CWD IS ANYONE Pod

Is anyone pizzed of that another deer in Mn deer farm has tested positive for CWD or doesnt anyone care to share there opinions ????

I’ve been following the thread on the fishing side. I’m somewhere between you and Tom in my opinion.

I’m not sure this is even a real disease we should be concerned with. I think mother nature has been around much longer than any of us and she will take care of herself for the most part as long as man doesn’t force his will upon her too strongly.

If the DNR feels these deer/elk farms are the root cause of the problem, then why do they even allow them in Mn? My guess, there would be some sort of an economic impact??

We are fighting blue tongue disease out in South Dakota right now. This is a real threat. Deer just tip over dead by the dozens.

I agree with Tom for the most part.And you bring up a interesting point also. In regards to economic impact. If the general deer hunting population got scared bad enough about CWD and stopped buying licenses WOW then what ? Dont think it cant happen remember the last cwd media scare . I heard from many a hunter they would not ever go deer hunting again if they even had a hint that the deer they had shot might have ” mad deer disease” .

this site amazes me sometimes. There is more conversation about where should I buy a TV on this website than there is about a real threat to Deer hunting in Mn. Come on really dont you people care ?

I think that lots of deer have it. I think mother nature needs to run its course look how many other cases they found in oronoco. They killed how many deer over one confirmed case.

Where has it shown up now? This is the first I hear of it other than Oronoco and the area in WI near Hinkley, MN.

Sorry just read the fishing side: Here is my take….

I too like to think logically and actually consider the harm done on prevention side also. I dont believe the DNR has put the effort into this side like they should unless they have with other economics and we just dont know it (ie, insurance companies, lobbyist, etc.)

The only “proof” that we know about CWD is that it has always been a very small percentage of test positive so I look at this way. The “danger” as presented to the deer herd can be deduced only one of two ways and as of right now the 1st way and the way of the DNR is by far the MOST detrimental. Here are the two ways I see it:

1. Kill 1200 test subjects and reduce population by X number of animals (I will use 5000 for now in the generated test area). Total kill in 9 months = 6700 animals. Animals tested = 6200 + avg annual deer season kill(10000). Animals found positive = somewhere between 0-1%.

2. Remain cognitive and alarmed of the potential area being a hotbed for disease. Animals tested = avg annual deer season kill(10000). Animals found positive = somewhere between 0-1%.

What have we deduced from these two options…. Option #1 has decimated the heard to the magnitude that it would take 200yrs for the disease to kill this many animals (6200) if the percentage of test positive does not increase. Very simple math would tell you this is not right.

That being said…If the percentage increases things change but I dont believe that should be determined in a 9mo massacre. It needs to be a year over year sampling.

Can we get a link to the thread on the other side? This is the first I have heard of “another” case.

Fishing Side Conversation

All you have to do is google cwd in mn. that should get you there.

CWD will never go away completely.. Theres just no way to stop it, i also believe many deer have it. Like two other people have stated, let mother nature do its job.