As of yesterday half of KYis a CWD zone. Hunters have bought into the testing and will pay the consequences. If this dreaddd disease is so deadly we’re are the thousands of dead deer? EHD kills more. It’s all about getting money from Feds to do testing. When will it be illegal to trans port cattle? Why are the KDFW moving elk. Why does the FWD own webpage contradict itself. Here are screen shots of the confusion. It’s 100% fatal but has 41% survival rates in does. Lower in bucks.

Cwd takes 1.5-2 years to show outward symptoms and kill deer. The "survival rate" you cited is likely an exerpt from a recent Wisconsin DNR study on cwd, in which the survival rate through the winter was reported on. Cwd is a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, (meaning it causes microscopic holes to form in the brain). This leads to a gradual cognitive decline, making deer act dumb, thus making infected deer more vulnerable to vehicles, hunters, and increased predation.

The recent study from the Wisconsin department of natural resources that I mentioned is listed on their website and I recommend reading it. Lots of fun information, including how cwd won't start to cause a decrease in the population until the infection rate reaches 29%.

With regards to cwd vs EHD, you are comparing apples to oranges. One kills a lot of deer quickly, one kills the herd over time

I remember when it was exposed here in WI. It was most likely to have been here for quite some time before they finally came out and announced it. Decades later, the herd is doing just fine. Some areas reported lower numbers after a couple years of people filling 6 tags per year just because the could. Before that it was only one buck tag and and a doe tag if you got drawn by the lottery after paying your 2 bucks for a doe tag application.

Thanks for the biology lesson. But I know the difference. I know the causes. If it is such a deadly and fast moving issue why are there record numbers of deer EXCEPT where EHD has shown up. My point is FWD does nothing pertaining to EHD. Where are the areas that herds are wiped out by CWD? The ONE deer that tested positive was a healthy doe with no symptoms that was harvested by a hunter. Just how many foxes or yotes do you think would be carrying rabies if people started testing. Heck test for cancer cells in humans. Like I said before can’t transport deer. Can’t put out mineral. Stop doing the same for cattle. Nope that ain’t happening because it’s a money pit that agencies are lining up to get some

What would happen if they started testing every cow that was butchered? Results would be scary and devastating to the cattle industry

This doe was the 6th positive case in Georgia. After she was photographed, the hunter killed her. This was back in late October this year.

We are up to 9 positives in 3 counties as of now....scattered across a 14 to 15 mile area.


A lot of people make comments when they haven't educated themselves much on available CWD info.

Time will tell what CWD is gonna do to whitetails. High prevalence rates are NOT good. And it appears that it is a form of environmental contamination that we ain't getting rid of. Maybe its always been here.

Part of the problem with wildlife agencies is they dont know the answers or what to do exactly about CWD....and they're just trying to do something. Its a no win for them.

There are currently no known barriers on a biological level that would prevent deer to human transmission. Medical researchers don't know why it hasn't happened.

Currently, here are the Georgia known positives...

If acting dumb is a symptom I think I might know a few people that might have contacted it from eating too many deer

This^^^ is accurate info.

As for a population decrease becoming noticeable when the prevalence rate of CWD reaches approximately 29%....deer managers have historically used 25% as the rate of deer removal to stabilize a deer population....all mortality factors considered. Go beyond +/- 25% and the population cannot recruit at a level to maintain the population...so it decreases.

If you eat several deer it may catch up to you

They've found genetic immunity to cwd, it seems like it would he better to let it run its course and remove the deer that are susceptible to it.

Good reply Swamp

We had a stretch here where our deer herds went through something and it was tough on the deer. Maybe not necessarily cwd but it was bad. Dead deer everywhere along my line especially near ponds and streams. Prior to those years I had to romp on the brake many times for crossing deer on the roads while checking traps from farm to farm late at night after work. After that stretch, was hard to even find a track in my trapline sections anywhere let alone have to brake for deer crossing the road. It hit us hard. Had several landowners asking if I’d seen any deer so they could fill their landowner permits, and normally I had i tell for them like yeah I see a buck in this section when I’m running traps, but during that stretch I couldn’t even point them to a fresh track let alone share intel on sightings, except yeah there’s a couple carcasses by your pond in the old pasture. My boys won’t forget all the bones we encountered and used for coyote sets. Still have a tote full for future sets.
Herd has since came back but nowhere near what level it was before that.
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There has never been a wildlife disease that was controlled/eliminated by humans.

The deer herds here have been hammered by EHD and CWD over the last 20 years finding a track is tough finding multiple tracks is very rare. I’ve seen the deer walking in circles that were very thin and full bodied healthy looking deer that were stone cold dead and nothing would eat on the carcass even.

Many counties and the Black Hills Forest are now closed to doe permits it’s easier for me to hunt in MO then to hunt for deer here in SD. I see a lot of CWD issues now impacting MO but the lack of information and pop up deer biologist don’t help matters a lot of bad information might be going around now.

If that is from an AI answer, I would be really skeptical. I have seen a lot of great responses from AI - and a lot of 100% false answers. Watch the Arkansas CWD podcast. Five year study

CWD was first tested for and discovered in 1967. "First tested", no one knows if it existed prior to being tested for. CWD may jump to humans, it has been tested for and discovered 59 years ago. It did not exist before testing. Anyone hear of global warming? Lots of cwd meat has been consumed and it ain't jumped yet. Oh its expanding now, there are way more cervids today, and it is being tested for. dnr's and scientists are getting paid lots of money (billions) and bloated their departments is what has happened and can be proven. Nothing more. Prove what your are claiming, it will kill humans, you cannot! Lets remember COVID-Climate Change -(which I am thankful for or I'd be under 170 feet of ice.
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Sorry Swamp, but you have to look behind the curtain to understand why this is happening
Why do you think they use the term, zombie deer? It's simple social programming

I want to know how much $ is being paid to this research. And how much $ is being generated because of it. And where is the $ coming from.

The deer herd is expanding because we hunters are killing fewer does.