Take a good 12 volt feeder that throws corn in a 50 or 60 footcircle, and what is the difference between that and a good old white oak that is a consistent producer? Small items spread randomly over thesame area with the same distribution. One was placed by God, and one by man, but what is the real difference? Or that persimmon tree with the especially sweet fruit. Or the natural mineral lick vs the one in a bag? How it got there has almost nothing to do with what it really is.

The disease has been around forever, and has been spread by natural means for just as long. The only real difference is that with modern technology we have just begun to measure it. In most areas of the country, population levels were decimated in the early 1900's to the point disease transmission was very low. It is the near record levels of whitetail population across most of it's range that is really responsible for the spread of disease, not bait piles. High population density is the conduit for rapid disease transmission, and mother nature has a way of leveling the field when it gets too high. Some areas of the country are more prone to it than others. And you don't have to refer me to a wildlife biologist, I am one.