And you can use this post as an example, that there are still hunters and not to mention the enourmous #s of the general public that are still unaware of this new law, and are still feeding and supplementing the wild deer in Illinois.
Alot of hunters I have spoken to were still unaware of this new law , until I pointed it out to them in the hunting Digest...... that most of the non hunting general public dosent read
As for the availability of the deer supplemental food and mineral products that you can still easily find on the retail store shelves, well ya know if their gonna offer it for sale people are gonna buy it and use it.... if you compare it to fireworks, they are illegal to use in the state of Illinois so they also made the it Illegal to sell them in the state of Illinois..... so why dont they make the sale of deer feed and mineral attractant ( such as deer caine )illegal in the state of Illinois?????? and Im not talking about the sale of mineral blocks for livestock, or salt blocks that are used for livestock.... but you know some individuals are still going to use salt blocks for deer bait whether its illegal or not, and hunt over it.... they are called poachers.... and have no idea or just dont think it out... or just dont care about the harm they could be inflicting on our future deer herd in Illinois if CWD should take a firm hold on our herd in Illinois..... but ya know they will proabably be the first ones to point a finger at the IDNR for not putting a halt to the spread of CWD in Illinois , when they may have actually been the ones to have helped to facilitate the spread of CWD by baiting.
Please help the state and dont bait, or youll be the one ... why the deer are all gone.
Deborah Knoff