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Title: WDNR wants to return to regular deer hunting schedule in southern Wisconsin
Post by: mudbrook on February 25, 2008, 02:55:10 PM

DNR wants to return to regular deer hunting schedule in southern Wisconsin
Wheeler News Service
Published Friday, February 22, 2008
The state Department of Natural Resources wants to return to a more traditional deer hunting schedule for southern Wisconsin.

Officials have tried all kinds of things to reduce the deer herd ever since chronic wasting disease turned up six years ago.
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Title: Re: WDNR wants to return to regular deer hunting schedule in southern Wisconsin
Post by: Rancid Crabtree on February 26, 2008, 06:05:24 AM

I guess this makes me a wildlife expert now because these are a few of the recommendations our board came up with.  :D :D


The last line of that story is not true. The 1000 deer that have died did not die from CWD but rather lead poisoning or arrows or car bumpers. Later it was discovered that those 1000 deer had the Infected prions in there body but that was NOT what killed them.

Title: How many deer have actually died from CWD in Wisconsin?
Post by: mudbrook on February 26, 2008, 10:24:52 AM

Rancid, do you know how many deer have actually died from CWD in Wisconsin?

Title: Re: WDNR wants to return to regular deer hunting schedule in southern Wisconsin
Post by: Rancid Crabtree on February 28, 2008, 06:39:14 AM

That is something our group has been asking the DNR for months and they have not provided the answer. We asked in person and via emails. We are being told that the data set is "messy"  ::)