Originally Posted by
woodenb14
" how do YOU think CWD got here in Illinois?"
I'm of the belief that CWD has always been around, but it's not near the problem it's made out to be. I live on the Illinois side of the IL-WI border and when it was first found just north of me years ago, both state DNRs overreacted by not only allowing, but encouraging the harvesting of way more deer than should have been. The conspiracy theory in me thinks auto-insurers were behind it in order to thin the herd, and reduce claims related to people hitting deer with their vehicles.
You don't know how right you are. This had always been a political disease and if you knew the industry and its ongoing you would see where the state of Iowa was just sued by a farm for their strong arming and the state lost the case and 1.6 million dollars of taxpayers money paid to the farmer! You would also have heard a judge last week in Missouri tell the state that CWD does not show the threat they claim it does to try and shut down farms in that state! Trust me. There is not a DEC or DNR that would not go to the end of the earth to try and stop people from paying money to hunt behind fence. They know the money involved and don't think for a second that they know every hunter that hunts with us does not spend their money with them!