CWD Update

[IronNoggin]

I just found out that another big cull will happen in Alberta this year...

Really? A few queries with a handful of my old colleagues back there strongly suggest this is bull-pucky.

When I heard the story, I started looking into the CWD process on when it gets this bad. Seems to add up, I guess all we can do is watch.

"Heard the story" OR Made it up?

Given the extreme backlash that occurred after their last cull fiasco, I would be downright amazed were they to try that on again.
I am not at all surprised however at their current Modus Operandii of simply issuing massive amounts of tags (and notably doe tags) in effected areas. Substantially more in some areas than ever seen before. That action is causing several outfitters I know to pull the plug - they see the writing on the wall, and understand the gov's focus on driving deer populations in those area right into the dirt. In a round-about way, a cull of sorts. Only being performed by licensed hunters, not government staff.

As many have noted here before, there is zero evidence suggesting any correlation between baiting and the spread of CWD.

Nog