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re: Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Arkansas Elk
Posted on 2/29/16 at 9:48 am to Pigfeet
Posted on 2/29/16 at 9:48 am to Pigfeet
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This is going to change deer hunting as we know it, and we may never see an Elk in Arkansas again.
Virtually all of best whitetail hunting states have CWD. Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa all have positive tests and they are the go to states for whitetail. It's also been found in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Arkansas needs to take the approach of Illinois and keep the population way down in the CWD area. By doing so Illinois has kept the CWD rate at 1%.
Although I would prefer not to, I have no problem getting rid of the elk. Most land owners in the area hate having them here, hunting opportunities for them are very limited, and they appear to more susceptible to CWD. The luxury of having a small elk herd is not worth the risk to the whitetail herd.
This post was edited on 2/29/16 at 9:54 am
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Posted on 2/29/16 at 1:22 pm to Raz4back
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Virtually all of best whitetail hunting states have CWD. Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa all have positive tests and they are the go to states for whitetail.
Isn't the difference between those states and ours, is that that are known for bigger bucks, but lack the quantity.
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Although I would prefer not to, I have no problem getting rid of the elk. Most land owners in the area hate having them here, hunting opportunities for them are very limited, and they appear to more susceptible to CWD. The luxury of having a small elk herd is not worth the risk to the whitetail herd
Agree
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