The whole "Eradication Zone" idea was dumb from the beginning. The only people who actually believed that the DNR had a chance of culling 90% of the herd in that area (their original stated goal) were DNR bureaucrats sitting in their air-conditioned offices staring at spreadsheets. The area is too big, there are too many deer, and people don't have 180 days a year to hunt. Then of course there was the "brilliant" idea they floated of having helicopters with spot lights fly over private land and shoot deer at night. Gee, can't understand why area landowners didn't just jump up and cheer at that one!

The folks in Wyoming and Colorado have lived with CWD for over THIRTY YEARS and hunting, not to mention the populations ofwhitetail, elk and mule deer continue to thrive. Maybe we need to take a lesson from them, rather than letting a bunch of well-paid state bureaucrats suck up more moneyto spend on failed moves euphamistically known as "deer management".