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While attending a speach given by Governor Bryant this afternoon I had opportunity to visit with Wildlife Commissioner Cossar. While we talked he received a text informing him of a third confirmed case of CWD at the Mahhana WMA. I'm sure I butchered the spelling of that. This is getting serious.
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What's scary is....we do not know how many deer died from it this summer.
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I just went by the volutary check station at Enid, I will have everyone we kill tested before eating them.
Is it legal to bait deer in Mississippi?
Yes but don't think that is as big an issue, only been legal a short time. Third case is in the same county as the first one last January, the second case was a young deer and it is thought to have been infected by the doe that had it. The second case is also very close to 3 hi fence operations and they are awaiting results from DNA test that will give them an idea if it was a native deer or not. The first case last January was a native deer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swampseed
You were close on the spelling, John. MAHANNAH WMA, located west of Jackson on the Mississippi River.
The MDWFP November newsletter I got by email Thursday said the 2nd confirmed case of CWD in North MS was from Ponotoc county on October 8th this year. They have setup a CWD management zone in Ponotoc, Union and Lee counties.
MDWFP November Newsletter
Chronic Wasting Disease Suspected in Second Issaquena County White-tailed Deer
Yep....it was about 6 miles from me...was near the Cherry Creek community
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hate to hear that. thats probably the worst place it could start up too. when we have floods on the river it congregates the deer. they actually close the season in sharky and issaquena county occasionally when that happens. big congregations of deer in a small area is how it spreads. supplemental feeding isn't the cause. the only reason they discourage that is because it puts multiple deer in a confined space on a regular basis.
I heard their may now be a 4th.
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you have to watch this, in my area of northern mo the danged MDC went nuts with report of ONE case back a few years and they called in the black helicopters and shot up every deer in area, close to 2000 reportedly. with the bluetongue that hit twice it ruined deer hunting for several years. hardly heard any shooting on opening day for last few years. It was from a imported deer on a farm and guy self reported it. THAT won't happen again by any of the many operators here, IF they found one they would just destroy it properly.
It's scary and the restrictions are getting real in some areas. I think two of the confirmed cases are in pretty close proximity. They have taken over 1000 samples and not had any of those come back positive. It's definitely scary for our state. But i hope these are just isolated incidents that don't become widespread. Not a conspiracy theorist but it does have me worried.
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no doubt from what i've read about it, it can spread pretty fast. the scary thing is even if they can figure out what causes it and come up with a cure, how do you vaccinate a wild deer herd????Quote:
Originally Posted by MO' MONEY