Thread: New Cases of CWD found in Arkansas counties .

I don't think the stopping of artificial feeding will slow down the CWD. The deer this year have a massive acorn crop, but in the lean years, they congregate near the best trees that are producing. Feeding stations just attract the deer that are feeding that area naturally. When the acorn crop is heavy, the feed stations don't get hit nearly as hard. The ones using them are resident deer, mostly does and fawns and they just hit them while browsing. The Bucks don't really use them during the rut much unless a hot doe is visiting them. Feeding stations aren't much different that soybean fields or corn fields. The food is mostly made available by hunters AFTER the crops are harvested.

In pine country in south AR, the supplemental feeding is a bit different than it is in agri areas tho. May have a different effect, but I doubt it. The deer live together and come in constant contact with each other year round. Feeding is usually only done in the fall.

Even if you stop the feeding stations, the deer will concentrate near other preferred food sources with the same results as the feed.