CWD Officially Confirmed in WA

[andersonjk4]

Hunting idaho and talking to local trappers and hearing how many collared wolves they trap that are out of Washington give me a gut feeling this came across the state line from a predator. I’d have to go look and see but I want to say they just had a case in northern idaho earlier this year.

The Idaho case was up near Bonners Ferry and the WA case just north of Spokane. Pretty good distance between them. But it still could be wolves transmitting it.  I think there is at least one captive elk herd just across the border in Idaho too. Not saying that’s where it came from either, just throwing possibilities out there. It could have always been here and just now discovered because testing has been ramped up. Most likely I would say it was predators or hunters transporting it into the state.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

What a bummer. If I kill a buck mid November on my west foothills blues white tail buck tag 3 hrs from home I now have to abide by all this or risk the penalties. The greatest thing about killing animals in November is how you can hang the deer or quarters bone in outside for a few days. so as I see it right now.

What a pain in the butt. I for one have no interest in getting a deer tested it doesn’t matter to me either way I’m eating the deer.

You can choose to be part of the solution, or part of the problem. Being part of the solution is, doing the right thing even though it might be a pain in the butt.  Losing our herds is an even bigger pain in the butt.

[dilleytech]

What a bummer. If I kill a buck mid November on my west foothills blues white tail buck tag 3 hrs from home I now have to abide by all this or risk the penalties. The greatest thing about killing animals in November is how you can hang the deer or quarters bone in outside for a few days. so as I see it right now.

What a pain in the butt. I for one have no interest in getting a deer tested it doesn’t matter to me either way I’m eating the deer.

You can choose to be part of the solution, or part of the problem. Being part of the solution is, doing the right thing even though it might be a pain in the butt.  Losing our herds is an even bigger pain in the butt.

It’s really easy to transport CWD meat and bones without infecting the local animals. But don’t misunderstand my post. That wasn’t meant as a complaint as much as a new reality and a question for clarification on if I understand the rules correctly.

[nwwanderer]

We have known about prion diseases, scrappy in sheep, since 1732.  The only thing that would 'wipe out the herd' is poor management decisions.  Influence WDFW to make useful decisions.  Prion research is far from complete and going off the deep end is a control tactic, not management.

[LDennis24]

 

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