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Germ	08-25-2008 03:11 PM

Michigan Boys Get ready to bend over

You can count on a complete ban on baiting IMO;)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 25, 2008

Contacts: Bridget Patrick (MDA) 517-241-2669 or Mary Dettloff (DNR)
517-335-3014

Michigan’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kent
County Deer Breeding Facility

LANSING - The Michigan departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural
Resources (DNR) today confirmed the state’s first case of Chronic
Wasting Disease (CWD) in a three-year old white-tailed deer from a
privately owned cervid (POC) facility in Kent County.

The state has quarantined all POC facilities, prohibiting the movement
of all - dead or alive - privately-owned deer, elk or moose. Officials
do not yet know how the deer may have contracted the disease. To date,
there is no evidence that CWD presents a risk to humans.

DNR and MDA staff are currently reviewing records from the Kent County
facility and five others to trace deer that have been purchased, sold or
moved by the owners in the last five years for deer and the last seven
years for elk. Any deer that may have come in contact with the
CWD-positive herd have been traced to their current location and those
facilities have been quarantined.

“Michigan’s veterinarians and wildlife experts have been working
throughout the weekend to complete their investigation,” said Don
Koivisto, MDA director. “We take this disease very seriously, and are
using every resource available to us to implement response measures and
stop the spread of this disease.”

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose.
Most cases of the disease have been in western states, but in the past
several years, it has spread to some midwestern and eastern states.
Infected animals display abnormal behaviors, progressive weight loss and
physical debilitation.

Current evidence suggests that the disease is transmitted through
infectious, self-multiplying proteins (prions) contained in saliva and
other fluids of infected animals. Susceptible animals can acquire CWD by
direct exposure to these fluids or also from contaminated environments.
Once contaminated, research suggests that soil can remain a source of
infection for long periods of time, making CWD a particularly difficult
disease to eradicate.

Michigan’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kent
County Deer Breeding Facility: page 2

“Currently, one of our top concerns is to confirm that the disease is
not in free-ranging deer,” said DNR Director Rebecca Humphries. “We
are asking hunters this fall to assist us by visiting check stations to
allow us to take biological samples from the deer they harvest, so we
can perform adequate surveillance of the free-ranging white-tailed deer
herd in the area.”

Deer hunters this fall who take deer from Tyrone, Soldon, Nelson,
Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Alpine, Plainfield, and Cannon townships will
be required to bring their deer to a DNR check station. Deer taken in
these townships are subject to mandatory deer check.

The DNR is also asking hunters who are participating in the private
land five-day antlerless hunt in September in other parts of Kent County
to visit DNR check stations in Kent County so further biological
samples can be taken from free-ranging deer for testing. The DNR is in
the process of finding additional locations for check stations in Kent
County to make it more convenient for hunters.

The deer that tested positive at the Kent County facility was a doe
that had been recently culled by the owner of the facility. Michigan law
requires sick deer or culled deer on a POC facility be tested for
disease. The samples from the Kent County deer tested “suspect
positive” last week at Michigan State University Diagnostic Center for
Population and Animal Health, and were sent to the National Veterinary
Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa last Thursday for confirmatory
testing. The positive results of those tests were communicated to the
state of Michigan today.

Audits of the facility by the DNR in 2004 and 2007 showed no escapes of
animals from the Kent County facility were reported by the owner. Also,
there were no violations of regulations recorded during the audits.

Since 2002, the DNR has tested 248 wild deer in Kent County for CWD. In
summer 2005, a number of those deer had displayed neurological symptoms
similar to CWD; however, after testing it was determined the deer had
contracted Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

More information on CWD is available on Michigan’s Emerging Diseases
Web site at www.michigan.gov/chronicwastingdisease.

gzg38b

08-25-2008 03:20 PM

RE: Michigan Boys Get ready to bend over

I hope we never get CWD here.

I hunt in the "TB Zone" in the northeast LP where baiting is illegal and I have to say the hunting has improved since they outlawed baiting and thinned the doe herd.

