Yellowstone mule deer tests positive for CWD

[Oak]

Didn’t notice it posted elsewhere, unless it’s in the MT mismanagement thread which I am inexplicably 14 pages behind on now.

Mule deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease in Yellowstone National Park - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[Nameless Range]

Dang. I have read hundreds of pages of discussion on CWD, know why it's concerning, and think I know how wildlife managers will react to alleviate(?) its impact. I have never heard what the long game is - models, plans, or otherwise.

To the question of now what, it seems this is it?

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Thinking out loud 100% objectively, if they shot the goats in GTNP...by similar if not identical management logic why not the buck deer in YNP?

 

[antlerradar]

Thinking out loud 100% objectively, if they shot the goats in GTNP...by similar if not identical management logic why not the buck deer in YNP?

I was thinking of maybe an OTC five week rut hunt. I hear that is the way to stop the spread to the north.



All joking aside. CWD SUCKS

 

[cgasner1]

I’ll take my tag now please

 

[TheTone]

Dang! Animals from the park tend to cover a lot of distance on winter migration, very easily could impact three states