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    Slowing the spread of CWD

    Slowing the spread of CWD

    Slowing the spread of CWD

    Deer hunting seasons kick off this weekend with the Liberty Hunt and, in certain locations, the early antlerless firearm season. Within specific areas of the state there are opportunities and regulations in place to help battle chronic wasting disease (CWD).

    What YOU can do to help
    Regulations
    NEW antlerless license opportunity
    Field-dressing and processing your deer
    If you see a sick deer

    What YOU can do to help

    Keep hunting, especially in CWD areas. Find CWD-specific areas at michigan.gov/cwd.
    Get your deer checked and tested for CWD.
    Find DNR check station and drop-box locations, including partnering meat processors and taxidermists, at michigan.gov/deercheck. Some drop boxes are open 24 hours.
    Visit michigan.gov/dnrlab to check your test results.Test results may take up to 14 business days during the busier times of the season.
    Avoid long-distance movements with your deer carcass. For carcass transportation rules, visit michigan.gov/cwd (pages 39 and 52 of the Hunting Digest).
    Handle and dispose of your carcass in a responsible manner – dispose of leftover carcass parts through your garbage service, an appropriate landfill, incineration or deep burial at the harvest location.
    If you hunt outside of Michigan, bring back only allowed cervid parts (see page 53 of the Hunting Digest).

    Regulations

    The Liberty Hunt, Sept. 22-23, takes place on private and public lands statewide in Michigan open to firearm deer hunting (pages 27 and 30 of the Hunting Digest outline who is eligible for this hunt).
    Many deer management units are open to the early antlerless firearm season, which is Sept. 22-23 on private lands only. Visit michigan.gov/deer to find the list of open areas.
    There are baiting and feeding restrictions in place for certain locations within the state (see page 50 of the Hunting Digest).
    Approved urine and lure attractants can be found at michigan.gov/cwd (additional details on pages 48 and 49 of the Hunting Digest).
    Carcass transportation restrictions can be found on pages 39 and 52 of the Hunting Digest.
    In CWD areas, deer licenses may be used to harvest antlerless deer and/or antlered deer with at least one antler 3 inches or longer (learn what is allowed on page 38 of the Hunting Digest).
    There is a purchase limit of 10 private-land antlerless licenses per hunter in the CWD Management Zone (see pages 34, 39 and 40 of the Hunting Digest).

    NEW antlerless license opportunity

    Hunters have the option of purchasing discounted antlerless licenses at 40 percent off the usual price. These licenses are good for private land within the CWD Management Zone through Nov. 4, 2018, when they expire. In addition to these discounted licenses, hunters still can purchase regular, over-the-counter antlerless deer licenses (see pages 39 and 40 of the Hunting Digest).
    Field-dressing and processing your deer

    It is recommended that when field-dressing your deer, you:

    Cover all open wounds.
    Wear rubber gloves.
    Minimize the handling of brain and spinal tissues.
    Bone out the meat from your deer. Avoid cutting through the brain or spinal column during processing.
    Wash hands with soap and warm water after handling any parts of the carcass.
    Wash knives, saws and cutting table surfaces immediately after processing.
    Dispose of leftover carcass parts through your garbage service, an appropriate landfill, incineration or deep burial at the harvest location.
    Bury gut piles after field-dressing a deer or dispose of them at an appropriate landfill location.
    Avoid consuming or cooking the brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen and lymph nodes of harvested animals.
    Request that your animal be processed individually, without meat from other animals being added.

    If you see a sick deer

    While you're out hunting, keep an eye out for deer exhibiting signs of CWD. Deer with the disease can be thin and show abnormal behavior such as loss of fear of humans, lowered head or excessive drooling. Report sick deer to the DNR at 1-800-292-7800 or online at michigan.gov/eyesinthefield.
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    The DNR does not want to slow the spread of CWD..

    The DNR and the NRC have ZERO interest in slowing, or even addressing CWD in any substantive way.

    if they did, they would have already sought and digested any and all CWD studies from every state
    the HAS CWD and has studied it.

    The NRC and the DNR are all about their pocketbooks. ( and short sighted at that)

    If they were, they would thow out the APR BS that they are cramming down our throats.

    CWD is more prevail ant in younger males, and it is spread more exponentially by older males.
    (Penn and Wisc studies)

    APRs have had statistically ZERO effect on herd age demography ( over time.. initially with the DOE slaughter,
    the numbers are skewed for the first year or two.. ) ( Wyoming/Penn/Wisc and even NLP12 in Michigan study)

    ARP's are the "participation trophys" for the lazy hunter that has ZERO idea of hunting traditions, deer camps,
    camaraderie etc. All they want is their antler Cialis to make themselves meaningful... to themselves.

    APR's are the hunters version of High Capacity magazine restrictions. They make no sense and have zero effect on the herd,
    but make a certain class happy.

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    APRs have been removed in the CWD management zone in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. You can shoot any size buck on both of your combo tags. In the future APRs will likely be removed from any area with CWD.

    Page 36-38 of the guide has the APR details:

    https://www.michigan.gov/documents/d...t_461177_7.pdf

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    Bad news from the Upper Peninsula:

    https://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf...e_found_1.html

    Chronic wasting disease found in Upper Peninsula deer for first time
    Brandon Champion - October 18, 2018


    DICKINSON COUNTY, MI - Chronic wasting disease has reached the Upper Peninsula.

