AT Hiker
Well-Known Member
yesterday with a Wyoming Game & Fish employee. I was inquiring about a specific deer unit that had overlapping Mule deer and whitetail seasons.
The gist of the conversation was that WY G&F wants whitetails gone in this specific area, which is a non-traditional whitetail area. He said they look at whitetails as carriers of CWD and want them gone to protect the native Mule deer. The problem they run in to is that many of the whitetails live on private land, these landowners have now learned to capitalize on big whitetail so they are managing them for such.
Thought I'd share, especially since CWD first spread via Mule Deer
The gist of the conversation was that WY G&F wants whitetails gone in this specific area, which is a non-traditional whitetail area. He said they look at whitetails as carriers of CWD and want them gone to protect the native Mule deer. The problem they run in to is that many of the whitetails live on private land, these landowners have now learned to capitalize on big whitetail so they are managing them for such.
Thought I'd share, especially since CWD first spread via Mule Deer