Depending on family size and meat consumption, 6 deer that are not CWD positive may get then through the year.
CWD is here. It's here to stay. It's probably most everywhere some states choose not to look for it. What in the Hell is killing more gonna help? Experts say Cwd is 100% fatal. Life's 100% fatal. In a state with as long a deer season as Tn has, the 30/06 or a Buick is much more likely to kill them before there 3rd birthday than CWD.
I sure am sorry you don't agree with the fine wildlife professionals who put their reccomendations in play to benefit (in their opinion) current and future sportsman in our state. Maybe voice your opinion to them to get the answers you are seeking and let them know how they have it wrong instead of some arrogant member who trusts their judgment?
You would be correct in saying I don't agree with the handling of CWD in TN. That much we can agree on. All I'm saying is it's here and it's here to stay. Transportation rules will have to help slow the spread. Other than that what's thinning em out gonna do. Hasn't Wisconsin already tried that and it didn't work?
Your first mistake is trusting the government to manage wildlife. I can't deny they have done alot of good for wildlife but one only needs to look to other states to see no matter what we do it's here to stay and extermination efforts will not help eradicate cwd.
Well Wisconsin didn't exactly thin their heard. Harvest numbers have declined over the past 2 decades while CWD has risen. Check out the stats for yourself, as harvest numbers decrease, CWD positive cases have risen. Seems to me like TN is trying to get a jump on what they think is best assuming they think Wisconsin didn't do a great job.
Regardless of what any state does, people will not be happy and think there is a better way. I guess we can check back with Norway in 20 years and see which government entity did the best.
Wisconsin attempted to eliminate as many deer as possible in a 40 mile circle to the tune of 12 million dollars in 2002. You have no idea what your talking about. I'm done with this conversation. Enjoy the rest of your deer season and I'll try and do the same.
His post was dead on. How many posts do you have?? A lot of Tn. Hunters agree with what he said. TWRA did a great job of building the deer and turkey populations but their management of those populations is sometimes questionable at best.
East Tennessean here, it's coming. When it gets here I'm going to keep Hunting for meat until the state decides to eradicate the herd. Be best if the state does nothing imo. There already encouraging the spread offering extra deer and a free license to East Tennesseans willing to travel for more venison.
West TN has plenty of deer without traveling East. In Fayette county, the heart of CWD, there are 36 deer per square mile. That seems to be the good news so far is it hasn't really affected populations only the age structure. Your right that it probably won't jump to humans like mad cow, and you'd be safe consuming it.
This is likely how it is being spread. Hate to think others would not follow the rules, but I know of several that have little regard for rules or laws. Further, a concern of mine is the half arse butchers that are taking deer from buddies and dumping the carcasses. I would go out on a limb and say some of those people are taking deer whole from cwd areas.
