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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4715677" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I also would not be surprised should we find CWD at LBL.</p><p>But I do NOT think CWD is a primary cause of a lower deer density at LBL.</p><p></p><p><u>IMO</u>, <u>the deer density at LBL never got as low as many hunters thought</u>,</p><p>but to what extent it was lower, believe the main reason was epizootic hemorrhagic disease.</p><p>Same for much of East TN's current deer density's thoughts.</p><p></p><p>Anytime the habitat changes from less cultivated agricultural crop fields to deer feeding more on more widespread native browse, most hunters will see fewer deer, and that did occur at LBL. It may also very well be that LBL never had as many deer period as some believed, but hunters' thinking "there were more" in part because of what was seen concentrated in (and in close proximity) to the soybean & corn fields.</p><p></p><p>There was also the issue of going from mainly buck only to either-sex gun deer hunting at LBL.</p><p>While I believe this has created a healthier herd, it also made female deer at least a bit more skittish, as well as caused a slight reduction in the deer density.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4715677, member: 1409"] I also would not be surprised should we find CWD at LBL. But I do NOT think CWD is a primary cause of a lower deer density at LBL. [u]IMO[/u], [u]the deer density at LBL never got as low as many hunters thought[/u], but to what extent it was lower, believe the main reason was epizootic hemorrhagic disease. Same for much of East TN's current deer density's thoughts. Anytime the habitat changes from less cultivated agricultural crop fields to deer feeding more on more widespread native browse, most hunters will see fewer deer, and that did occur at LBL. It may also very well be that LBL never had as many deer period as some believed, but hunters' thinking "there were more" in part because of what was seen concentrated in (and in close proximity) to the soybean & corn fields. There was also the issue of going from mainly buck only to either-sex gun deer hunting at LBL. While I believe this has created a healthier herd, it also made female deer at least a bit more skittish, as well as caused a slight reduction in the deer density. [/QUOTE]
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