RDHunter

08-25-2008 03:21 PM

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Thanks for the info Germ , I hope it doesn't come in tothe area I'll be hunting in , I don't use bait anyways.

YooperMike

08-25-2008 03:25 PM

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Wow, no baiting would certainly change some things in the 'ol U.P. Thanks for posting Germ, wonder how long it will take for them to do something one way or the other. Since it is a privatre herd, hopefully the freaking out is not too bad.

Germ	08-25-2008 03:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: YooperMike

Wow, no baiting would certainly change some things in the 'ol U.P. Thanks for posting Germ, wonder how long it will take for them to do something one way or the other. Since it is a privatre herd, hopefully the freaking out is not too bad.

Last I "heard" as soon as CWD was found in MI there was going to be a complete ban on baiting. DNR bioligist have been wanting to ban baiting for awhile now. They need an excuse;)

Test81

08-25-2008 03:37 PM

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Thats not a good sign for our herd...

cjohnson664

08-25-2008 03:39 PM

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Fan freken tastic[:@]

janesburg

08-25-2008 03:54 PM

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MICHIGAN HUNTERS....get ready for your deer hunting to change.[:@] I speak from experience as I've hunted in an area in WI that CWD was found in I believe2001. I hate what it has done to our traditional seasons.

lifesadrag

08-25-2008 03:54 PM

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Where is Kent co.?, upper or lower Mich.

silentassassin

08-25-2008 04:01 PM

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Paging Mr. Dover

Paging Mr. Dover

Paging Mr. Ben Dover

nodog

08-25-2008 04:04 PM

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Yet another proof that these disease are started and caused by people who fool around with deer genetics. .

GMMAT

08-25-2008 04:05 PM

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If that happened in NC......deer hunting as 99% know it here would cease to exist.

YooperMike

08-25-2008 04:07 PM

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Lower MI of course, again, screwing the U.P.!!!!! Damn trolls!

grneyemonstr

08-25-2008 04:27 PM

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Either way they have no plans on unbanning baiting in alcona county where i hunt and IMO i think it keeps alot of weekend and hunters that are careless out of the woods where i hunt.

gzg38b

08-25-2008 05:14 PM

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Either way they have no plans on unbanning baiting in alcona county where i hunt and IMO i think it keeps alot of weekend and hunters that are careless out of the woods where i hunt.

Exactly! I LOVE the fact thatI huntin one of the few no bait zones in Michigan. I think I see more deer because of it. Fewer weekend warriors, and the deer are on their feet more during daylight grazing the timber.

rjdumas

08-25-2008 05:17 PM

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There is no baiting in OR. it sucks we can't even bait bear. And if your caught oh huge fines and could do jail time.

grneyemonstr

08-25-2008 05:18 PM

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if you happen to be around Glennie well have to meet up for a beer and compare racks (hopefully)

gzg38b

08-25-2008 05:24 PM

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if you happen to be around Glennie well have to meet up for a beer and compare racks (hopefully)

I've gotta get a rack first... :D I hunt near Atlanta in the NE Lower.

stikbow26

08-25-2008 05:53 PM

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I love the fact of no baiting make a hunter actully learn to hunt and not just dump some bait on the ground and wait!! I hate the fact that CWD is here in Michigan!!!! I can remember back in 1975 when I started hunting that deer actully foraged all day long not like today when they just wait till the last 1/2 hr before dark to walk 200 yards to the closest bait pile!!! Walt

Vito1

08-25-2008 06:01 PM

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I thought we were already getting bent over as MI hunters.[:-]

Lucky me...I hunt in Kent County![:@] A ban on baiting would be great. Too bad it will take something like CWD to cause the ban.

Germ	08-25-2008 07:14 PM

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Dude I hunt in Alcona county

Baiting is alive and well[:'(] They still sell it, so somebody is buying it[:@]

psebwhntr16

08-25-2008 07:16 PM

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I hope the DNR at least provides lube.

