Man, I wish I could get some Wisconsin Guys to share how messed up Wisconsin is on CWD and how blown out of proportion it is and has been the last few years. I will admit I was wrong about the Sugar beet farmers.Sueing the state wouldn't be the best idea, but a few here and there to get there point across might help with the states crazy decision. I didn't realize that sugar beets could be used efficiently for ethanol, the only problem is opposed to other crops, they can't nearly produce the energy that other crops can and due to there size and the amount it costs to transport them to a facility when they can be turned into fuel. Also, the have to be processed EXTREMELY quick due to the loss of Sucrose once they leave the ground. When they are planted in most areas that are not in the immediate area of a processing plant, there main use in Michigan is as deer feed. Plus, with Ethanol prices over $4 it is financially sound to use Sugar Beets as Ethanol, but once Ethanol dips below $3 a gallon, it is not worthwhile to use Sugar beets as fuel.True fuel is up, but with the sliding economy and with oil sliding right now, (Peaked at $147/barrel in July now trading around $100/barrel, even though you don't see it at the pumps yet!![:'(]) ethanol may start to loose a little interest.(Sorry about the rambling, I'm a commidities trader so I watch oil here and there).

Whether your for baiting or against it, it really doesn't matter. Unless you are against baiting for the last 10 years in Michigan, which is fine, how you can see that a state wide ban it appropriate? If you are against baiting, that is fine, but if you are against it because of this, do some research on WI and CDW. They have had it there for a long time and somehow it is stuck in mainly a 5 county area with some overlying counties getting a few cases. The Michigan DNRthinks its Armageddon right now. Ban baiting in a 10 county area around where it was found in captivity, test all the deer that come out of that area and go from there. The chances that this disease got out are quite slim since non of the deer that were livingwith the infected deer in captivity tested positive for the disease.

I feel as if Im coming off completely against this ban, but really Im not. Ive hunted deer all over the midwest and only used bait in Michigan. I guess I am more worried about the road side stands that I see going up to deer camp that barely make it selling produce during the year and Deer and Bear bait is the only other way they make income. For such a looming economical hit to 1000's of people with no warning all because of a scare just seems a little out of place for me. I guess I am worry more about the some of the people where I hunt rather than a infected deer in a high fence hundreds of miles from where I hunt.