Pretty hot issue it is. Being from wis. and hunting in unit 59c. I would just like to throw in my $.02. I agree that its been here for a while. But I think the DNR is going about it wrong. I'm no biologist. Maybe eradicating them is the way to go, but, who knows. I think they just jumped right in and said wholly sh*t lets take out 25k deer. Maybe they shouldn't have made such a big deal about it. I think the thing we should be worried about is creutzfelt-jakob. I cant remember where, but I think it was near Hayward? The story where the fellows died from eating venison. I cant remember the article exactly. But there is some link, I'll have to find that article. That disease scares me more than cwd. We have all probably eaten venison that has been infected with cwd. I'm not going to not hunt this year. Nor will I ever. Life is too short to divide this comraderie between us. We cant bicker over something like this. I've seen people in the local taveroon almost come to blows. (must be the liquer lol) I agree with Nick. It's a conspiracy and should be classified as an X-file.