Recent content by brocksw
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@Treeshark I’ll make this easier. Put a red dot on where 30% is for the year 2023 on these IL charts. Ya know just for comparisons sake….ill try and leave enough room at the top for you (cause they won’t fit on the graphs you shared). 30% . . . . . . . . . 20% . . . . . . . . . 10% -
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I’m asking you to make the same comparison for the recent data and your response is that I’m butthurt? I guess that must mean that a comparison of the more recent data between the two shows a significant difference in the results of management activities. Just as the ten yr old study I... -
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Maybe, but based on what I’ve seen on HT, thats probably a stretch. Ya know, support for landowner handouts and other proclivities kind of makes me think there’s some fundamental differences that will manifest themselves in more areas than not. But heck, I’m still waiting for you to share the... -
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The “CWD is a conspiracy” and the “I found a YouTube video proving all the scientists wrong” crowd has a lot of feels, and apparently I hurt every single one of em. -
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I’m sure the scientific community values your opinion as much as you do. -
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Culling can be a superior tool to not culling. As I stated in an earlier post, that’s not 100% guaranteed. There are variables to consider. Culling efforts that were done in Sask 20 years ago were far less effective than culling efforts being done right now. Spatiotemporal analysis and... -
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I thought there was value in showing a comparison. Simply quoting 2023 Illinois data did not provide a sufficient comparison between potential results of culling and not culling. Context matters. Luckily there was published research that I was familiar with that did exactly that. A study... -
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Because that’s when the study that I linked was done that compared early differences in prevalence rates in areas of culling and without/discontinued. A simple comparison of current prevalence rates in each state only further confirms this. As the graphic you share conveniently does for me. -
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You’re kidding right? Your graphic shows the same prevalence that area in Wisconsin had over 12 years ago. See the graphic I shared above. It took Illinois 10-12 years longer to get to that same prevalence rate by comparison. How does that not prove my point and confirm exactly what the... -
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Don’t those graphics prove my point? Illinois remains in mostly single digit prevalence rates (as your graphic confirms), while Wisconsin has significantly more geographic spread and multiple counties approaching or eclipsing 30% prevalence? -
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This research is a decade old, but it is essentially a compare and contrast of management strategies between Wisconsin and Illinois (primarily culling). These are areas that physically touch each other on the border of each state but have adopted different strategies, mostly due to hunter... -
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I can certainly understand your concern or the general confusion on that topic. It’s not black and white, but it’s pretty well established. We know that localized culling can stomp out disease if it’s caught early (see NY). Recent research and analysis has also shown that once prevalence... -
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Contrary to their self-proclaimed “expertise”, I’d hardly call North American Whitetail or Deer and Deer hunting authorities on the matter. But I guess, and perhaps unsurprisingly, promoting Ted Nugent (et al) and his opinions on a variety of matters can damage ones credibility. I suppose if...
