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  1. Whitetail Deer Disease
    Interesting... any insight on why these CWD tests were IHC instead of ELISA?? Was this the same for other submissions? Just curious...
  2. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    I actually agree but only if the reference to "politicians" includes legislature, state agency, commission and lobbyists. Elected politicians have been responding to the current issues which stem from politically driven influence within the department and NGOs. In my opinion, this could be...
  3. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    First of all, not a single one of these "changes" were included in the DNR 2021 Deer Regulation package introduced to the NRC in November and under a DNR self imposed timeline requiring decisions prior to March. These survey questions are simply further evidence of the spiral of dysfunction...
  4. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    Thanks for sharing this. More of the same I'm afraid... What strikes me is using the natural correcting population argument to promote taking more does... without also representing nature limits production on the other end. They can and will say anything... but the actions don't match...
  5. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    Unfortunately, MI has opted to follow in WI footsteps... WI attacked CWD by focusing on increasing antlerless harvest. Hunter support was a mixed bag / with a group of vocal hunters leading their own "plan". After several years, the not accounted for consequences were a more "balanced"...
  6. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    When originally introduced, DNR said this would be a completely redundant system and current survey process would continue. Hard to know if they changed their tune or just their story... regardless, they took the decision away from the NRC and will force regulation change in 2022 based on...
  7. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    Meanwhile... DNR refuses to provide any updates on the study to the NRC or remainder of the hunting community... yet the original *** sponsors claim the study has provided positive results, in their opinion...
  8. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    Remember... the foregone conclusions of the APR study were published by this group prior to the start of this study. The statement once again seeks to use Prop G as a shield to protect self interests with an illusion of credible science (ie pseudo science) and perceived authority status for...
  9. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    Great discussions... plan to circle back but wanted to share the following: Given the declared opposition of DNR & APR sponsors, this bill appears to have already been effectively blocked. See position of MI NDA below. Continued legislative action is merely the result of escalating...
  10. Michigan Whitetail Deer Hunting
    Par for the course... no survey, no data, no evidence, no accountability... pure MI. In Dec NRC meeting, DNR leader was posturing, claiming 2020 results data wouldn't be available to NRC until well after his self-imposed deadline of March to push 2021 regulations without appropriate...
  11. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    Unfortunately... the Q guys are at the ready....
  12. Michigan Whitetail Deer Hunting
    Such a tragedy... my thoughts and prayers go out to you, your wife and family. So sorry for your loss. Sharing the difficult circumstances provides a powerful reminder to others. Thank you for doing so. I've often wondered what more could be done to promote safe climbing practices. It...
  13. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    The current issues have arisen from undermining and neglecting biological considerations to achieve social gains. Under current DNR leadership, neither the interests of the resource or sound science have a seat at the table. Just look at the proposals... all of them are about changes to...
  14. Deer Hunting Regulations, Proposals, and Law Debat
    The only strategy that has had a limiting impact on CWD is one that enables removal of more CWD positive deer. Adult bucks, regardless of head gear, are 2-3 times more likely to be infected than all other deer. That is a well documented fact. Increase population of bucks and this...
  15. Whitetail Deer Management
    Finally... 2019 results
  16. Whitetail Deer Disease
    Haven't seen any Michigan studies specifically looking at humic acid... though it is good to see other states are. If it could offer a means of lowering prion burden in the environment, it could potentially reverse or at least slow CWD impacts. Hard to understand why this wouldn't be among...
  17. Whitetail Deer Disease
    Hard to know, but it seems DNR hasn't been very responsive to disease concerns this year which makes it doubtful this relates to sick deer being tested. If that trend were to hold, and my math is right, positives could be 2.7 times higher, jumping from 65 to ~175. It's kind of a crap...
  18. Whitetail Deer Disease
    Compared to 2019, this latest update shows only 7.4% of total tests yet 20% of total CWD+ cases, certainly not a winning trend. Fewer tests with higher rate of positives... not good.
  19. Whitetail Deer Disease
    Have you had any success getting a biologist out yet? My first thought was something related to new, abundant food (corn, animal feed, etc.) in the area. Sudden diet changes can cause toxicity which has greater impact on fawns when weaning. Another thought is impact from small, stagnant...
  20. Whitetail Deer Disease
    Does it even matter. The DNR already knows where TB has established itself. They should be only looking for data where TB hasn’t been established vs wasting money on a known fact. The DNR has all the data it needs for the TB DMUs to know that they are a lost cause in trying to stop the spread...
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