MN DNR and CWD

[Mayfly]

So can someone enlighten me!?

What the heck is the DNR thinking?? The more I read and the more I see what is going on in other states the more and more I think the DNR has got this wrong.

What are they going to accomplish by killing 900 deer???? Say they kill these 900 deer and 20 come back positive for CWD. THEN WHAT? Then what are they going to do? Kill 900 more and so on??

Whats the plan? I want to know what happens after the "sampling". That I guess would be the most important question but I cannot find that answer anywhere. Has anyone heard?

CWD is a disease that exists. Rather than pointing fingers at where it started and how it staretd maybe we should point the finger at our DNR and ask just what it is you think you are going to accomplish. They are going to kill A LOT of deer so they can find out what they already know, CWD does exist in that particular area.

Unless you are going to fence in an area and eradicate the disease by killing everything in that fence then you will not control it. Heck, I don't even think that would work. I think (Like Auggie Mentioned) that if you tested every single deer in Minnesota for CWD you would find that it is not only in that one area. THEN WHAT?? Killl all the deer in the state of Minnesota?

 

[Go Big Red!]

A knee jerk reaction?     Not sure on which way this is going to go.

[deadeye]

There is a really good reason why the DNR is using this approach.  They are following what they believe may have sucessfully contained an outbreak of CWD in New York.  In 2005 officials in NY detected CWD in captive whitetails at two facilities.  They killed deer in the area and found two  wild whitetails with CWD.  If they had not gone out a found those two deer, they would have remained in the herd and possible infected others which could have led to a simular situation such as Wisconsin.  Those were the only two wild deer found (to date) with CWD.  Did they get them all?  Time will tell but at this time it certianly looks like they took the right approach.  I think the DNR is hoping for a simular scenaro here.   

[Mayfly]

Its not like CWD will spread like wildfire in one year. They should just make it mandatory that all deer that are shot within a certain area next year are tested. Maybe increase doe tags and buck tags to get more killed within a season.

[deadeye]

I'm pretty sure you are right, it won't spread like wildfire.  It looks like they feel there is a chance to stop it cold (at least this time) if they kill and test a large percentage (1/4-1/3) of the local deer.  I guess the plan will then depend on the test results.   

[Mayfly]

I'm pretty sure you are right, it won't spread like wildfire.  It looks like they feel there is a chance to stop it cold (at least this time) if they kill and test a large percentage (1/4-1/3) of the local deer.  I guess the plan will then depend on the test results.   

My only thought here is if they kill 900 deer and find it in even 1 deer than what have they accomplished. It gets them absolutely nowhere because withouth killing every deer you can never be certain that the disease is wiped out.

If you read studies and "plans" from the early 2000's they clearly say that eradication has proven to be an unrealistic approach to CWD. So its almost 10 years later, is there new info that suggests that is the way to do it?

I just think this is a knee jerk reaction. I wish I could go down to the meeting tomorrow night and listen to what is being said but I have to work