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I heard today from a pretty good source, mineral ,salt and any goodies that will concentrate deer in one spot will be illegal as of July when the regs come out. At least in part of Northern MO.
Trying to keep deer from gathering in one place due to CWD found in Macon County last fall.
So, if you buy some ahead , might want to wait til July and see what the regs actually say when they get here.
Oh yeah, the 4 point rule here in a few counties around the CWD area will be dropped, so the small bucks can be taken out. Seems they cover a lot of ground....
My thought would be more like getting rid of deer farms or a double fence several yards apart.
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They did that here in Michigan it lasted two years now we can have mineral licks again. Hope it goes that way for you deer normally touch eachother in the wild they are social animals
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The Missouri Conservation Commision is one of the best in the states, I have full confidence in them. Just take a look at the evidence!
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I live in NC, so i have no dog in this fight, but i must say as a apiring Wildlife Biologist, there is simply no evidence showing a link to a food source and spread of this disease. Not sure the bans on baiting have anything to with this disease...even though it is the reason given, time after time. I think these measures are insane, but hey i live in NC. Good luck to you guys!
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I'm a retired wildlife biologist and I know MDC has a bunch of really good ones. MDC is supported by hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women. It is one of the very rare state wildlife agencies that also receives support from non-hunter and angler sales tax payers.
When (if) CWD shows up the agency can't ignore it otherwise, at the very least folks that don't give a hoot about wildlife and some who hate wildlife, will demand others to take harsh action.
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Thanks for the scoop Kenny!!! I called the feed store where I bought my trace mineral blocks and they'll let me trade the returned blocks for corn.
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Kenny, I wasn't upset with your post,just bragging on the MDC. Thanks for the update. Will
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quote:Originally posted by huskyarcher: I live in NC, so i have no dog in this fight, but i must say as a apiring Wildlife Biologist, there is simply no evidence showing a link to a food source and spread of this disease. Not sure the bans on baiting have anything to with this disease...even though it is the reason given, time after time. I think these measures are insane, but hey i live in NC. Good luck to you guys!
I understood that the major vector of the spread of CWD was the transfer of bodily fluids. That would make bait piles and licks a huge contributor, wouldn't it?
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Jeff, Deer are VERY expressionable animals, they lick, smell, touch each other everyday. Outlawing baiting isnt going to help anything, it will spread anyway. But like i stated i have no dog in this fight, but i would like to see them try to do this in NC, it would be a fight.
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How would this not help anything? Isn't placing mineral and/or salt licks an attempt to congregate deer to a specific location? Sort of the same reason game farms are blamed for the spread of CWD? I agree this will not stop the spread of CWD in itself but why would we as hunters want to aid in the spread? I have no dog in this fight either, just curious I suppose. Although we are seeing more and more zones here in Alberta doing mandatory testing for CWD.
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