ORIGINAL: Hedhuntr

Sorry Bill, I didn't look back that far in the posts. I have always repected and looked up to your opinion as a fellow sportsman and taxidermist but come on Bill, this is not good! I read the posts and articles and you just seem to me that you are kind of reserved about the CWD situation. I don't want to see the same thing that happened in Wisconson to happen in NY or NJ. Bill, I don't know how many deer per square you have in your region of NY but where I'm from in central Jersey we have in some places 50-70 deer per square mile! I still have to stand by my belief that even with the start of a small outbreak would be devastating where I'm from. Now add in the fact that their droppings could or would contain the prion that can hang around for years and add in that baiting is allowed in NJ and would most likely be right up until its to late. There was an outbreak of blue tongue here about 10 years ago and 60-80 deer died in a 72 hour period all within walking distance of eachother. People also seem to be lax to the fact that you can't catch it because it does not jump specie barriers, well tell that to the people that enjoyed there nice all beef patty's in England all 160+ of them that choked and croked when scientist said the tests show that madcow only effects cows. I won't even mention the three elk hunters a few years ago. Bill I hope I don't sound arrogant or disrespectfull but NJ can't even manage the state goverment let alone our Bear issue or our politicians why would I be led to believe that they could even come close to handling something like this! Oh, i know what they would do! Open deer hunting all year round, charge triple for the license, zones ect ect ect..... and then use the money to pay for the state deficit of maybe a new state security advisor (im laughing now) or maybe for a new sports complex or something like that.