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Post by flounder on Feb 14, 2019 13:15:07 GMT -5
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Post by turkeykiller on Feb 14, 2019 19:21:04 GMT -5
Did anybody happen to see the article in Feb.2019 issue of Deer and Deer hunting about CWD and AR's. It is very interesting. It compares the state of Missouri and Pa. and how each state is handlin CWD.
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 15, 2019 9:34:32 GMT -5
Whats the synopsis?
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Post by turkeykiller on Feb 15, 2019 13:28:03 GMT -5
Here are four quoted paragraphs. MAPR stands for mandatory antler point restrictions. Chronic wasting disease surfaced in Missouri and Pennsylvania during 2012, where mandatory antler point restrictions were in effect in both states. Missouri eliminated MAPR from their CWD Management Areas and Pennsylvania left them in place where CWD was present. As of November, Pennsylvania confirmed more than twice as many CWD- positive wild whitetails as Missouri: 161 vs. 76. " Dispersal of young males is why we eliminated mandatory antler point restrictions," Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Division Chief Jason Sumner said at a CWD symposium sponsored by the Michigan DNR. "We felt it was irresponsible on our part to protect a segment of the population that would continue to spread disease. Removing MAPR hasn't reduced hunter satisfaction in our state. That change has reduced dispersal of yearling bucks. A diseased yearling buck was killed that would have been protected by MAPR." The fact that MAPR protect the majority of yearling bucks and some older bucks with poor antler development, is why those regulations are responsible for spreading CWD. Through genetic testing of CWD- positive deer in Michigan, it has been proven that infected does pass the disease on to their offspring, and that a high percentage of the bucks found to have CWD have been yearlings. It's no wonder that Pennsylvania has more than twice as many CWD-positive deer as Missouri. Infected yearlings are protected and allowed to spread the disease. MAPR also protect older bucks that have legal-size antlers when hunters are unable to count points before the deer and the shot opportunity are gone. Bucks that are at least 2 1/2 years old have a higher percentage rate of CWD than yearlings. |
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Post by ridgecommander on Feb 15, 2019 16:31:24 GMT -5
I can buy the fact that sub legal bucks that are infected will spread prions around, especially during the rut but I can't buy the dispersion angle since those that disperse are doing so before their first set of antlers.
Also, there is some evidence that hunters that shoot a buck are less likely to shoot a doe that same year. So if it is easier to shoot a buck by eliminating ARs, the doe kill may be impacted.
In the end, the data above is worth looking at. If it can be shown with a high certainty that removing ARs will slow the spread or reduce the incidence of ARs, we should be looking hard at it.
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Post by turkeykiller on Feb 15, 2019 16:46:48 GMT -5
The article says much more, but it seems to have made a difference in Missouri.
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