Deer are going to get it no matter where they congregate, all it takes is one sick deer. Baiting has nothign to do with it, it just helps spread it. I read that first case of CWD recorded in WI. was back in 1963 or somn like that. Ill have to find the article again. Theyve had CWD out west for longer than we ever had. And they didnt bait back then, not like they do now. Istill bait but not as much as I used to, but not because of CWD because i was tired of bashing and restocking the piles lol. Now I only bait as a treat. a few small apple piles scattered around the woods, not great big heaping piles of them, actually none of my apples are in piles, i scatter them theres fore the deer have to look for them instead of eating off a pile.
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"You just don't "get it" do ya???? Aren't you in Wisconsin???? The state with the CWD Problem???? Go back and read again, CWD IS CONTAGIOUS, AND IS SPREAD BY CONGREGATING DEER, that's WHY it's ILLEGAL in most of the places it's illegal!!!!"
I hunt in places that do not have crop field for 10's of miles---and guess what? I have seen deer congregate in herds of 8-10...........that kind of breaks down the logic as to baiting causes the spread of cwd. Deer will congregate and sure will copulate regardless.