I have not been a fan of the WI DNR and their deer management policies (or lack thereof) for a long time. That has been evidenced in this forum on threads too numerous to mention. This includes much of the DNR policy with regard to CWD.

BUT, in this case, a ban on feeding and baiting is probably the simplest, least invasive change that the DNR could put into place in an attempt to check the spread of CWD. Unlike some of the more foolish, pie in the sky ideas---i.e. " eradicating" all of the deer in a huge area--- a ban on baiting and feeding should be reasonable to enforce and can be " sold" to most hunters. We don' t know if CWD is spread by contact around baiting piles for sure, but some evidence seems to suggest that it is possible. Given that and given the fact that it costs virtually nothing to implement such a ban, it seems to me that a continuation of the ban on baiting and feeding is a good precaution.