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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 244252" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>Instead of playing devils advocate, I think we must first determine if CWD is indeed a problem.&nbsp; According to the latest numbers I've found concerning infection rates of CWD in deer, it's less than 1/2 of 1 percent of all deer tested actually have the CWD prion.&nbsp; This DOESN'T mean they exhibit symptoms or would even have died from it.&nbsp; Minnesota took samples from 3744 deer in this so called &quot;Hotspot&quot; in 2018 and came up with THREE positives.&nbsp; YEP...a whole THREE deer out of 3744 tested positive.&nbsp; That's an infection rate of 0.0008012 percent.&nbsp; If you don't believe me, just look it up on MN DNR website.&nbsp; You will have an extremely difficult time convincing me that CWD warrants these drastic measures without some serious scientific research to back it up.&nbsp; If CWD were this horrific deer/elk population eliminating disease, Wyoming wouldn't STILL be a premier hunting destination for Mule Deer, Elk, and White Tails.&nbsp; Even in these so called &quot;Hotspots&quot; of CWD, the deer populations seem to be holding steady in spite of CWD.&nbsp; Being proactive with management strategies that have been proven NOT to be effective really isn't being proactive IMO.&nbsp; It's being just plain reactive.&nbsp; HOPE isn't a strategy.&nbsp; I say instead of throwing time, effort, and resources into efforts that don't work, we should put that time, effort, and resources into determining FIRST, what we are dealing with and then determine what, if any, control measures we can implement.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 244252, member: 314"] Instead of playing devils advocate, I think we must first determine if CWD is indeed a problem. According to the latest numbers I've found concerning infection rates of CWD in deer, it's less than 1/2 of 1 percent of all deer tested actually have the CWD prion. This DOESN'T mean they exhibit symptoms or would even have died from it. Minnesota took samples from 3744 deer in this so called "Hotspot" in 2018 and came up with THREE positives. YEP...a whole THREE deer out of 3744 tested positive. That's an infection rate of 0.0008012 percent. If you don't believe me, just look it up on MN DNR website. You will have an extremely difficult time convincing me that CWD warrants these drastic measures without some serious scientific research to back it up. If CWD were this horrific deer/elk population eliminating disease, Wyoming wouldn't STILL be a premier hunting destination for Mule Deer, Elk, and White Tails. Even in these so called "Hotspots" of CWD, the deer populations seem to be holding steady in spite of CWD. Being proactive with management strategies that have been proven NOT to be effective really isn't being proactive IMO. It's being just plain reactive. HOPE isn't a strategy. I say instead of throwing time, effort, and resources into efforts that don't work, we should put that time, effort, and resources into determining FIRST, what we are dealing with and then determine what, if any, control measures we can implement. [/QUOTE]

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