Post by Woody Williams on Mar 11, 2015 18:53:36 GMT -5
A friend of mine in Virginia sent this to me..
You all thoughts on this?
The DGIF has a two-year cycle for considering new regulations, and have just issued the agenda for their next public meeting. Along with the usual gaggle of season changes, etc., they have casually slipped in this little bombshell as a proposed change:
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37 E. No person shall, for the purposes of taking or attempting to take, attracting, or scouting any wild animal in Virginia, possess or use any substance or material that contains or purports to contain any excretion collected from a cervid, including feces, urine, blood, gland oil, or other bodily fluid.
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This is going to mightily off (ha, ha, pun intended) a LOT of people, but their rationale makes a lot of sense:
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(iii) The banning of the use of potentially infectious cervid excretions or substances is a critical preventative measure intended to reduce the risk of introducing CWD to a new area of Virginia.
The infectious agent responsible for CWD is known to be passed in the urine and feces of infected cervids, which can then be collected, bottled, and sold as a deer attractant or scent cover. CWD is
known to circulate in the captive cervid industry, which supplies the urine for commercial natural deer urine products; many captive cervid facilities have not been compliant with CWD testing programs, thereby avoiding detection and allowing production to continue.
CWD is considered by many state and federal natural resource agencies to be one of the most pertinent threats to the long-term health and stability of infected cervid populations; as such, VDGIF has already banned the movement of whole carcasses and high-risk carcass parts from CWD- infected areas of the country and does not allow captive cervid farming. Prohibiting the use of potentially infectious natural cervid products will serve to strengthen and further support the intent of regulations already in place in Virginia.
Lastly, hunters will still be able to legally use synthetic deer
substances as an alternative to natural, potentially infectious, cervid materials.
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I can already hear the howling. Deer pee is a big business, and no doubt a lot of pressure is going to be exerted on the DGIF about this proposal. But of late the DGIF has been adamant in their opposition to deer farms, and this is simply an extension of that policy. I've used this stuff once or twice, many years ago, and never found it very helpful, but I suppose a lot of people do think it works. I can't attend the meeting because of a conflict, but I wish I could, it's going to be a free-for-all of epic proportions.
You all thoughts on this?
The DGIF has a two-year cycle for considering new regulations, and have just issued the agenda for their next public meeting. Along with the usual gaggle of season changes, etc., they have casually slipped in this little bombshell as a proposed change:
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37 E. No person shall, for the purposes of taking or attempting to take, attracting, or scouting any wild animal in Virginia, possess or use any substance or material that contains or purports to contain any excretion collected from a cervid, including feces, urine, blood, gland oil, or other bodily fluid.
=======================================================================
This is going to mightily off (ha, ha, pun intended) a LOT of people, but their rationale makes a lot of sense:
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(iii) The banning of the use of potentially infectious cervid excretions or substances is a critical preventative measure intended to reduce the risk of introducing CWD to a new area of Virginia.
The infectious agent responsible for CWD is known to be passed in the urine and feces of infected cervids, which can then be collected, bottled, and sold as a deer attractant or scent cover. CWD is
known to circulate in the captive cervid industry, which supplies the urine for commercial natural deer urine products; many captive cervid facilities have not been compliant with CWD testing programs, thereby avoiding detection and allowing production to continue.
CWD is considered by many state and federal natural resource agencies to be one of the most pertinent threats to the long-term health and stability of infected cervid populations; as such, VDGIF has already banned the movement of whole carcasses and high-risk carcass parts from CWD- infected areas of the country and does not allow captive cervid farming. Prohibiting the use of potentially infectious natural cervid products will serve to strengthen and further support the intent of regulations already in place in Virginia.
Lastly, hunters will still be able to legally use synthetic deer
substances as an alternative to natural, potentially infectious, cervid materials.
=======================================================================
I can already hear the howling. Deer pee is a big business, and no doubt a lot of pressure is going to be exerted on the DGIF about this proposal. But of late the DGIF has been adamant in their opposition to deer farms, and this is simply an extension of that policy. I've used this stuff once or twice, many years ago, and never found it very helpful, but I suppose a lot of people do think it works. I can't attend the meeting because of a conflict, but I wish I could, it's going to be a free-for-all of epic proportions.