I just feed my *****

 

WTF when did they announce the new counties added to the list? I looked and didn't see Texas county mentioned at all until this article... there's never been a positive test in this county..I don't get it.

 

If a positive in another county is killed within 7 miles it pulls that county in to the surveilance area.

 

Judging from the farm stores and Walmart in Missouri and Kansas, I’d say that more sacked corn is sold in Missouri than in Kansas where baiting is legal.

 

how are they going to crack down on these mineral licks etc unless they walk everybody's property?

 

Hopefully drones 😁

 

If this map is correct there is no reason to sell deer corn in Missouri.

 

Make the whole damn state a CWD management zone. Wright County?!?!? Dade & Lawrence?!?!?! C’mon.

 

Yeah at this point why have zones just make the whole state under the same guidelines. Mitigate confusion

 

How does a deer know if a mineral block has been left out for cattle and not for them?

 

When there are cattle . Same clues a game warden uses. Same clues a guy putting out salt that doesnt own cattle uses. 😁

I stayed at a holiday inn so I am qualified to instruct on criminal intent. 🥳

 

Going to have to trim/cut all of your lower hanging lick, scrape branches…. 😂

 

Bait plots need to be at least a minimum of 30-50 acres so the deer do not congregate in one small space.

1-5 acres with 30 deer is just asking for CWD to spread.

I forgot the smiley face..

 

remind me of the distance it's legal to bait in all counties? follow up question, does the MDC hold themselves to the same baiting practices/standards?

 

Bag of corn dumped on ground equals <9 square feet.

1 acre food plot equals >43,000 square feet.

Thats almost identical 🤣

 

Still consolidating deer …. why else do it?

 

Benton County was under the restrictions several years ago due to St Clair County having some positives. I asked a person with MDC how I was gonna keep deer ftom using my existing mineral licks. They said to fill in the holes. I did and deer just dug them up again!
What I don't like is the removal of APR, it's not that I am a trophy hunter, but I do believe the APR increases the number of mature deer.
As for feeding, just check Walmart and Bomgarrs in Warsaw during the season. They have pallets of corn set out. You can't tell me all that corn is being used for feeders around your house. I have a couple of neighbors that I know have feeders set out in the field. Their choice not mine.

 

I asked a person with MDC how I was gonna keep deer ftom using my existing mineral licks. They said to fill in the holes. I did and deer just dug them up again!

maybe put up a sign?

jkn

 

is the buck on a rope against the regulations now?
My buddy put several up in Kansas this year and getting lots of pictures, even does checking them out.

seen a different brand at the farm store

 

I put one up but a buck just knocked it down with his antlers

 

Probably one that couldnt read and was sensitive about his illiteracy.

 

Missouri Dept. of Conservation reminds public that feeding deer in CWD zones is illegal - Missourinet

What if I want to dump 1000#s and hunt over it at night to help prevent the spread?

 

Missouri Dept. of Conservation reminds public that feeding deer in CWD zones is illegal - Missourinet

What if I want to dump 1000#s and hunt over it at night to help prevent the spread?

Shoot all you can afford!!!

 

He didn't like the way it was worded

 

Whos that Greg fellow that owns thompson center arms........The one that killed a buck on Larry P.s Place and left it lay .........and went home ............If that can get swept under the rug .....

What are they gonna do about feeding a deer squirrels and c oons ?
I just ordered 10 bushels of corn ,,,,,,,,,,,,Feeding squirrels and rackycoons ....Up next to the house... ;-)

 

cwd = scam

 

I haven't looked, but I put out a water trough, its remained full since its been put out, i dont have a camera over it either but one close, Id assume they are using it, but no clue. Is that against the rules now?

 

I haven't looked, but I put out a water trough, its remained full since its been put out, i dont have a camera over it either but one close, Id assume they are using it, but no clue. Is that against the rules now?

it would be logical to think so IF you have it out for Wildlife and not for Live Stock

 

Didn't one of the Dibbles boys do an educational video on how to deal with old mineral licks? Can't remember if it was Hairy or LaRoy but I'm pretty sure it was one or tother.

 

I think they through some branches over it so the deer couldnt get to it

 

 

I was kind of wondering where James Kroll stood on the CWD issue these days and then all of a sudden I began getting updates on Facebook daily regarding his opinion. Doesn't look to have changed much. I may have Googled him and then all of a sudden this happened. Not sure if it is AI generated or not?

I'm kind of like most of you not knowing what to think or believe about certain policies/rules regarding the matter.

 

30%-35% > 1.5%............just saying!

 

Your figure of 1.5% is simply the percentage of "targeted" deer through culling that tested positive.

What the articles do is compare the overall number of deer tested (both through hunter harvest and targeted culling) to compare the positivity rates obtained through both methods....big difference. Thousand and thousands are of deer are tested annually through the hunter harvest check stations and those tests have a positive prevalence rate well below the positivity rate obtained through targeted culling.

When you look at the positivity rate difference between the two methods, not simply the rate on targeted culling, you get the 30-30% rate referenced in the articles. It's difficult to explain but makes perfect analytical sense.

in 2024, 36,000 deer were checked for CWD through "hunter harvest" last year yielding 143 positive cases for a .379% positivity rate. Of the 4768 "targeted culling" deer tested, 70 of those deer tested positive for a 1.46% positivity rate. The difference in positivity rate between the two is where they arrive at culling achieving the 30-30% rate referenced in the articles. I hope this helps.

Don't blame the messenger.....like I said I was curious as well so I looked it up. If you don't like/believe what I posted blame them, not me.

 

Your figure of 1.5% is simply the percentage of "targeted" deer through culling that tested positive.

What the articles do is compare the overall number of deer tested (both through hunter harvest and targeted culling) to compare the positivity rates through obtained through both methods....big difference. Thousand and thousands are of deer are tested annually through the hunter harvest check stations and those tests have a positive prevalence rate well below the positivity rate obtained through targeted culling.

When you look at the positivity rate difference between the two methods, not simply the rate on targeted culling, you get the 30-30% rate referenced in the articles. It's difficult to explain but makes perfect analytical sense.

Don't blame the messenger.....like I said I was curious as well so I looked it up. If you don't like/believe what I posted blame them, not me.

Its not complicated. 290k tests revealed 815 deer (edit, this is since 2012, total tests, total infections found), thats like .2% infection rate. Culling a targeted area gets a 1.5% infection rate, or roughly 7 or 8 times what is captured from just open hunting.

The question is, it it worth the time/expense/effort and is it really keeping our overall herd exposure rate down.

My question still remains, where did you post your articles from as they don't match up to what I see for #s.