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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4796175" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p><strong>From my perspective, this is <em><u>ALL the MORE REASON</u></em><u> to manage by QDM guidelines</u>.</strong></p><p></p><p>If CWD results in 20% more deer dying annually, how is that much different than hunters killing 20% more deer annually?</p><p>What if both happen? Now 40% more deer are dying annually?</p><p></p><p>If the goal is to maintain a biologically sound, balanced, natural deer herd, a case could be made for hunters killing fewer, not more deer.</p><p>Older bucks becoming more scarce? How about shooting fewer younger bucks then?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Totally agree (as well as with the rest of your post)!</p><p>I've been saying for years that I have much more concern about "reactions" and "responses" to CWD than the disease itself.</p><p>I continue to feel exactly the same about this --- at least <u>to some degree</u>, CWD is being used as an excuse to make some changes, both by wildlife managers and by hunters.</p><p></p><p>Seriously, and again to some degree, the CWD fear-mongering is a bit like the Climate Change fear-mongering,</p><p>at least regarding the high prices we can pay to accomplish very little more than making no changes at all.</p><p>I'm all for "reasonable", but let's not throw out the baby with the bath water.</p><p>I do believe most of what TWRA has done (thus far) has been reasonable.</p><p>Continuance or expansion of some changes may not be reasonable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4796175, member: 1409"] [b]From my perspective, this is [i][u]ALL the MORE REASON[/u][/i][u] to manage by QDM guidelines[/u].[/b] If CWD results in 20% more deer dying annually, how is that much different than hunters killing 20% more deer annually? What if both happen? Now 40% more deer are dying annually? If the goal is to maintain a biologically sound, balanced, natural deer herd, a case could be made for hunters killing fewer, not more deer. Older bucks becoming more scarce? How about shooting fewer younger bucks then? Totally agree (as well as with the rest of your post)! I've been saying for years that I have much more concern about "reactions" and "responses" to CWD than the disease itself. I continue to feel exactly the same about this --- at least [u]to some degree[/u], CWD is being used as an excuse to make some changes, both by wildlife managers and by hunters. Seriously, and again to some degree, the CWD fear-mongering is a bit like the Climate Change fear-mongering, at least regarding the high prices we can pay to accomplish very little more than making no changes at all. I'm all for "reasonable", but let's not throw out the baby with the bath water. I do believe most of what TWRA has done (thus far) has been reasonable. Continuance or expansion of some changes may not be reasonable. [/QUOTE]
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