timbercruiser

It seemed a couple of years ago that CWD was talked about all the time. Has it more or less disappeared or did the topic get old?

WNYhunter

it's still there but the gov. got what they wanted. panic amongst the hunters and most of all hurt the deer and elk farmers......

gunther89

Its being talked about big time in Wisconsin now. They want all the deer shot to try and stop the spread of it but hunters are getting fed up with not seeing as many deer as the DNR claims there are. You used to see 20 deer out in a field now have 1 or maybe 2 in them. Hunting is getting ruined in Wisconsin big time.

PY Antlers

The media talk seems to have died down some, thank God. WI's DNR is and has been taking a pretty radical approach to the whole thing. The deer herd in the CWD zone is way lower than what they claim, but hasn't ruined the hunting statewide like some claim. In my area we are still overrun with to many doe's, but it is getting better. Mostly because we have taken managment into our own hands in the area I live and hunt. Even with doing that we are still seeing 40-50 deer in the bigger fields. CWD will never go away.

WNYhunter

you are right, cwd will never go away. But, for something that is in less than 1% of the population, caused by the gov't to begin with is so blown out of proportion it is sickening.

Wisc guys in the zone, all the deer that have been "m..killed..d" how many tested positive for cwd?

Carbon_Slinger

It crippled our deer population for two years, we were finding huge bucks dead, always near water. These bucks were in their late stages of life, mostly 4-5 years years old. Found between 150-170 class bucks! Looks like now that we have recovered from it, but I think he'll be hit again by it down the road.

Game Stalker

Were these deer confirmed to have died from CWD?
There's a disease called Blue Tounge or Hemorragic Fever.The deer usually die around water because of thirst from fever.It can decimate a population and disappear just as quickly.

Carbon_Slinger

Both Blue Tongue and CWD.

Game Stalker

That's pretty hardcore.
Va. had a confirmed case last season and about 3 years ago a W.Va. roadkill deer tested positive right near the VA. border.Not many for us,but it's here.Never know how it could spread.