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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 358185" data-attributes="member: 337">Holy cow, I had no idea that culling is planned by NDGF. WTF<a href="https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/north-dakota-taking-new-approach-to-managing-devastating-deer-disease/article_c4a0dfe4-23c3-11ed-ba28-7b748f62e8ec.html" target="_blank">https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/north-dakota-taking-new-approach-to-managing-devastating-deer-disease/article_c4a0dfe4-23c3-11ed-ba28-7b748f62e8ec.html</a>“Scientific knowledge of infection rates has advanced in recent years, and Game and Fish will be focusing on three thresholds when determining hunting unit license allocations -- first detection, 5% prevalence and 10% prevalence.Bahnson said 5% &quot;suggests that you're starting to approach an exponential rate of increase,&quot; and that &quot;once you get up to 10%, you're probably there.&quot;&quot;When we reach 5%, that's when we start to turn up the dial on license allocations,&quot; he said. &quot;Once we get to 10%, we would start to think of more drastic measures -- adjusting seasons, possibly having a sub-unit to really focus in harvest pressure where we need it.&quot;Bahnson said hunter land access is needed for the plan to work.&quot;You can't just sprinkle in a bunch more licenses into a unit. Access is really critical. At 5%, we'll redouble our efforts to improve access through private lands efforts,&quot; he said, referring to Game and Fish programs that offer landowners incentives to open their land to public hunting.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 358185, member: 337"] Holy cow, I had no idea that culling is planned by NDGF. WTF [URL]https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/north-dakota-taking-new-approach-to-managing-devastating-deer-disease/article_c4a0dfe4-23c3-11ed-ba28-7b748f62e8ec.html[/URL] “ Scientific knowledge of infection rates has advanced in recent years, and Game and Fish will be focusing on three thresholds when determining hunting unit license allocations -- first detection, 5% prevalence and 10% prevalence. Bahnson said 5% "suggests that you're starting to approach an exponential rate of increase," and that "once you get up to 10%, you're probably there." "When we reach 5%, that's when we start to turn up the dial on license allocations," he said. "Once we get to 10%, we would start to think of more drastic measures -- adjusting seasons, possibly having a sub-unit to really focus in harvest pressure where we need it." Bahnson said hunter land access is needed for the plan to work. "You can't just sprinkle in a bunch more licenses into a unit. Access is really critical. At 5%, we'll redouble our efforts to improve access through private lands efforts," he said, referring to Game and Fish programs that offer landowners incentives to open their land to public hunting.” [/QUOTE]

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