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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bravo" data-source="post: 432771" data-attributes="member: 1778">I’m not as well versed in the disease as some, but a quick google from multiple sources shows that it takes on average 15 months to 2 years to manifest and show outward signs of infection. If that’s the case then I’d say it wouldn’t take long for deer numbers to drop since breeding would be significantly slowed should it become widespread. My brother hunts Saskatchewan every other year since the early 00’s and said the numbers and average size have definitely gone downhill where it’s prevalent.Being told that they disagree with where you are coming from isn’t the same as being told your an idiot or being disrespectful. The GF does come off a bit holier than thou in the advisory meetings. But when guys like Dusty show up to each one and try to holler them down, claim that deer growers could solve it in a day (exaggerating) with releasing tame but genetically superior deer, or by aerial spraying copper over the landscape. Or farmers from Antler wanting to take complete control away from the GF because they know the deer better and will just feed them back to health. That is also hurting the cause.I think that limited baiting (small amounts in a small window of season) and their strategy of opening units after X amount of time negative would make everyone happy. Except the ones who will never be happy.</blockquote>