Vito1

08-25-2008 07:18 PM

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ORIGINAL: Germ
Dude I hunt in Alcona county

Baiting is alive and well[:'(] They still sell it, so somebody is buy it[:@]

I learned to hunt whitetails in Alcona County and I agree with you. I still try to make it up there once a year. It's not like it was in the 90s, but there is no doubtwatchers, hunters and clubs are still baiting.

RackLuster

08-25-2008 07:34 PM

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i wish they'd ban baiting in minnesota. oh wait, technicially it's illegal but everyone seems to do it. all my neighbors bait (and yet i shot more deer then all of them combined without baiting ;))

dukemichaels

08-25-2008 07:34 PM

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You MI boys could do one of the following...

The Wisc. plan which was to eradicate all the deer.. thus ticking off all the hunters and proving the states DNR was inept... I think this plan originally began like 6 years ago.. maybe more.

-or-

The Illinois plan.. which was don't tell anyone we're going to hire buttloads of sharpshooters and its own agents to take out entire herds.. in your yard... while you sleep... and all you get is a "i shot all your deer letter.. sorry" which ticked off the landowners and hunters and proved the states DNR was not only inept but also bad shots.

Good luck gents. I really wish you well and hope they can contain the spread.

grneyemonstr

08-25-2008 07:40 PM

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Dude I hunt in Alcona county

Baiting is alive and well[:'(] They still sell it, so somebody is buy it[:@]

The Do it center on 65 in Gleenie sells more corn than the jolly green giant i wont deny it but they will swear up and down most of it is going to Iosco county. I know the area i hunt you Dont see anyone in bow season accept those who are at our place and in rifle season you will see maybe 5 others. i have covered alot of woods in my area you dont see any stand blinds or piles. Now being in law enforcement i have a few friendly conversations with some COs up there and i have heard some of their stories of what they do to catch baiters and ill tell you i wont risk it but that is me personally. Im sure there is heavy baiting in all of the TB zone by some on private land but i think public land is toned down, believe it or not the CO i talked to said they get a lot of calls on baiter / feeders and they take action all the time.

bloodcrick

08-25-2008 07:43 PM

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Not good at all [:@]Dang diseases

Germ	08-25-2008 08:04 PM

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Dude I hunt in Alcona county

Baiting is alive and well[:'(] They still sell it, so somebody is buy it[:@]

I hunt near Curtisville, Let just say I have been to Glennie;) Rogers seems to run low on Carrots[8D]

valor10

08-25-2008 08:27 PM

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Man, that sucks. They'll put the lock down on for sure. Done a lot of hunting in Michigan. Hope it doesn't get ugly fellas. Good luck.

grneyemonstr

08-25-2008 08:30 PM

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Dude I hunt in Alcona county

Baiting is alive and well[:'(] They still sell it, so somebody is buy it[:@]

I hunt near Curtisville, Let just say I have been to Glennie;) Rogers seems to run low on Carrots[8D]

Well im sorry to say that we cant make everyone follow the rules. I follow them, sounds like you do. In my opinion taking adeer over bait in a no baiting zone is the same as taking a deer with a rifle during the archery season.

cjohnson664

08-25-2008 08:41 PM

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ORIGINAL: lifesadrag

Where is Kent co.?, upper or lower Mich.

west Mich. Grand Rapids area.

when the dnr is at it why dont they change some rules with a earn a buck
or only one buck per hunter. all you brown and its down hunters need to go.

huntingson

08-25-2008 08:43 PM

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You MI guys just want to cry all the time;) You blame baiting, but OH has allowed baitiing for 10-15 years now and if anything the "herd" has gotten stronger. Let's face it, you "wolverines" are just a bunch of moronic turds who can't find your collective ass with both hands:D

Seriuosly though, why has baiting been so detrimental there and not here in Ohio? Looking at it objectively... Is it just a crutch for MI hunters?

Germ	08-25-2008 08:45 PM

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Holy banned baiting, LOL

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In the event CWD is documented within Michigan or within 50 mile of Michigan’s border with another state or Canadian province, the MDNR Director shall issue an interim order banning the use of bait and banning the feeding of deer and elk within the peninsula adjacent to the adjoining state or province with CWD or containing CWD.

