place and CWD is still expanding in all those states. Additionally, WI tried eradication (FAILED) and now MN is trying the eradication process even after the WI fiasco failed. So just to clarify. Wisconsin has tried both ideas and they failed to accomplish any kind of CWD control. MN has tried the bait ban for years and failed to control CWD, so now they are trying the eradication process which has already FAILED in Wisconsin. Let's see.....KILL all the deer with bullets so they don't DIE from CWD. HUH!?!?! Wyoming has had a statewide bait ban for CWD control for 18 years and CWD has expanded by almost 38 million acres during that same time period. Now our own ND wants to put a statewide bait ban in place for CWD control. Seems to me the same LUNACY is alive and well right here in good ole ND. The question is, will the sportsmen of ND allow it?? Call your governor and make your voice heard or we may see this same STUPIDITY right here.
Devils advocate....What would the numbers and situation be in WY and WI if they had NOT taken those stances and actions? Is it all a % based argument? It took 18 years for 38 million acres to be affected in WY, if they had allowed baiting, would it have only taken 5 years to cover 38 million acres? If ND doesn't instill a bait ban, will the entire state be considered CWD affected within 10 years?
Lots and lots of unknowns.....I'm all for patience, research, and scientific approaches, but at the same time, maybe it's better to be proactive with some things even though you are unsure of the results or affects.
Study Canada did with monkeys....Pretty crazy to see that only a small % of deer shot in WI get tested. So that tells me that people are eating and in contact with CWD deer all the time down there, I think if I were feeding venison to my family and kids, I would want to know it wasn't from a CWD deer.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/columnists/paul-smith/2017/06/28/macaque-study-heightens-concerns-human-susceptibility-cwd/430046001/