APR Field Study in the Core CWD Area

[Hawgrider]

The QDM people and the DNR are out of control. This may send me to the meat market for beef instead of the woods for venison. I'm about tired of the games. I'm thinking this may be my last year to hunt deer phuck them!




This was sent to my email-

APR Field Study in the Core CWD Area
The Natural Resources Commission requested that the DNR evaluate the
impact of antler point restrictions within the five-county Core CWD Area on
prevalence and spread of chronic wasting disease, increasing antlerless
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harvest, and decreasing deer population beginning with the 2019 deer season.
For this field study, the five-county Core CWD Area was divided in half. In Mecosta,
Montcalm, and Ionia counties, only bucks with at least four points on one antler
can be taken with a valid license. In Newaygo and Kent counties, any buck with
an antler greater than three inches in length can be taken with a valid license.
The data collected will be able to provide estimates on deer abundance and sex/
age ratio changes, factors that are likely to contribute to the overall CWD spread.
Additionally, deer harvest, hunter numbers, and hunter perceptions of APRs will
be assessed. However, due to the relatively low CWD prevalence rates currently
observed and the historically slow spread of the disease on the landscape, the
study cannot provide estimates on the prevalence and spread of CWD. The
DNR has partnered with the Boone and Crockett Quantitative Wildlife Center at
Michigan State University to conduct this research. At the end of the project (Fall
2023), the results along with conclusions and management recommendations
will be presented to the Commission. Recommendations will include the efficacy
of APR regulations as a tool for managing the prevalence and spread of CWD.
Additional information on this study available at Michigan.gov/CWD.

[pkuptruck]

the wonderfully stupid thinking and actions of the DNR and NRC...

The purpose of the study is " At the end of the project (Fall
2023), the results along with conclusions and management recommendations
will be presented to the Commission. Recommendations will include the efficacy
of APR regulations as a tool for managing the prevalence and spread of CWD."


but, in the same sentence, we are told ....

"However, due to the relatively low CWD prevalence rates currently
observed and the historically slow spread of the disease on the landscape, the
study cannot provide estimates on the prevalence and spread of CWD ".


It's just another QDMA trick to get their way. Apparently, the study has ZERO to do with CWD, and
everything to do with APRs.

The whiney kids have taken over the DNR/NRC..

[Hawgrider]

the wonderfully stupid thinking and actions of the DNR and NRC...

The purpose of the study is " At the end of the project (Fall
2023), the results along with conclusions and management recommendations
will be presented to the Commission. Recommendations will include the efficacy
of APR regulations as a tool for managing the prevalence and spread of CWD."


but, in the same sentence, we are told ....

"However, due to the relatively low CWD prevalence rates currently
observed and the historically slow spread of the disease on the landscape, the
study cannot provide estimates on the prevalence and spread of CWD ".


It's just another QDMA trick to get their way. Apparently, the study has ZERO to do with CWD, and
everything to do with APRs.

The whiney kids have taken over the DNR/NRC..

I hunt Montcalm County but not for long I think I'm going to retire. And as hunter particpation drops even more then hunting ends...

Screw them I'm about done. I can buy enough beef for 2 winters for what I spend on vension. Nope not any more.

[Hawgrider]

And then now this-

The CDC found that a case in Michigan led to tuberculosis in deer getting transmitted to a human.
As deer hunting seasons begin across the U.S., a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that deer with tuberculosis can transmit the disease to humans.

As a result,

Can humans get bovine tuberculosis from deer?
It would appear, at least in this case, that the answer is yes. The CDC takes studies seriously, but even the most scientific research can have holes poked through it.

Nonetheless, using protective equipment like gloves, a face mask, and glasses should be a relatively simple addition to your field dressing and butchering technique, if it isn't included already.

Wild deer are susceptible to wildlife disease, and news like this is likely to get some folks to take that fact more seriously.

https://www.wideopenspaces.com/cdc-s...sis-to-humans/