(taken from the CWD Contingency Plan dated August 26, 2002)[/align]

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Article Tools: Print Email Comment
CWD deer prompts state to ban baiting

State officials have discovered the first deer with Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan at a facility in Kent County.

In responding to the plan, the DNR is banning all feeding and baiting in the Lower Peninsula.

Chronic Wasting Disease

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. Most cases of the disease have been in western states, but in the past several years, it has spread to some midwestern and eastern states.

Infected animals display abnormal behaviors, progressive weight loss and physical debilitation.

Current evidence suggests that the disease is transmitted through infectious, self-multiplying proteins (prions) contained in saliva and other fluids of infected animals. Susceptible animals can acquire CWD by direct exposure to these fluids or also from contaminated environments. Once contaminated, research suggests that soil can remain a source of infection for long periods of time, making CWD a particularly difficult disease to eradicate.

Article Tools: Print Email Comment

grneyemonstr

08-25-2008 08:48 PM

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You MI guys just want to cry all the time;) You blame baiting, but OH has allowed baitiing for 10-15 years now and if anything the "herd" has gotten stronger. Let's face it, you "wolverines" are just a bunch of moronic turds who can't find your collective ass with both hands:D

Seriuosly though, why has baiting been so detrimental there and not here in Ohio? Looking at it objectively... Is it just a crutch for MI hunters?

A crutch for what?
Youmake no sense. Once again nothing worth a damn came out of Ohio. Enough said.

Germ	08-25-2008 08:50 PM

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We tend to bait different[8D]

More like mass feedings, guys use to dump semi loads of beats, yes semi loads of beats in the middle of the National Forest.

You would have to lived it and hunted it understand sir buckeye

Rory/MO

08-25-2008 08:50 PM

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Man, I hope it works out for all of you Michigan boys!

huntingson

08-25-2008 08:52 PM

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A crutch for what?
Youmake no sense. Once again nothing worth a damn came out of Ohio. Enough said.

Ahhh, did I make you cry??? I am so sorry for offending you, but it was a JOKE!!! Seriously, southern Canada jsut got another downgrade from this true AMERICAN!!! :D

huntingson

08-25-2008 08:59 PM

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It's amazing how much you whine for a guy who shot a 176 (I mean 172:D) inch deer and is chasing another monster!!![8D] You ought to run for office with your "change" platform so long as everything is good for you:D

grneyemonstr

08-25-2008 09:03 PM

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A crutch for what?
Youmake no sense. Once again nothing worth a damn came out of Ohio. Enough said.

Ahhh, did I make you cry??? I am so sorry for offending you, but it was a JOKE!!! Seriously, southern Canada jsut got another downgrade from this true AMERICAN!!! :D

Cry? takes a bit more than that to make me cry, but seriously im just a bit bitter with ohio after last year. But Rich Rod has something for us "Wolverines" that will make it all better

<----- that is us Wolverine crybabies owning you buckeyes

huntingson

08-25-2008 09:08 PM

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ORIGINAL: grneyemonstr

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ORIGINAL: huntingson

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ORIGINAL: grneyemonstr

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A crutch for what?
Youmake no sense. Once again nothing worth a damn came out of Ohio. Enough said.

Ahhh, did I make you cry??? I am so sorry for offending you, but it was a JOKE!!! Seriously, southern Canada jsut got another downgrade from this true AMERICAN!!! :D

Cry? takes a bit more than that to make me cry, but seriously im just a bit bitter with ohio after last year. But Rich Rod has something for us "Wolverines" that will make it all better

<----- that is us Wolverine crybabies owning you buckeyes

I'll be 100% honest, I have no idea what you are talking about:DI am not a college football fan, so I can only imagine that is what tbe reference was to... However, I am a big NFL fan, and the Bengals are going to definitely lose to the Lions this year:D In all seriousness, I hope all you MI boys bag monsters this year just to prove yourselves wrong:D:D:D:D

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