CWD officially here (Yadkin Co.)

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Wildlife Commission Announces First CWD-Positive Deer in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (March 31, 2022) – Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced today that a sample collected from a hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer in Yadkin County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD detected in North...
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They are going to require all deer killed to be tested and end being able to feed or bait deer among other things. I don’t know a ton about it but I know prions are bad bad mofos.

Some folks on another board that live where CWD has been a thing a good while say it’s a nothingburger and that they stopped testing their kills. I believe prions build up over time and not sure about that. Boning out meat, leaving the brain and maybe organs alone will probably be best practice along with testing.
 
Would you eat it if you knew it had cwd? I would, but I wouldn’t feed it to anyone with telling them
 
anvilrubi said:
Would you eat it if you knew it had cwd? I would, but I wouldn’t feed it to anyone with telling them
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Well, if I knew a deer was positive I probably would not.
 
Read this a couple weeks ago. Sucks that its local. Wonder who the hunter and taxidermist were.
 
Growing up where I did baiting or piles have always been against the law. Lazy pieces of shit who were just there to kill and not actually promote a healthy population (food plots, learning movement patterns/scouting, and selective harvesting) piled stuff up 35yds in front of a box blind and then brought out their 300WM to knock over anything brown and then wonder why disease runs through them after they are nose to nose on the pile of rotting sugar beets or… they leave out in the woods.

\\rant\\
 
Where we hunt CWD has been there for many years. Honestly hasn't been a real big issue. The positive deer look pretty messed up. The county that backs to our property had basically an open season a number of years back, then brought in deer to repopulate the herd. We had mandatory testing for the first 3 days of buck 2 years ago but that's about it. (basically just cut the lymphoid out) then send you a letter in the mail if its positive.

I never really understood the baiting restriction, WVDNR told us they didn't want the deer to congregate together and pass it on to each other. Which is funny cause after the 2nd day they are all running around in packs anyway.
 
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Deer touch nose to nose regularly, bait or no bait. Anyone that hunts in an area with a good deer population or has been running cameras for a number of yrs knows this and has seen it. PA DNR would be happy if the whole herd was wiped out. With the way the Amish hunt they’re getting closer every yr. I’m close to being done hunting deer there because of those straw hats.
 
We got word that CWD was confirmed in Franklin County (Rocky Mount & SML), so VADIGF instituted a "no feeding zone" 2 counties wide around it back in November.

Had upwards of 30 does daily (many have gone back to their native grounds) and totally agree with @GONOVRIT all touching, licking, etc... maybe they should've instituted a mask mandate for them instead? 🤣
Fortunately, we only put out corn for the TURKEYS! 🤫
 
Natural spread will always happen because yes, they do touch noses and lick in their natural habitat. Bait piles exacerbate the situation 100 fold eating nose to nose over the introduced feed and the left overs start to rot ETC. and facilitate bacteria and a generally unhealthy feeding environment. It’s been proven time and time again. Let me also say I think you’re a no talent ass clown if you need a dog to run deer. Flame proof panties, ENGAGE!!
 
I’m sure it is but I just don’t get it. Deer are not that hard to track and find movement patterns. They like so many other animals are creatures of habit. Establish said habit patterns and implement yourself into it. Running dogs always seemed to be “cheating” to me. Also it’s illegal where I’m from so guess I was just raised differently.
On a side note I was also able to hunt 300 acres of private family land growing up that had water/swamps, woods, and crops available so it was all right there in its own “ecosystem” of success.
 
skyhighZJ said:
I’m sure it is but I just don’t get it. Deer are not that hard to track and find movement patterns. They like so many other animals are creatures of habit. Establish said habit patterns and implement yourself into it. Running dogs always seemed to be “cheating” to me. Also it’s illegal where I’m from so guess I was just raised differently.
On a side note I was also able to hunt 300 acres of private family land growing up that had water/swamps, woods, and crops available so it was all right there in its own “ecosystem” of success.
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I never understood dogs or bait piles either…especially on private property where you don’t really have to worry about routines being disrupted like on public land. Go out some time before the season, find a game trail, find a scrape, find a rub…set up cameras, identify movement patterns, hunt dates where the moon won’t be bright. 30/30 in the woods…270 over fields…bring home meat. After having the hunting property for a decade now, I’ve found I actually enjoyed herd management better, than hunting how predictable the good deer are on the property. This year, happened more than once, a single hunter would/could tag 2-3 deer before lunch.
 
I went dog hunting a few times back in the mid 90’s with friends parents. It’s not as easy as one would think and I can’t recall ever seeing the dog owners with a gun. I do love seeing dogs do their job and love it no matter what they’re after. It’s been done since the beginning of time.
 
awheelterd said:
"I am unfamiliar with a practice and/or I disagree with how you do things because I just don't like it. Therefore you shouldn't be able to do it" -whiney ass liberal 101
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Never said you can’t do it. It’s allowed here. I just personally don’t think it should be but hey, you do you, and I’ll do me. Not really even a worry cause I don’t hunt white tail here in NC. They are too small to be worth the time in the woods.
 
awheelterd said:
"I am unfamiliar with a practice and/or I disagree with how you do things because I just don't like it. Therefore you shouldn't be able to do it" -whiney ass liberal 101
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Yeah, you do you…I just don’t get it. Baiting seems to remove the sporting element out of it…and dogs, I’d much rather sit my happy ass down and if I see it, I shoot it.
 
And not to ad fuel to the fire but the “been doing it for hundreds of years” comment holds no water. Hundreds of years ago they didn’t have the tech we do now. From better rifles/munitions to gps to scopes to clothing and scent blockers and XYZ…. I would also lean towards the fact a hundred years ago people weren’t wasting crop by piling it up to bring animals in to a shooting gallery either but I may be wrong on that. My whole point is with everything available to hunters now days, running dogs just seems to be overkill when humans have the upper hand no questions asked. If you say you’re out in buckskins and a recurve or toting ole Brown Bess then by all means. I fully support primitive hunting and if dogs are part of that scenario I could bite off on it. Once again, just my opinion don’t get all panty twisted cause I have an opinion and voice it. - “not liberal logic”.
 
Full disclosure, I haven't dog hunted in close to 10 yrs. But it's damn fun. One thing to keep in mind is that the areas that dog hunting is legal and prevalent aren't anything like where either of you live and or hunt. It's a pretty Eastern NC thing. Huge tracts of super flat land and vast cutovers you can't see 100ft in. The biggest problem people that are close to dog hunting have is when the hunters don't keep control of the dogs and aren't respectful of property lines. If you're not on 500 acres or don't have enough people to catch dogs at every path, you don't need to turn out. If any of you ever get invited to go with a responsible group of dog hunters, give it a try, it's a blast.
 
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