CWD a hoax?

[Remington700]

A video I saw somewhere else questioning CWD. Lots more people feel like it is more of a Covid hoax to stop hunting than I realized. Judge for yourself!

 

[MickThompson]

DVM=Veterinarian=deer farm schill

Ask the guys on here that hunt or used to hunt Ames if it's a hoax. Ask yourself why state agencies tasked with managing deer and that are funded largely by deer hunters would want to kill deer hunting.

 

[MidTennFisher]

I don't think it's a total hoax but I do think it is quite exaggerated or states like Wisconsin would have very few deer. They have horrible CWD issues, and have for over 20 years. Deer farms all over the place exacerbate the issue. Yet they have one of the highest deer densities in the US. Despite extreme hunting pressure as well.

My opinion is still the same. Extended, liberal limits rifle seasons in "CWD zones" are worse for the deer than CWD is.

 

[hammer33]

I don't think it is a farce. I think it has been turned into a "crisis we can't let go to waste" . Years from now when CWD has lost its punch and we are onto whatever the next big government money making crisis is, I believe the way CWD has been handled will be exposed as one of the great failures of modern conservation.

 

[WanderingNomad]

By no means am I a CWD expert but my question would be that if CWD is contagious, spreading by deer to deer contact then how does WI have more deer now than they did back in 2008 with half the state showing some form of CWD detection..I would expect a decline in population due to exponential spreading and the harvest numbers..

 

[rem270]

I don't think it is a farce. I think it has been turned into a "crisis we can't let go to waste" . Years from now when CWD has lost its punch and we are onto whatever the next big government money making crisis is, I believe the way CWD has been handled will be exposed as one of the great failures of modern conservation.

You summed it up really well. Definitely not a hoax but the way Tennessee has treated it has been ridiculous. Look at other states, mainly western states that have CWD and went about their normal business. Some deer die from it and some live from it.

 

[themanpcl]

A video I saw somewhere else questioning CWD. Lots more people feel like it is more of a Covid hoax to stop hunting than I realized. Judge for yourself!

I saw a great yt video by Dr Grant Woods on CWD. It opened my eyes a bit. He explained it in such a way that I could understand...lol

 

[7mmWSM]

I've still yet seen where a single deer died from CWD. Plenty have tested positive after they were shot. Where is the dead deer they found and tested??? Deer get sick just like humans and die from multiple causes and then some. I get it that CWD is here but I'm not getting where they say it's as bad as they make it out. I honestly feel like TWRA and those on the CWD bandwagon are doing more damage to the herd then the disease is.

 

[MidTennFisher]

I've still yet seen where a single deer died from CWD. Plenty have tested positive after they were shot. Where is the dead deer they found and tested??? Deer get sick just like humans and die from multiple causes and then some. I get it that CWD is here but I'm not getting where they say it's as bad as they make it out. I honestly feel like TWRA and those on the CWD bandwagon are doing more damage to the herd then the disease is.

Good question. Why aren't we seeing dead deer lying all over the place in West TN? Not hit by a car, not killed by a coyote, not one that was shot but not recovered. Just plain dead then tested and found CWD to be the culprit.

I'll further my question, why don't we see this not only in TN, but in the ~30 other states that have CWD? I'm sure it happens on occasion but if CWD were as bad as we're being told, we'd have dead cervids all over the US. Just laying around dead with no physical injuries.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Cwd is definitely not a hoax, but the way our state has handled it has been really lousy. There should be much better communication and the idea of killing them all to stop the spread is probably not the right approach.

 

[mike243]

So what happened in Wi prior to your snippet?

 

[mike243]

It's easy to cherry pick stuff but not much problem to look back farther and then ask what happened to cause such a drop in numbers,

 

[kentuckylakebuck1]

A video I saw somewhere else questioning CWD. Lots more people feel like it is more of a Covid hoax to stop hunting than I realized. Judge for yourself!

Thank you for sharing! this makes way more sense than anything ive read or seen about this subject! thank you!!

 

[kentuckylakebuck1]

It's easy to cherry pick stuff but not much problem to look back farther and then ask what happened to cause such a drop in numbers,

how about DEPREDATION PERMITS!?!

 

[kentuckylakebuck1]

Cwd is definitely not a hoax, but the way our state has handled it has been really lousy. There should be much better communication and the idea of killing them all to stop the spread is probably not the right approach.

it is if the insurance companies are paying the agency to get the numbers down!

 

[mike243]

how about DEPREDATION PERMITS!?!

Ok what about them? they don't report what's killed

 

[Flintlocksforme]

So what happened in Wi prior to your snippet? View attachment 212635

Not familiar with WI but there is a maximum carrying capacity for an ecosystem

 

[mike243]

Also they are known for things other than row crops I'm pretty sure so now what?

 

[mike243]

Not familiar with WI but there is a maximum carrying capacity for an ecosystem

Well I reckon it crashed? that's why the numbers dropped so much?

 

[Flintlocksforme]

Yeah looks like it.