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Post by 10point on Oct 21, 2019 8:58:54 GMT -5
Is it a case of not but when CWD will get here? My dad is from PA and was talking to his brother who made it sound like a lot of people aren't hunting in PA because of it. He said he was only hunting horns this year.
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Post by jjas on Oct 21, 2019 9:00:24 GMT -5
I believe it's already in Indiana and will spread as time goes on.
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Post by mstr2175 on Oct 21, 2019 10:06:12 GMT -5
I have heard there is a two year incubation period and seeing where it is in northern Illinois, it’s probably already in NW Indiana.
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Post by greghopper on Oct 21, 2019 10:12:25 GMT -5
Is it a case of not but when CWD will get here? My dad is from PA and was talking to his brother who made it sound like a lot of people aren't hunting in PA because of it. He said he was only hunting horns this year. I look up what's been already posted in the diease forum and go from there. We could go on for days about CWD in indiana...... the bottom line is it's not been found here yet. |
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Post by boonechaser on Oct 21, 2019 12:02:05 GMT -5
No positive cases in Indiana to date. All that matters to me. Who knows what tomorrow does or doesn't bring??
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Post by blackmouthcur on Oct 21, 2019 16:34:12 GMT -5
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Post by blackmouthcur on Oct 21, 2019 16:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by greghopper on Oct 21, 2019 17:10:15 GMT -5
This paragraph really says it all.... Despite extensive CWD prevention protocols in commercial deer farms that market venison for food and doe urine for hunting, and the existential threat the disease brings to the industry, CWD has been confirmed at several fenced facilities in Pennsylvania. The state Department of Agriculture quarantined those farms, banning the import and export of deer. Farms that had sent or received deer from the quarantined facilities also were shuttered. Wild deer have contracted the disease in proximity to deer farms, leading some to see a connection. |
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Post by swetz on Oct 21, 2019 19:57:56 GMT -5
I'm from PA. My father will probably stop deer hunting there if I had to bet. Some years he comes out here if he's willing to spring for the non-resident license.
I think CWD will get to Indiana eventually. It may already be here, but just hasn't been detected yet. Too many nearby states have it, so I don't see how it could be kept at bay forever.
I'm not really sure what that will mean for deer hunting long term. I've seen several people say they'll stop hunting and others that said surely plenty of people have already eaten meat from infected animals and nothing happened.
Personally, it would probably depend on how quickly you can get test results and what portion of the deer herd is infected. I could see myself continuing if say 1/10 deer are affected and you can get test results in 24 hours. Field dress, keep cool, wait for results, and either resume butchering or somehow dispose of the carcass. Obviously, there's a lot more details to figure out, like how do you dispose of the carcass when the prions are apparently indestructible.
Now say it's 1/2 deer affected. I don't know that I'd be willing to put in the kind of effort required for a coin flip on whether I can eat the venison.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 7:23:41 GMT -5
CWD will not stop my hunting. It's been around for 50 plus years with no record of someone eating a CWD animal and getting CWD. Wild game has all kinds of diseases in them and by the way so do some cows we buy. I don't cut any bones when I butcher the deer. All meat is de-boned and checked. As per Swetz, the removal of the carcass is the issues. We need to feed the carcass to the yotes and let them get infected LOL
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Post by omegahunter on Oct 22, 2019 10:49:52 GMT -5
I'm from PA. My father will probably stop deer hunting there if I had to bet. Some years he comes out here if he's willing to spring for the non-resident license. I think CWD will get to Indiana eventually. It may already be here, but just hasn't been detected yet. Too many nearby states have it, so I don't see how it could be kept at bay forever. I'm not really sure what that will mean for deer hunting long term. I've seen several people say they'll stop hunting and others that said surely plenty of people have already eaten meat from infected animals and nothing happened. Personally, it would probably depend on how quickly you can get test results and what portion of the deer herd is infected. I could see myself continuing if say 1/10 deer are affected and you can get test results in 24 hours. Field dress, keep cool, wait for results, and either resume butchering or somehow dispose of the carcass. Obviously, there's a lot more details to figure out, like how do you dispose of the carcass when the prions are apparently indestructible. Now say it's 1/2 deer affected. I don't know that I'd be willing to put in the kind of effort required for a coin flip on whether I can eat the venison. What does it mean for the long term? Just look at the hunting in Colorado where CWD has been known for a long time. Seems that the hunting there has not had a long term negative effect. |
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Post by boonechaser on Oct 22, 2019 11:33:24 GMT -5
Agreed. Western states have dealt with for over 50 years and there is still hunting going on in these areas. I'd like to see a test kit developed where hunter's can test their deer upon kill or shortly thereafter. Other than that I am not going to get overly excited about it.
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