Wy G&F begins public meetings on implementing CWD plan.

[JM77]

I thought I would get this out on here as what happens after these meetings could have decades long consequences IMO, on mule deer hunting in this state. The Wyoming G&F is going to start public meetings to get approval to begin putting more pressure on mature mule deer bucks, to reduce the buck/doe ratio to ridiculous low buck numbers, and in some places reduce overall herd size. While the CWD Task Force agreed to these ideas, they are requiring G&F to get public approval. It appears this will be a district to district, or even area to area process. We'll soon see how the meetings come out, as most I hear from are adamantly against these ideas. Obviously meeting participation is crucial.

Public invited to discuss CWD management options for deer herds on the east side of the Big Horn Basin

Join us Feb. 9 in Greybull or Feb. 10 in Worland

wgfd.wyo.gov

 

[Jbotto]

I’ll be at the one here in Worland.

 

[cur dog]

Anyone with more than a few brain cells knows CWD won’t be cured or eliminated, with orange hats and rifles.

Research and science is where the answers are. Wyoming has a license to print money, in the form of non resident tags. There’s no reason Wyoming shouldn’t have the country’s biggest and most advanced CWD research program.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

Anyone with more than a few brain cells knows CWD won’t be cured or eliminated, with orange hats and rifles.

Research and science is where the answers are. Wyoming has a license to print money, in the form of non resident tags. There’s no reason Wyoming shouldn’t have the country’s biggest and most advanced CWD research program.

Given that WY doesn't even have a medical school... good luck.

 

[Bighollow]

Given that WY doesn't even have a medical school... good luck.

Last I checked humans don’t get CWD though one of the highest awarded CWD research Centers in the world located in Wyoming will surely help them. https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/2021/...lead-study-chronic-wasting-disease-mule-deer/

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

"highest awarded"

What does that even mean?

Did you read that article? Essentially any research or solutions proposed by those researchers are "how best to kill deer to avoid transmission". The angle of vets is to stop the spread not seek a cure.

If you're looking for research beyond using hunting as a method of disease control, you are going to have to look to researchers studying human prion diseases. Animal studies get a fraction of the funding and the end goal is completely different.

 

[Bighollow]

"highest awarded"

What does that even mean?

Did you read that article? Essentially any research or solutions proposed by those researchers are "how best to kill deer to avoid transmission". The angle of vets is to stop the spread not seek a cure.

If you're looking for research beyond using hunting as a method of disease control, you are going to have to look to researchers studying human prion diseases. Animal studies get a fraction of the funding and the end goal is completely different.

Wyoming’s laboratory and research Centers on CWD and their well versed staff and leaders have won numerous awards for their highly valued contributions and research. Evidently you didn’t grasp the key finding of their research.
“We used spatial variation and a novel temporal comparison to investigate the relationship between chronic wasting disease and a mutation at codon 225 of the mule deer prion protein gene that slows disease progression,” Ernest explains. “We found that individuals with the ‘slow’ 225F allele were less likely to test positive for chronic wasting disease, and the 225F allele was more common in herds exposed to chronic wasting disease longer. We also found that, in the past two decades, the 225F allele frequency increased more in herds with higher chronic wasting disease prevalence.”

They are already now working with researchers in game farm animals to try and breed these genes into their herds, a grand accomplishment if this can be done.

They would still need to find a way to get the prevalence of this gene up in wild populations but it appears that nature is already taking care of this and the gene is becoming more prevalent thru natural breeding through exposure to CWD. Perhaps you should read that research again.

 

[wytex]

That paper came out recently, it is very interesting to say the least.
There is quite a bit of research in Wyoming on CWD. Needles to say this paper and study will be brought up at meetings on this plan.