http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/.../CWD/index.htm
WT: This is not natures way of takeing care of overpopulation. Theres all kinds of info on WI's problem at the link above. We are on the down slope of this eradication now. Theres only about a month and a half of killing left. They were hoping for a kill of 25,000 deer in that 465 sq. mile area. (Which by the way is an 11 or so mile circle drawn around my house.) Last I checked, I think we had about 11,000 and some change. You think this sucks? You should live and hunt around my neighborhood. We had 4 one week hunts in the summer months, and they have been pounded hard since Oct. 24 non stop. Deer sightings have dropped and hunter participation has fallen off to near nil. Rumors say the DNR will cease this madness at the end of Jan. instead of extending it. Eradication isn't working here. 2 more possitives have been found outside the zone. One would drastically extend the current zone and the other would create a new zone. Thats not to say that some of the rest of the tests will not come back possitive. We collected a little over 36,000 deer heads for testing throughout the state this fall. We might have 10% of them analized at present if we're lucky. To say this disease is isolated in a small area is a joke. Lots of neighboring states, and perhaps yours, are now doing large scale testing. Comeing soon to a woods near you. CWD