91!!!!!! 91!!!!! That seems a little crazy...has this kind of explosion been seen anywhere else?!?!
https://www.tn.gov/twra/news/2019/1/23/ ... -deer.html
https://www.tn.gov/twra/news/2019/1/23/ ... -deer.html
What?PickettSFHunter":dytgtj40 said:That one in Madison County is well outside of the other cases.....you know what that must mean....
I would think that would mean there are also multiple cases in between the outlier and the hotter zone, just not identified yet, unless it was transported there. And who knows if it's really an outlier?Andy S.":13m4jmhl said:What?PickettSFHunter":13m4jmhl said:That one in Madison County is well outside of the other cases.....you know what that must mean....
Andy S.":mhvv8tzk said:^^^ I suspect you're correct. I'm ready for intense sampling in all of west TN. I realize that will take time, manpower, resources, and money, thus it's not something that'll be done overnight. I'm afraid the real footprint may be bigger than any of us want to believe. I hope I'm wrong.
You ain't wrong...unfortunately.Andy S.":an6wvipf said:I hope I'm wrong.
Andy S.":12id2rl9 said:^^^ I suspect you're correct. I'm ready for intense sampling in all of west TN. I realize that will take time, manpower, resources, and money, thus it's not something that'll be done overnight. I'm afraid the real footprint may be bigger than any of us want to believe. I hope I'm wrong.
I like how you think, but I can promise you, a lot of farmers and farm hands will not think like you and I.ronnycl":2z1qt4aq said:TWRA needs to implement a plan to make it mandatory for farmers to work with the state on depredation permits. The depredation permits should have some attached stipulations going forward requiring mandatory checking of deer heads for cwd analysis. This would be vital information for the state going into 2019-2020 season to set and monitor changes going forward. Proactive instead of reactive approach. I know farmers shoot the deer in non-vitals so the deer run off and die, but they can reduce the number of permits granted at one time. Example 10 permits = 10 deer heads = 10 more permits. No recovery no more permits granted.
This is the problem. Some hunters will abide by the rules (< 50%), but a lot of hunters will continue to take the short cut to do what is in their best interest at the moment, and what is the most convenient and rewarding to them at the moment, without giving any export regulation, anything or anyone a second thought. As with most things in life, the human race (outdoorsman/hunter) most likely introduced this unwanted problem they we will deal with for many years to come.megalomaniac":160o8mm1 said:....... but the rest of the state can still be fine if we are smart and careful about transporting carcasses.
DRSJ35":3bo1to96 said:if they are not testing over in east tn or middle tn how do we know it isn't there now.Just something i was thinking about.Cause your not gonna find it if your not looking for it kind of deal.I think in the future there gonna have to set up manned check stations strategically placed.And have somebody there to take samples.I have hunted other places where it was like that.Of course that was WMA. Maybe that's the way of the future.If it was already like that we would have found it much sooner.I'm starting to think it's been with us a while.
JJ3":1lmscbpk said:DRSJ35":1lmscbpk said:if they are not testing over in east tn or middle tn how do we know it isn't there now.Just something i was thinking about.Cause your not gonna find it if your not looking for it kind of deal.I think in the future there gonna have to set up manned check stations strategically placed.And have somebody there to take samples.I have hunted other places where it was like that.Of course that was WMA. Maybe that's the way of the future.If it was already like that we would have found it much sooner.I'm starting to think it's been with us a while.
They did test in east and middle Tennessee this past hunting season. Below is a map that was shown in the TFWC meeting last week that shows the pre-season risk-based surveillance sampling plan with target samples by county. How I understand the explanation for this chart is that if the county is in white or very light color then the surveillance target was met for that county. Counties with deeper colors (orange and red) represent counties where the sampling target was exceeded. The darker the color to red the more the target was exceeded. There are only 3 counties where sampling targets were not met and those counties are shown in blue. The risk based plan called for sampling the border counties the heaviest.