Add Williamson and Dickson counties to the list.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...e-fatal-zombie-deer-disease-twra/87898410007/
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...e-fatal-zombie-deer-disease-twra/87898410007/
CWD spreading
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MickThompson
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Unfortunately just a matter of (not much) time for Hickman and Humphreys counties
More baiting licenses they expected to sell that now aren't going to happen.
Twra site needs to update their map. Some counties seem to somehow be skipped over, for now. Wonder once the entire state is cwd positive, if they will go back to allowing minerals...
Twra site needs to update their map. Some counties seem to somehow be skipped over, for now. Wonder once the entire state is cwd positive, if they will go back to allowing minerals...
Omega
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WTF? So, no changes to a positive???
Too many counties in between that are still not positive? Are those making these decisions looking at the baiting law and potential lost revenue?
Yeah, makes no sense.
Their baiting licenses are dying before getting off the ground
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Just read this on social media. Not surprised.
No immediate changes by TWRA. The Commission must approve changes, like they did back in 2018 for Fayette/Hardeman counties.
If TWRA truly is against the baiting bill, then expect a lot more counties to be added
I now have some buck tags for Dickson county
Lol
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That is probably right, cannot see them excluding those counties when next year's regs come out.
Omega
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I recall automatic restrictions being enacted upon a positive, in a county not already under restrictions.
NASHVILLE --- Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in a 4 ½-year-old white-tailed deer buck in Dyer County according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. This makes Dyer County positive and due to the proximity within 10 miles, Obion County and Lake County become high-risk counties for CWD.
The positive deer was harvested north of Dyersburg last November. A taxidermist submitted the sample to TWRA...
Wrangler95
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Good
megalomaniac
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Ive already discussed it with my friends... if the regs stay the same, When it pops in my county, we are going to shoot every deer that walks out and earn bucks to kill all of them as well, just for target practice. We will donate all. I think we can break 200 deer in a season. At least baiting will be outlawed.
DoubleRidge
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Shew....Im glad y'all dont border us.
No thanks. Going to manage habitat and let nature take its course. Not participating in any ridiculous slaughter programs....we have heard the effects of earn a buck programs...no thanks.
I hunt Hickman and figure it's probably already there if Dickson has it.
megalomaniac
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Dont worry about me, your neighbors will do the same. There wont be any point in managing for mature bucks between the state management plan and the disease itself. And I'll switch to another protein to consume.
DoubleRidge
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Lol? In my experience nothing about "earn a buck" is "lol"....but I guess everyone has different management goals....good luck in your endeavors.
DoubleRidge
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I'm not worried about you at all...hammer away!!....And Im not worried about neighbors to the west or east of me...they have the same thoughts as we do on deer management...close to a cooperative.....neighbors to north dont hunt....no idea about neighbors to the south...if they hunt they are quiet about it...nature will take its course....we'll manage habitat and hunt...had deer snack sticks at lunch today and will continue to enjoy deer meat.
deerhunter10
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Will be in Maury Hickman and Marshall quick
DoubleRidge
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No doubt....honestly gotta wonder if it has been here longer than any one realizes?...I haven't seen a drop off location for Dickson in years past? Dont see Dickson listed today on the freezer locations?....so who knows how long its truly been here?
Imagine it already is, the right deer just haven't been tested yet.
Wonder what will happen with testing participation in bait license promoting counties, gonna go out on a limb and guess there will be a decline in sampling.
deerhunter10
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Are they going to allow baiting in cwd?
DoubleRidge
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Hope not....that would be the only positive of having a deer in our county test positive.
Current guidance says no baiting permits allowed in CWD Managenent Zone and any additional positive counties.
NO. It is strongly prohibited in cwd zone.
I don't believe this will be the case for the early on RANDOM CWD positive(s), which is likely the worst case for next 5-10 years. Now, if in 20-30 years, CWD prevalence rates spike and CWD become "environmental" in your area, then yes, the disease and the over reaction from the public may be detrimental to the local herd. I just don't see that happening in the near term (5-10 years). Time will tell.
That was in July. Time of year may have had something to do with it. Or possibly the Commission had a meeting about the time the positive was discovered, thus addressed it promptly. One size definitely does not fit all with implementation of new CWD regulations.
deerhunter10
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If that's the case then honestly in a few years the baiting bill will be worthless. In many counties. Suits me fine shouldn't have passed in the first place.