    A 4-year-old doe killed in Dickinson County's Waucedah Township has tested positive for the fatal nervous system disease, confirming its presence in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for the first time.

    The deer was shot on an agricultural farm about 4 miles from the Michigan-Wisconsin border.

    "We remain committed to maintaining healthy Michigan wildlife for the residents of, and visitors to, this great state, now and into the future," said Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh.

    "Fortunately, over the past few years, with the help of hunters, the U.P. CWD Task Force, DNR staffers and others, we are far better prepared to respond to threats posed by chronic wasting disease in the U.P."

    The finding was verified by Michigan State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in East Lansing and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.

    The DNR has tested hundreds of deer from Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin. As of Oct. 11, 625 deer have been tested from Dickinson, Gogebic, Menominee and Iron counties this year.

    Chronic wasting disease has been found in free-ranging deer in six additional counties in Michigan including Clinton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kent and Montcalm. A total of 63 deer within these counties have tested positive for the disease.

    In North America, a total of 25 states and three Canadian provinces have confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in free-ranging or captive deer, elk or moose, or both.

    To date, there have been no reported cases of CWD infection in humans. Appropriate steps are being taken to limit the spread of the disease in the U.P.

    "For next hunting season and beyond, the DNR will discuss possible response actions with U.P. hunters and other stakeholders to determine the best approach to fighting CWD in the region," said Chad Stewart, DNR deer management specialist.

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    Their plan is to eliminate all the small beef/dairy farms, nothing more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sledhead View Post
    Their plan is to eliminate all the small beef/dairy farms, nothing more.

    hmmm. didnt they try similar BS with the small pig farmers not to long ago?

    Remember? All the WILD FERAL pigs?


    The ones that are rampaging thru Michigan? Seems one cant go anywhere without tripping over them..

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    I hunted in Newaygo county this year and went through the whole CWD core area restrictions. I did not know much about CWD, but in days since I harvested my deer I have done a lot of research. I have to say I am blown away about what I have found. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Kuru, Mad cow disease and CWD are all very similar diseases and a possible link to alzheimer's or possibly Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and alzheimer's are one in the same. Worst of all these Prion proteins that cause it can not be killed (cooking, freezing or chemical) in fact they can attach to plants growing in the soil that has them and be transmitted to what ever eats them. I read an article early today (can't find the link) and it said a deer farm in Colorado in 1985 removed all the deer (most had CWD) and treated the soil with chlorine then removed all topsoil and treated it again with chlorine after waiting 18 months they tested the soil again and it was positive for these Prions that cause CWD.

    The incubation period is so long with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that you can have it for 50 years before you show symptoms. The incubation period of CWD seems to be much less at around 18 months. Not much is known with all these diseases and I know they are not wide spread but seems just very strange to me how similar all of them are.

    I know there are a lot of deer hunters here so what are your thoughts or opinions on this?





    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15694685

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16338930

    https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/...sting-disease/

    https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...ing/453371001/

    https://www.health.com/food/mad-cow-disease

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    Quote Originally Posted by december1979 View Post
    I hunted in Newaygo county this year and went through the whole CWD core area restrictions. I did not know much about CWD, but in days since I harvested my deer I have done a lot of research. I have to say I am blown away about what I have found. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Kuru, Mad cow disease and CWD are all very similar diseases and a possible link to alzheimer's or possibly Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and alzheimer's are one in the same. Worst of all these Prion proteins that cause it can not be killed (cooking, freezing or chemical) in fact they can attach to plants growing in the soil that has them and be transmitted to what ever eats them. I read an article early today (can't find the link) and it said a deer farm in Colorado in 1985 removed all the deer (most had CWD) and treated the soil with chlorine then removed all topsoil and treated it again with chlorine after waiting 18 months they tested the soil again and it was positive for these Prions that cause CWD.

    The incubation period is so long with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that you can have it for 50 years before you show symptoms. The incubation period of CWD seems to be much less at around 18 months. Not much is known with all these diseases and I know they are not wide spread but seems just very strange to me how similar all of them are.

    I know there are a lot of deer hunters here so what are your thoughts or opinions on this?





    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15694685

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16338930

    https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/...sting-disease/

    https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...ing/453371001/

    https://www.health.com/food/mad-cow-disease
    Exactly what killed a friend of mine up here.
    He was dead in less than two months from when they discovered it.

    After he died, his body was sent down to Ann Arbor for further investigation,and his widow,and the rest of the family are now being tested periodically to see if they show any symptoms.

    He was a big deer hunter,and also went out west to hunt, as well.

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    I harvested a beautiful doe the other day . I stopped at the DNR field office and they took the head for testing. I had my deer processed and given back to me. When the results come back then I decide if I get to eat it or throw it away in the trash

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikethepike View Post
    I harvested a beautiful doe the other day . I stopped at the DNR field office and they took the head for testing. I had my deer processed and given back to me. When the results come back then I decide if I get to eat it or throw it away in the trash
    so what's going on with trophies? say you got a great buck worth mounting on a wall, could you? do they give any of it back?
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