CWD - fostered by greed and profit

[popplecop]

Part of the CWD problem is the horn mania we have now. I was born and raised in a county were the main industry was either railroad or pulp. In those years we had buck only hunting from the ground an no bait. We actually shot some bucks that way. To get a buck was great no one worried about inside, tine lenght measurements, one did ask how many points though. Times change deer everywhere, now we want huge racks, let's improve antler growth in our own little world, import a live buck with the right genes and release in our hunting area. No it was not inspected, no reliable test for CWD on live deer. May have been another way it started here. As far as shooting deer on deer farms for horns, wow there's some bragging rights for you. Try and clamp down on my deer farm, I'll see you in court, that is good for at least a 3 year delay. If I sound a little bitter, I am. We have several generations that here that couldn't shoot a deer if it wasn't for bait piles. Some say senior citizens and handicap need bait, maybe so. I'm in my late 60s, have an artificial hip and knee in on leg and a brace on the other. If I can't hunt deer way a woodsman would time to find a new sport. Now I'm off my soap box, just an old mans opinon.