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Old 09-24-2008 | 05:04 AM
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Default RE: why did michigan ban baiting

ORIGINAL: tickman1961

Michigandid a "knee jerk" reaction because a pen raised whitetail contact CWD. No free ranging whitetail has been discovered with the disease.

Michigan is havingsecondthoughts concerning the state widebait ban, last I heard.
Since they caught a source animal in time to prevent it from spreading a herd decimating disease it's now unlikely that there will be any wild deer in Michigan that will catch it, but reinstating baiting right now would be a mistake since they haven't had time to survey the wild herd to insure that there was no transmission. You should thank your DNR for taking such a prudent step instead of questioning their judgement, you should also petition them to kick those deer pimps out of the state for bringing it there in the first place.
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