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[8andcounting]

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CWD-positive Deer Reported In Baker | Montana FWP

MILES CITY – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck that was euthanized within Baker city limits by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials on Oct. 27.

fwp.mt.gov

 

[Sivart]

Sucks. It’s a terrible disease. Our g and p had a 10 percent positive rate in the deer they tested in my unit last year

 

[Sasquatchewan]

It's going to get worse when this is happening just accross a border deer don't care for:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/chronic-wasting-disease-deer-bse-hunting-1.6270051

 

[Spartan_Eric]

It's going to get worse when this is happening just accross a border deer don't care for:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/chronic-wasting-disease-deer-bse-hunting-1.6270051

The deer CWD situation looks bleak in the Montana Hi-Line area as well.

 

[Sasquatchewan]

The deer CWD situation looks bleak in the Montana Hi-Line area as well.

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We're doing an alright job at tracking it and the numbers are getting pretty f'n bad. Deer don't care about Provicial and International boundaries. Our mule deer buck population's being hit the hardest due to rutting behaviours and their habit of shoving their faces in every doe's booty.




Manitoba found ONE positive CWD case in a mule deer in their zone 22 (adjacent to Sask WMZs 35 and 37) during early season and had a serious knee-jerk reaction IMO, and shut down hunting for the entire zone early November right ahead of the rifle season. All of Manitoba's Western and Southern zones are mandatory CWD testing to monitor CWD coming into the Province. With the cancelled season in zone 22, they went ahead with a cull with a "professional" company this December and went ahead and culled 600-900 whitetail deer (eventhough the positive case was in a mule deer).

At the end of the day CWD is a very serious decease and much more needs to be done. I don't have the answer but from my end this whole thing seems messy and I hope to see serious Federal funding, not just Saskatchewan, get poured into this. While this may be a Saskatchewan problem for now, it will soon spread like wildfire. Much like COVID and all contagious diseases, the infection rate is exponencial.

 

[Irrelevant]

Scientists to study walking-dead deer in Wyo’s most CWD-infected herd - WyoFile

The vast majority of mule deer bucks in a herd north of Riverton are testing positive for deadly chronic wasting disease. Causes remain mysterious, though signs point toward environmental transmission.

wyofile.com

 

[brockel]

They have killed around 30 Mule deer around baker this winter. So far I believe the only positive one was the original buck. They want to kill up to 60 this winter for testing purposes

 

[trb]

Scientists to study walking-dead deer in Wyo’s most CWD-infected herd - WyoFile

The vast majority of mule deer bucks in a herd north of Riverton are testing positive for deadly chronic wasting disease. Causes remain mysterious, though signs point toward environmental transmission.

wyofile.com

98% positive rate??? Sweet jesus that is nuts.

 

[reallyoldman]

The poor deer herds are in trouble. I just read where a high percentage are testing positive for covid and in some areas EHD ? has killed a large number. A ranch that I used to hunt in Nebraska usually take 12 out of 12 on guided hunts. This year they got 5 /12

 

[Spartan_Eric]

Scientists to study walking-dead deer in Wyo’s most CWD-infected herd - WyoFile

The vast majority of mule deer bucks in a herd north of Riverton are testing positive for deadly chronic wasting disease. Causes remain mysterious, though signs point toward environmental transmission.

wyofile.com

That is a very interesting CWD article, especially since I lived in Riverton some time ago. Hopefully, the current CWD funding and research push will lead to better management strategies than herd extermination, or deer hunting as we presently know it could change forever going forward in the region.

 

[marshman]

I really do not like that USGS map at all. Nor the article. What danm shame.

 

[The Kentucky Boys]

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CWD-positive Deer Reported In Baker | Montana FWP

MILES CITY – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck that was euthanized within Baker city limits by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials on Oct. 27.

fwp.mt.gov

It's bellow us in Tennessee also. Thankfully none in KY yet.