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Yearling Dispersal - whoa!
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5786563" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>As I've said many times, nothing we do will stop the spread of CWD. It will eventually spread across the entire whitetails range, from Canada to Central America. The only answer is Nature herself. Eventually, deer that are resistant or even immune will occur, just by the randomness of Nature and the extremely high genetic diversity of whitetails. Those resistant/immune will spread their genetics through the population while those not resistant/immune slowly die off. Killing off the deer population to "slow the spread" is simply throwing the baby out with the bathwater.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is really a Catch 22. Wildlife Agencies want herd densities reduced so they enact very liberal female harvest regulations. Hunters eagerly participate at first, enjoying the extra harvest opportunities. Until they realize killing a lot of does lowers the population and the hunting experience declines. Then they stop shooting does. We've already seen this process play out in TN. The Agency then has to turn to "other means" to knock the population down. Hence, depredation permits and what sounds like wholesale slaughter of local deer populations to satisfy the economic desires of farmers. Is this the correct answer? I'm not sure. I'm glad I don't work for one of the State Agencies, as those are tough calls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5786563, member: 17"] As I've said many times, nothing we do will stop the spread of CWD. It will eventually spread across the entire whitetails range, from Canada to Central America. The only answer is Nature herself. Eventually, deer that are resistant or even immune will occur, just by the randomness of Nature and the extremely high genetic diversity of whitetails. Those resistant/immune will spread their genetics through the population while those not resistant/immune slowly die off. Killing off the deer population to "slow the spread" is simply throwing the baby out with the bathwater. This is really a Catch 22. Wildlife Agencies want herd densities reduced so they enact very liberal female harvest regulations. Hunters eagerly participate at first, enjoying the extra harvest opportunities. Until they realize killing a lot of does lowers the population and the hunting experience declines. Then they stop shooting does. We've already seen this process play out in TN. The Agency then has to turn to "other means" to knock the population down. Hence, depredation permits and what sounds like wholesale slaughter of local deer populations to satisfy the economic desires of farmers. Is this the correct answer? I'm not sure. I'm glad I don't work for one of the State Agencies, as those are tough calls. [/QUOTE]
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