Do you have cwd in your area?

[skyhightree1]

I don't think we have it... But many places in VA do.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

I think we just had the first one in Washington.

 

[mwj]

It has been 150 miles north of me for 10 or more years. The state has added tags in those counties and some culls to reduce density in certain areas.

Bluetounge from midges has been the big deer killer.

 

[Ouachita]

It's in Arkansas, mostly in the northern counties where the elk are. Just a couple of cases in the county to our north, but none reported in our county yet.

 

[M.Magis]

CWD is all over the country and has been for decades and most likely much, much longer. The impact on the deer population has been proven to be negligible, but for some reason it stays in the headlines. They would put those resources into slowing down EHD if they really wanted to fix a problem. I've wondered if there isn't some federal government funding to states for CWD work and that's why it continues, but that's just my conspiracy theory. I have no idea.

 

[mwj]

It is closely related to BSE is one reason they are tracking closely. Avian flu is in the same type of monitoring.

 

[4hfarms]

We have had it creeping closer each year coming from the southern boarder of west TN. Had a few counties on the stateline with carcass restrictions that were slowly expanding. This year the book of TWRA regulations removed the CWD unit all together.

It just went away...

 

[Brute 23]

CWD is all over the country and has been for decades and most likely much, much longer. The impact on the deer population has been proven to be negligible, but for some reason it stays in the headlines. They would put those resources into slowing down EHD if they really wanted to fix a problem. I've wondered if there isn't some federal government funding to states for CWD work and that's why it continues, but that's just my conspiracy theory. I have no idea.

Not a conspiracy theory. The data supports it. Just more fear mongering for govt funding to justify jobs.

 

[skyhightree1]

I have noticed some deer are not as plump as they should have been but not sure its CWD. I plan to speak to the game department about it.

 

[coachg]

Couple counties in NW Alabama

 

[kenny thomas]

It has been 150 miles north of me for 10 or more years. The state has added tags in those counties and some culls to reduce density in certain areas.

Bluetounge from midges has been the big deer killer.

We have had some areas with a lot of Bluetongue. I think it reduced deer numbers in one area 90 + %.

 

[mwj]

We have had some areas with a lot of Bluetongue. I think it reduced deer numbers in one area 90 + %.

It is clustered and can knock out the local population for a long time. It takes several good years to rebuild the population.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Bluetongue is pretty bad. I had not heard of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetongue_disease

 

[TCRanch]

I've heard of it around here. But we have some freaky-azz looking deer. The genitals prove this was a doe one of my neighbors shot a few years ago. Yikes!

 

[kenny thomas]

It is clustered and can knock out the local population for a long time. It takes several good years to rebuild the population.

Thats how it is here. One valley across a mountain from me had the most deer i ever seen. Now they rarely get over 5 on a camera per week. Get more bear pictures than deer.

 

[mwj]

It is a numbers game for them to repopulate. We tend to forget how long it took to get the big numbers.

 

[farmerjan]

Had 8 in the backyard 50 ft from the porch acting like they owned the place... please some get some.... 3 does and 5 young ones from this past year.... 2 more killed on the road, within 2 days of each other, last week again...

 

[greybeard]

ALL CAUSED BY OVERBITE!!!

 

[skyhightree1]

We have had some areas with a lot of Bluetongue. I think it reduced deer numbers in one area 90 + %.

We had blue tongue about 15 years ago the biologist and game wardens found 400 deer if i remember correctly in the same spot near a creek it took a long time before the population got back right i think close to 7 years

 

[SBMF 2015]

We don’t have have it confirmed here yet, but they have CWD season in the country south of me. I’m only ten minutes from the county line so one would assume it will be here.
We have deer like NY has rats. A neighbor of a farm we rent said he hit 19 fawns mowing first cutting hay last year.