Thread: CWD Marshall county

I’ve been filming deer for a long time on trail cameras. I see the same deer over and over on my corn piles and even bucks are homebodies for the most part. Very seldom do we get many New deer feeding at them unless a buck or two pass through during the rut. We only lose one or two bucks during the rut, but they always come back if not harvested by someone. You can move your cameras 1/2-1 mile and get totally different deer with the above exception. The bucks aren’t really interested in feeding much during the rut anyway, they’re just following nature’s call.

Stopping the feeding isn’t going to do one danged thing to prevent the spread of this disease. IMO feeding might actually slow down the spread because by feeding, you keep the infected deer in a more confined area. Loss of habitat forcing the deer to move would be more likely to spread the disease.

Deer hang out together regardless of where their food source or bedding area is. A prime White Oak flat, Pin Oak flat or a bean or wheat field is no different than a corn pile. The local deer will show up no matter what the food source.

CWD is here to stay just like the Asian Carp. It will run its course just like Blue Tongue and other diseases do. No sense in panicking over it. We’ll learn to deal with it.


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