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New Article on CWD by Dr. Alan Houston, Ames Plantation
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 5796603" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>^^^ Ditto! One tree fall on the fence and deer are off to the races until discovered/repaired.</p><p></p><p>That is a fact. Ames is 110% about habitat management, forest and ecological research (UTK). Ames staff and UTK professors ran a fun and successful QDM club (<em>some consider it QDM/TDM blend with 4.5 being minimum age</em>) for 15 years (<em>2004-2018</em>) before CWD was detected. I can say with the utmost confidence Ames never discussed importing deer from 2004-2018, <u><strong>when I was actively involved</strong></u>. In fact, just the opposite, with annual dinners/speakers/wildlife biologists promoting sound free range deer management and QDM hunting with data driven decisions, albeit strict, stringent and laborious in the eyes of some. Anyone with basic knowledge of <u>wild herd</u> deer breeding/genetics (<em>no fence/pen</em>) knows localized herd genetics cannot be influenced with a few "<em>big bucks</em>" from the outside. Even if it were a viable option, the few big bucks would likely be killed in first year or so of being released, thus minimizing time to breed. Around 2018 timeframe, I "<u><strong>heard"</strong></u> a wealthy private landowner imported bucks in LaGrange area on his private farm with the intent of growing big antlers overnight. That is strictly rumor, with no way to substantiate it. Said landowner had the money and resources to do it if wanted. Said landowner also had a few run ins with TWRA in years leading up to CWD discovery (<em>baiting, etc</em>). Worth mentioning, around 2014, I used a processor just south of Ames that had hardcopy photos of big bodied/antlered bucks hanging up that he had processed over the years. These bucks were long and looked to dress 225+, not typical for SW TN. I inquired and he told me a local guy (<em>maybe more than one</em>) killed those bucks in Michigan over the years and brought them back to south central Fayette county to be processed. I know this processor dumped deer hides and other waste behind his house in a ravine where a small stream ran. I suspect this happened with a lot of "<em>out of state</em>" deer, for years, prior to CWD travel restrictions. I also believe it still happens today with travel restrictions in place. As mentioned many times on here, the bed of a pickup is the fastest way for CWD to spread many miles from the nearest known positive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 5796603, member: 131"] ^^^ Ditto! One tree fall on the fence and deer are off to the races until discovered/repaired. That is a fact. Ames is 110% about habitat management, forest and ecological research (UTK). Ames staff and UTK professors ran a fun and successful QDM club ([I]some consider it QDM/TDM blend with 4.5 being minimum age[/I]) for 15 years ([I]2004-2018[/I]) before CWD was detected. I can say with the utmost confidence Ames never discussed importing deer from 2004-2018, [U][B]when I was actively involved[/B][/U]. In fact, just the opposite, with annual dinners/speakers/wildlife biologists promoting sound free range deer management and QDM hunting with data driven decisions, albeit strict, stringent and laborious in the eyes of some. Anyone with basic knowledge of [U]wild herd[/U] deer breeding/genetics ([I]no fence/pen[/I]) knows localized herd genetics cannot be influenced with a few "[I]big bucks[/I]" from the outside. Even if it were a viable option, the few big bucks would likely be killed in first year or so of being released, thus minimizing time to breed. Around 2018 timeframe, I "[U][B]heard"[/B][/U] a wealthy private landowner imported bucks in LaGrange area on his private farm with the intent of growing big antlers overnight. That is strictly rumor, with no way to substantiate it. Said landowner had the money and resources to do it if wanted. Said landowner also had a few run ins with TWRA in years leading up to CWD discovery ([I]baiting, etc[/I]). Worth mentioning, around 2014, I used a processor just south of Ames that had hardcopy photos of big bodied/antlered bucks hanging up that he had processed over the years. These bucks were long and looked to dress 225+, not typical for SW TN. I inquired and he told me a local guy ([I]maybe more than one[/I]) killed those bucks in Michigan over the years and brought them back to south central Fayette county to be processed. I know this processor dumped deer hides and other waste behind his house in a ravine where a small stream ran. I suspect this happened with a lot of "[I]out of state[/I]" deer, for years, prior to CWD travel restrictions. I also believe it still happens today with travel restrictions in place. As mentioned many times on here, the bed of a pickup is the fastest way for CWD to spread many miles from the nearest known positive. [/QUOTE]
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