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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 4991050" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>I've been hunting Ames for the past ten years and I can assure you CWD is having a serious effect on the herd. There are fewer deer and the bucks at least are younger. It's all not from over harvest.</p><p>It does make sense to kill what's there if the infection rate is much higher than the surrounding area. The less infected deer will move into the area and lower the infection rate.</p><p>It's really the only tool we have right now.</p><p>I attended a meeting this past Spring where state biologists, a CWD expert from Wisconsin and large landowners talked about CWD and what we've learned over the decades about this disease. Allowing CWD to run rampant in areas where the rate is high, is devastating to the herd in that area and a threat to surrounding areas to spread infection quickly. </p><p>it may be too late to accomplish much at this point but they have to try. The deer herd will rebound. Whitetails are survivors. I'm not sure that it's going to help me much at my age but it's probably the right call for the future. The only alternative is to ignore the disease and hope the herd doesn't fall off a cliff. So far all but one buck has come back positive for CWD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 4991050, member: 10373"] I’ve been hunting Ames for the past ten years and I can assure you CWD is having a serious effect on the herd. There are fewer deer and the bucks at least are younger. It’s all not from over harvest. It does make sense to kill what’s there if the infection rate is much higher than the surrounding area. The less infected deer will move into the area and lower the infection rate. It’s really the only tool we have right now. I attended a meeting this past Spring where state biologists, a CWD expert from Wisconsin and large landowners talked about CWD and what we’ve learned over the decades about this disease. Allowing CWD to run rampant in areas where the rate is high, is devastating to the herd in that area and a threat to surrounding areas to spread infection quickly. it may be too late to accomplish much at this point but they have to try. The deer herd will rebound. Whitetails are survivors. I’m not sure that it’s going to help me much at my age but it’s probably the right call for the future. The only alternative is to ignore the disease and hope the herd doesn’t fall off a cliff. So far all but one buck has come back positive for CWD. [/QUOTE]
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