CWD question: If so common, why so little footage?

[Speedwell-Hunter]

IF CWD is as common as it is, why is there not more footage of deer with end stage CWD in the wild on camera? youtube does not have much when I searched this morning. Thanks

 

[BSK]

No idea. Perhaps end-stage CWD is not that visually obvious.

 

[BigAl]

I have some pics of what I believe is end stage CWD from a deer in my back yard. Wasn't very hard to take the pics, as she walked up the steps of my back porch and stared at me through the window.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Deer die for many reasons....some known reasons....some unknown.....hit by car, disease, hunters, predators...the list goes on....there are probably only a certain percentage that contract CWD then again only a certain percentage that live long enough to reach the end stages.

 

[BSK]

...there are probably only a certain percentage that contract CWD then again only a certain percentage that live long enough to reach the end stages.

This is probably the #1 reason. Considering most CWD infected deer don't die to maturity, and CWD infects bucks at a much higher rate than does, there just aren't that many infected mature bucks in any given population to see it occur frequently. As I've said many times, in well-managed deer populations, mature bucks only make up around 10-15% of the adult male population.

 

[Omega]

I am thinking that it is because by then they are no longer seeking the mineral or feed that most use to get the deer in front of their cameras.