Thanks for the info Craig. Figured it was only a matter of time for CWD to spread. At least the PGC is making an effort to TRY and contain the disease.

The PGC has been making good efforts to control any expansion of CWD here in DMA2. They are supplying dumpsters to dispose of deer parts from your kill as well, to keep the contaminants from getting into the ground. The issue is mostly with bone marrow and spinal fluid....and brain matter. Folks here are getting more knowledgeable about it but there will always be a few who just don't get it or don't care.

We debone the meat from any deer we kill, and take the entire carcass to the provided dumpsters. There is one about five miles from where I live in SGL 48. It's okay to keep antlers as long as you are not sawing into the brain cavity. You can also have your deer tested by contacting the PGC. If more folks learn about this and actually abide by the rules regarding same, maybe we can keep it at bay. You can google CWD to see the ways it can spread and where they think it all started. I would recommend all bowhunters do that.

Thanks for the update Craig. Hopefully they will be able to contain it.

Sheeps can trigger different sickness on wild game. On the game farms they fence in sheep, deer and other animals that dont feed on same ground in the wild. Feeders and mineral stones have same effect. High population in the wild are bad if there are sickness.

Fences don't always work. Here in Pa. you hear about deer getting out all the time at various game farms. So the fence is not the answer. It's damn serious for sure and could decimate an entire state deer herd if left unchecked. Pa. is just one of many states being affected.

That'll probably be it for me

Great points Riverwolf!

Riverwolf is right on. Here in Oneida County, a taxi that I actually went to High school with brought in some elk from CO (where CWD seems to be pretty widespread) that infected deer right in my literal backyard. DEC had to set up game check stations and require all deer to be brought in for testing for several years. Altogether, less than wild five deer were found to have the disease. Luckily it was nipped in the bud before it got out of hand. Now there is no requirement to check deer from Oneida Co. A good analogy to farming game animals is fish, especially trout and salmon, in hatcheries. High concentrations of fish are vulnerable to disease infections and spreading disease into wild trout and salmon populations is common when stocking salmonids. Whirling disease has become a real problem in Montana fisheries. Rome NY hatchery a couple miles from where I now sit had an EHD breakout a few years ago and DEC had to destroy over a million fingerlings or risk the outbreak spreading into the wild. Captive breeding of anything is risky to wild populations. http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/25011.html

Riverwolf is right on. Here in Oneida County, a taxi that I actually went to High school with brought in some elk from CO (where CWD seems to be pretty widespread) that infected deer right in my literal backyard. DEC had to set up game check stations and require all deer to be brought in for testing for several years. Altogether, less than wild five deer were found to have the disease. Luckily it was nipped in the bud before it got out of hand. Now there is no requirement to check deer from Oneida Co. A good analogy to farming game animals is fish, especially trout and salmon, in hatcheries. High concentrations of fish are vulnerable to disease infections and spreading disease into wild trout and salmon populations is common when stocking salmonids. Whirling disease has become a real problem in Montana fisheries. Rome NY hatchery a couple miles from where I now sit had an EHD breakout a few years ago and DEC had to destroy over a million fingerlings or risk the outbreak spreading into the wild. Captive breeding of anything is risky to wild poplations. http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/25011.html

I got that email the other day from the PGC. My question is the 10 hunter harvested deer that tested positive. I've had deer tested for CWD by my state agency and it takes a while for the results. I wonder if those deer went home with the hunters or were they sickly and disposed of? They don't always show signs of CWD in the early stages. Did the state contact the hunters and remove that meat? I understand there is nothing that suggests that CWD affects humans, but I really wouldn't want my family consuming deer that tested positive for CWD.

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