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Post by bowtech5 on Dec 8, 2023 11:49:43 GMT -5
The buck I shot in refuge hunt Nov 12th was tested for CWD . They gave us a card to check results in 6-8 weeks and a purple old school metal tag to have .
I’ve talked to local CO they have a plan . He basically told me best practice is to control herd better or are grandkids won’t be deer hunting .
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 8, 2023 12:40:15 GMT -5
I will continue to supplemental feed in off season as from my research the pros outweigh the cons. "IF" CWD shows up in area I would stop. IL has had a few cases in a couple counties and have seemed to be able to contain or at minimum slow spread. I don't worry about things outside my control, "IF" or "WHEN" it shows up would just have to adapt. I'm sure you aren't the only one who feels that way, but hopefully that decision doesn't come back to bite us all on the a** in the future. So where would you stop??? Make food plots illegal to?? The whole premise is that the disease is spread by the congregating of deer in close proximity to each other. CWD was first found in ILL in 2002, since they have had cases in 18 counties. It is not a matter of "IF" CWD will get here, it is a matter of when, and it is highly possible it is already here. Like other states in Midwest ILL., has it and is dealing with it. It has not been the end of deer hunting in ILL nor any other state that is dealing with it.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 8, 2023 12:45:26 GMT -5
The buck I shot in refuge hunt Nov 12th was tested for CWD . They gave us a card to check results in 6-8 weeks and a purple old school metal tag to have . I’ve talked to local CO they have a plan . He basically told me best practice is to control herd better or are grandkids won’t be deer hunting . I would call BS on that... Illinois has had CWD in state since 2002. They still are killing plenty of deer today. It does not appear to be the end of the sport that some want to make it out to be. Kinda like COVID maybe...
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Post by jjas on Dec 8, 2023 13:24:20 GMT -5
There's a big difference between a living food plot as compared to dumping corn and/or deer chow in a feeder (or on the ground).
If CWD is in Indiana already, IMO that is just another good reason to quit feeding in stationary feeders state wide.
Finally, healthy deer will likely survive without supplemental feeding so in your opinion, what's really the point of dumping bagged deer food for them to eat?
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 8, 2023 16:21:31 GMT -5
There's a big difference between a living food plot as compared to dumping corn and/or deer chow in a feeder (or on the ground). If CWD is in Indiana already, IMO that is just another good reason to quit feeding in stationary feeders state wide. Finally, healthy deer will likely survive without supplemental feeding so in your opinion, what's really the point of dumping bagged deer food for them to eat? I have never dumped bag deer feed for them to eat on ground, LOL. nor have any intention of doing so. Yes, I supplemental feed a protein feed and mineral mix over winter into summer, but I use enclosed free access feeders, as well as plant acres and acres of different types of food sources throughout my properties. I don't feed to help deer survive, I feed to help make them healthier. A healthy deer with produce more offspring, put on more weight, possibly help even grow larger headgear. It's hard to explain the satisfaction one get's from managing a property, watching particular animals grow and mature right before your eyes. It's not even about killing, some years I opt not to kill anything, it's the whole process and I get to live it year round.
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Post by jjas on Dec 8, 2023 17:03:22 GMT -5
boonechaser
It matters not what type of feeder you use, the fact of the matter is that deer sharing feeders run a higher risk of contracting/spreading CWD than deer that don't share feeders.
And to your quote above...
All of the above is likely true, until CWD raises it's ugly head.
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Post by mattfinney on Dec 8, 2023 17:28:37 GMT -5
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Post by mattfinney on Dec 8, 2023 17:32:02 GMT -5
And read the replies on the AT forum. How guys are trying so hard to condition deer to not get spooked by humans. Do you even really want to hunt an animal that isn't spooked by people? Craziness....
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 8, 2023 18:19:38 GMT -5
And read the replies on the AT forum. How guys are trying so hard to condition deer to not get spooked by humans. Do you even really want to hunt an animal that isn't spooked by people? Craziness.... I am out and about my properties several x's week. Deer here are just as skidish as anywhere else. They hit my scent , they are blowing and leaving area. (For record I am 100% against hunting deer over bait.) Other than early season and very late season, I rarely hunt over planted food sources, I can only think of 3 mature bucks I have taken hunting food sources.
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Post by parrothead on Dec 8, 2023 18:28:30 GMT -5
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 8, 2023 18:59:06 GMT -5
Just about all states plans are same. Contain effected area, depopulate that area, and monitor area, and surrounding areas. Indiana is monitoring areas along west/north central counties that join Illinois currently for CWD. Indiana also has a CWD plan.
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Post by boonechaser on Dec 8, 2023 19:03:10 GMT -5
Current CWD testing sites
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Post by hornzilla on Dec 11, 2023 8:53:40 GMT -5
There's a big difference between a living food plot as compared to dumping corn and/or deer chow in a feeder (or on the ground). If CWD is in Indiana already, IMO that is just another good reason to quit feeding in stationary feeders state wide. Finally, healthy deer will likely survive without supplemental feeding so in your opinion, what's really the point of dumping bagged deer food for them to eat? Wonder how any deer survived for all these years without special feeding. Special trees. Special food plots and everything that is done? We are headed down a rabbit hole with the horn porn home grown deer.
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