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Post by kl9 on Jan 26, 2017 10:25:11 GMT -6
Might as well start again.
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MN CWD
Jan 26, 2017 12:15:55 GMT -6
Post by buckvelvet on Jan 26, 2017 12:15:55 GMT -6
I tell ya what, pretty soon ya'll won't need to worry about 'deer habitat' in MN. You could just make a decision today to say your a sanctuary for the elusive Bigfoot and it would be just as believable.
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Post by kl9 on Jan 26, 2017 19:11:57 GMT -6
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Post by kl9 on Jan 26, 2017 19:29:28 GMT -6
It's on it's way from IA and, more likely, WI.
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MN CWD
Jan 26, 2017 19:33:00 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Jan 26, 2017 19:33:00 GMT -6
It's been here for years and won't be leaving anytime soon.
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MN CWD
Jan 31, 2017 21:33:54 GMT -6
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Post by coop on Jan 31, 2017 21:33:54 GMT -6
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MN CWD
Feb 1, 2017 0:17:10 GMT -6
Post by leexrayshady on Feb 1, 2017 0:17:10 GMT -6
Bringing in the sharpshooters: From Startribune
Minnesota to hire federal sharpshoots to shoot more deer in Fillmore County
By Tony Kennedy January 31, 2017 — 7:54pm Federal sharpshooters will be hired by the state of Minnesota to kill wild deer in a concentrated area around Lanesboro and Preston, Minn., where eight chronic wasting disease-infected (CWD) whitetails have been discovered by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Lou Cornicelli, the DNR’s top big game researcher, said Tuesday the sharpshooters could go to work in the area by the third week in February to help eliminate a vexing outbreak of CWD.
In a herd reduction strategy kicked off in late December to respond to a single case of CWD, the DNR has marshaled area hunters and landowners for a supplemental harvest inside a zone that occupies most of Fillmore County. The animals must be dead to undergo testing for CWD, and two additional positive test results were disclosed Tuesday by the DNR. One of the two deer was shot by a hunter and one was found dead.
Cornicelli said seven of the CWD-infected deer were discovered in close proximity to each other between Preston and Lanesboro. The eighth CWD-positive deer, discovered previously, was shot 5 to 10 miles north, near the village of Bucksnort.
“It’s beginning to look like that one walked north’’ from the infected area, Cornicelli said.
The DNR set out to collect samples from 900 mature whitetails inside the disease management zone. On Tuesday, with the recent pace of the harvest lagging, the total kill for testing purposes stood at 776 deer. Sharpshooters should help bring the count to 900 once landowner shooting permits expire on Feb. 12, Cornicelli said.
He said the state’s contract with USDA sharpshooters will call for deep penetration in proximity to the disease cluster. The plan is to remove CWD-infected deer and thin the herd of additional healthy deer to stop the fatal brain disease from spreading.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no strong evidence of CWD transmission to humans, but the health agency says people should avoid eating meat from deer and elk that look sick or that test positive for CWD.
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MN CWD
Feb 1, 2017 7:35:52 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Feb 1, 2017 7:35:52 GMT -6
This is like deja vu
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MN CWD
Feb 1, 2017 7:56:51 GMT -6
Post by terrifictom on Feb 1, 2017 7:56:51 GMT -6
Thinking the same Stu. I haven't commented on the CWD in Minnesota but from watching what transpired in Wisconsin with the Wisconsin DNR trying to eradicate all the deer for a number of years. It didn't work in Wisconsin and it isn't going to work in Minnesota. Face it CWD is here to stay.
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MN CWD
Feb 1, 2017 8:05:34 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Feb 1, 2017 8:05:34 GMT -6
Thinking the same Stu. I haven't commented on the CWD in Minnesota but from watching what transpired in Wisconsin with the Wisconsin DNR trying to eradicate all the deer for a number of years. It didn't work in Wisconsin and it isn't going to work in Minnesota. Face it CWD is here to stay. Yep. It amazes me that the hunters and deer groups in this state are just going along with the DNR on this. I guess the vast majority here have paid zero attention to CWD in WI and elsewhere. Oh well. It is what it is.
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MN CWD
Feb 1, 2017 11:29:09 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Feb 1, 2017 11:29:09 GMT -6
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Post by kl9 on Feb 1, 2017 11:46:48 GMT -6
Thinking the same Stu. I haven't commented on the CWD in Minnesota but from watching what transpired in Wisconsin with the Wisconsin DNR trying to eradicate all the deer for a number of years. It didn't work in Wisconsin and it isn't going to work in Minnesota. Face it CWD is here to stay. Yep. It amazes me that the hunters and deer groups in this state are just going along with the DNR on this. I guess the vast majority here have paid zero attention to CWD in WI and elsewhere. Oh well. It is what it is. I wouldn't say hunters are going along with it entirely. I'm thinking that a good portion of hunters taking part on private lands are harvesting 2-3 to help meet the quota, but they aren't torching the place. I'm sure some hunters/farmers are, but I don't think the majority are whackin n stackin. I'm hearing of a lot of backlash from a few sources. Potential lawsuit on the way I've heard as well.
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MN CWD
Feb 4, 2017 12:16:32 GMT -6
Post by Sandbur on Feb 4, 2017 12:16:32 GMT -6
Interesting comment in the fiction side. CWD is spread by deer farming. Looks like fact to me after the two farms in Minnesota. Fact per the poster. CWD is not a devastating disease. It is if the deer is ill from it. It's lethal. I would like to hear and see any information on the resistant genotypes. It might give us hope for the future.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 4, 2017 12:25:05 GMT -6
Thinking the same Stu. I haven't commented on the CWD in Minnesota but from watching what transpired in Wisconsin with the Wisconsin DNR trying to eradicate all the deer for a number of years. It didn't work in Wisconsin and it isn't going to work in Minnesota. Face it CWD is here to stay. Lou has to accept this and have two plans for our state. One for endemic ares and one for newly infected areas that have a low rate and that are isolated by some distance from the endemic areas. My two cents. What should the distance be-100 miles?? One southern Mn. buck dispersed 125 miles. Then we need a definition of what is endemic-probably based on per cent positive deer. I found it interesting that Lou was surprised by the number of deer in this area. Evidently it did not match the model. Sounds familiar to many of us. I think their models are accurate- plus or minus 100%.
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Post by kl9 on Feb 4, 2017 12:25:32 GMT -6
Interesting comment in the fiction side. CWD is spread by deer farming. Looks like fact to me after the two farms in Minnesota. Fact per the poster. CWD is not a devastating disease. It is if the deer is ill from it. It's lethal. I would like to hear and see any information on the resistant genotypes. It might give us hope for the future. Go to the meeting and ask him these questions. The devastating disease comment is likely due to the fact that the vast majority of CWD infected deer end up dying from something other than CWD. If you figure most deer in Iowa Co are contracting the disease at 2-3 years old you have to add another 1.5-2 years until they become symptomatic. That puts death due to CWD at 4-5 years old. Most deer don't live to be that old even if they are healthy. This is why many argue the disease will have very minimal population related impacts.
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