Cwd on the rise.

In northwest Kansas I ask the local butcher every year about the spread of chronic wasting disease. The locker plant is a good source since they have to test all the deer they send In for the food bank. I usually donate a doe or two since I have the tags and enjoy the hunt.
Last year they had 6 out of 48 come back positive for cwd. This year when I asked half way through our rifle season they had 6 positive of 21. They take in deer from several counties but they said it wasn't localized.
I didn't shoot any does this year nor did I help process any for this reason. I assume it will get much worse before it gets better. Anyone have any knowledge as to how long it takes for this to move through an area and what percentage, roughly, of the deer will be lost??

The CWD alliance has a good FAQ page as well with some reputable information.

http://cwd-info.org/faq/

They have a lot of info including current news, maps, and current research on CWD.

Too much interest in the illusive trophy buck is partly the culprit in rise of CWD and other diseases. Many states responding to the obsession of hunters gravitating to states with older more mature deer. The almighty dollar causes states to greatly reduce deer harvest limits so that more bucks reach their peak maturity and antler growth, in turn these higher deer populations along with reduced habitat size creates over crowding and facilitates the spread of disease. Then Mother Nature takes over and thins the heard back down to healthy size for the habitat on hand.........I personally rather hunters have a chance to thin these herds with a more liberal harvest limits than to allow Mother Nature the pleasure. Georgia has found a successful happy medium it seems by allowing only 2 bucks while increasing the yearly doe limit to 10 does , or 12 does if you decide not to harvest your 2 bucks. Georgia to date has not had a single CWD case last time I looked.
You can't eat antlers and 5-7 year old buck meat is sub par at best. Sometimes I yearn for the good ole days where a successful hunt was determined by time spent in the deer woods with friends and if you were lucky enough to have a fried blackstrap dinner with camp potatoes with your huntin buddies sittin round your campfire.
It ain't all about horns, videos and competition.........or at least it shouldn't be.

We just had CWD show up in Mississippi in the past year. Our hunters here dont seem too concerned with it.

Gar Guru said:

We just had CWD show up in Mississippi in the past year. Our hunters here dont seem too concerned with it.

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Just read a news article tonite that CDC is concerned and ramping up studies on CWD. They are concerned that since CWD is basically the same pathogenic sort of disease as mad cow disease that it will start transferring to humans. Oh boy you know dam well the anti hunters will be seeking a way to use this against us.

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/zombie-deer-disease-affecting-24-us-states
Saw this tonight on the Weather channel of all places

tbrice23 said:

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/zombie-deer-disease-affecting-24-us-states
Saw this tonight on the Weather channel of all places

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I read it on FOX, same article

No not same article, FOX article much more in depth, CWD has same "prions" as Mad Cow that attack the brain. Also potentially same transmission dangers. Meat, blood and body fluids.

This may be GREAT NEWS!!! Check out this video. A cure for CWD appears to be imminent! If so this may save our Whitetails!