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Wyoming feed stations are a breeding ground for disease/CWD. Thoughts?

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baldopepper:
Seems to be kind of caught between a hard spot and a rock situation.  No doubt feeding is a good thing during a hard winter, but if it contributes to the spread of cwd its a bad thing. As I think someone else said, it's damned if you do and damned if you dont. I do know that cwd is a wicked thing, an outbreak of it can wipe out a herd over the course of a few short years.  Hard decision, do you not feed and they winter kill or do you feed and risk a cwd outbreak. Don't know which way I lean.
 

bearpaw:
I don't think its too complicated unless you know you have cwd in a local herd, if there is no known cases of cwd in a local herd I really don't see how that is a concern? The herd of elk I watched in the neighbor's field all winter here in Idaho is a prime example. Jackson hole is another great example, the elk number in the thousands, all herded up, I've taken the horse sled ride out through those elk, those elk have been herding up for decades just north of town. Another good example is Hardware Ranch in Utah, I've done that sleigh ride too, it's pretty cool, a few hundred elk all being fed in one big herd! :twocents:

https://wildlife.utah.gov/hardware-visit.html

bearpaw:
Now that we know there is CWD in Unit 11 or whichever unit in Idaho, it would make sense to not have a large scale feeding operation there. I understand there is cwd in areas of WY, and can further understand not wanting to feed in those areas. But honestly, I think some bio's are using the cwd argument to push their personal belief to stop all feeding. And even more importantly we all need to understand that a lot of these biologists do not even believe in hunting, they will use whatever means to push various goals (more predators, stop winter feeding, eliminate hunting seasons, etc)  to achieve their anti-hunting agenda, they will push these goals down the throats of the "well meaning but unsuspecting" hunting public if you allow them to!

BeerBugler:
This is an incredibly stupid argument. Feeding or no feeding, during a severe winter, animals congregate. If they are not fed, they congregate and most die and a few survive. If they are fed, they congregate and most live and some die (mostly due to predation). IDFG did not feed in my area, all the deer were at the bottom of a canyon and 70-80% of them died there.I completely understand not feeding during a “normal “ winter but during severe winters or even “rough” winters the short term and long term populations benefit from feeding. Like all things there are pros and cons but feeding makes more sense than not feeding.

hoytxl2009:
I definitely favor the side of the feed station. I'm yet to read a article where elk die in masses due to disease at one of these loactions. The Jackson refuge was established in 1912 and I'm yet to read a single bad thing about it as well.

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