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Post by Loggy on Sept 14, 2022 8:06:16 GMT -5
Been reading confusing bits & pieces here & there. Anyone know??
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Post by ridgecommander on Sept 14, 2022 8:34:08 GMT -5
Its on the agenda posted for the upcoming meeting. Statewide ban on any natural attractant. Disease area ban on all attractants including artificial attractants and "indirect" feeding of cervids.
The interesting thing is they are proposing a ban on artificial attractants when there is zero chance of CWD prions being present. Also interesting is a ban on "indirect" feeding of cervids. Well that makes a large percentage of bird feeders illegal. I suspect there will be essentially zero enforcement of that.
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Post by Loggy on Sept 14, 2022 8:44:36 GMT -5
Read some where the Statewide Ban proposed(outside CWD Areas) would start in 2023-24 season? Only thing I use is one of those EverCalm Stiks as basically a cover scent when in my blind. Looked for ingredients on it & found none. Never got into those scrape drips etc.
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Post by ridgecommander on Sept 14, 2022 12:10:52 GMT -5
Read some where the Statewide Ban proposed(outside CWD Areas) would start in 2023-24 season? Only thing I use is one of those EverCalm Stiks as basically a cover scent when in my blind. Looked for ingredients on it & found none. Never got into those scrape drips etc. Yes. 23/24 season. I believe Evercalm would become illegal statewide since it is natural. |
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Post by Dutch on Sept 14, 2022 15:30:10 GMT -5
Finger in the dike
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Post by muttleysback on Sept 14, 2022 16:07:54 GMT -5
Absolutely. the time to have gotten control of this was long before it got here, and the method would have been to prohibit raising deer as a farm crop and transporting them all over the country.
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Post by davet on Sept 14, 2022 18:54:46 GMT -5
Absolutely. the time to have gotten control of this was long before it got here, and the method would have been to prohibit raising deer as a farm crop and transporting them all over the country. Or...as my late Uncle once said while driving his vehicle down Pikes Peak.....I knew I should have fixed those brakes before I took this trip........ |
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Post by ridgecommander on Sept 24, 2022 18:58:47 GMT -5
STATEWIDE BAN ON URINE-BASED DEER ATTRACTANTS FAILS TO ADVANCE
The proposed statewide ban on the use and field possession of urine-based deer attractants and other cervid excretions failed to gain majority support from the Board of Commissioners, meaning it will advance no further toward adoption at this time.
The Board of Commissioners was split 4-4 on whether to move the proposal toward final adoption.
Commissioners Michael Mitrick, Dennis Fredericks, Scott Foradora and Todd Pride voted to preliminarily approve the statewide ban. Commissioners Kristen Schnepp-Giger, Allen Di Marco, Stanley Knick Jr. and Haley Sankey voted against preliminary approval. Commissioner Robert Schwalm was not in attendance.
Commissioner Knick pointed out that, while the proposal failed to move forward, there will be the opportunity to bring it up again in the future.
Many of the commissioners commented on the proposal, and the difficulty with which they arrived at a decision to vote for or against it. While there’s evidence commercially produced urine-based deer attractants might contain Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) prions, making them potentially infectious, the actual risk of such attractants spreading CWD to deer and elk is less clear.
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Post by muttleysback on Sept 25, 2022 4:14:24 GMT -5
Not to mention the fact that it is somewhat akin to locking the barn door after the horse has been stolen. Most measures taken to contain a disease that is this widespread are not going to be very effective. Add on to this how many hunters have used and would continue to use such things, regardless of whether or not they work. In addition, keep in mind that if these attractants did spread CWD as the theory goes, it would already be statewide.
For the record, I don't use any such attractants. I have never found them to be of much use. My son in law does, and he swears by them.
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Post by davet on Sept 25, 2022 6:12:34 GMT -5
I used them during one season years ago. Had a scent thing (My BIL called 'em "doe tampons")  hanging from a tree. Big doe came through the woods directly at that smelly thing....took a big sniff....and took off the other way!! I never used it after that. I find that a good "suction" type grunt call and rattling a few horns during the rut works far better....IMHO |
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Post by Loggy on Sept 25, 2022 8:06:27 GMT -5
Only thing I use is one of those EverCalm Stiks as basically a cover scent when in my blind. Where or not it works or helps ......have to ask the deer that. |
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Post by rusty on Sept 29, 2022 16:41:20 GMT -5
Will I still be allowed to pee in the scrapes I hunt around?  |
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Sept 29, 2022 17:49:29 GMT -5
Will I still be allowed to pee in the scrapes I hunt around? I do it all the time, if you're not, guess we're both in trouble. |
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hanging from a tree. Big doe came through the woods directly at that smelly thing....took a big sniff....and took off the other way!!
