CWD testing in ALL 100 series GMU's is now mandatory

[GeoSwan]

https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cwd-rules

[Pathfinder101]

Yeah, got the email today.  I watched the video they linked.  Doesn't look too terribly hard to locate and remove the lymph nodes.  Gonna be a pain to take them to a site to drop them off though.  I hope all this is actually necessary...

[GeoSwan]

I wonder how they enforce non compliance here. Through harvest reporting? I genuinely hope everyone does comply. I'd like to see the results.

[baldopepper]

Wish they'd make it a little more convient.  Seems like maybe a roving test situation or two rotating around with scheduled stops would be a good idea. I've seen several done and the techs doing only took 10 minutes or so to do it.  I've got a drive a fair distance to get it done and then only during their stated time frame.  I suspect the inconvenience is gonna lead to a lot of non compliance.

[GeoSwan]

The day that we can test for CWD in the field will be a good one. You can also mail frozen glands to a testing site. The instructions on how to do that are in the link that I posted. I wonder if brain tissue is an ok substitute for the glands. I always remove deer brains with a clothes hanger before I take in to get euro’d. I would rather not have to dig around its neck for glands that aren’t obvious.

[baldopepper]

When I've watched em do it the glands were actually pretty easy to spot.  Of course they knew what they were doing. We've only had one positive out of several tested. Guess we could do the mail in thing, but I'll probably just make the drive.

[HUNTIN4SIX]

Why?  Are they seeing a rise in cases?  I believe last years big outbreak was a couple road kill?  Are they making the reporting  less intrusive? (was told they wanted gps coordinates?)  I don't trust these clowns regardless...my opinion.  So what if I don't report?  This doesn't smell right to me.  Why were they not concerned when deer were dropping dead everywhere during the blue tongue outbreak?  I have many questions, before I'm convinced....Kinda like the ole clot shot.....

[baldopepper]

I'll do it because I've said in other posts I've seen first hand what this crap can do..not sure if what they're doing will help or not, but I'd rather be seen as part of the solution than part of the problem. Blue tongue is spread totally different than cwd and really not much they could do to stop it. It is not passed on by other deer like cwd

[hunter399]

Yes they do ask for GPS coordinates,no big deal.
You can just give general area type stuff. County Rd ,GMU,ect.
I had my harvests tested last year,never gave coordinates.
Just a general area , mountain,creek,or road name they will accept.

They do have drop boxes for glands or heads. They say they check them once a week. If you can hit a check station on the weekend and give a fresh sample, probably better results then some week old stinky sample.

The wait time is a joke,it's what we have right now.
Hopefully that can be reduced in the future.
I did a euro last year,I removed the lower jaw and small portion of neck and tossed it in the box. They still was able to get a sample.

Hopefully that answers some questions.

My personal opinion.
Most likely if I'm successful again,I will have it tested.
Even though I'm very disappointed in the CWD regulations.
When I tested last year ,I was under the impression that the information would be used to impose CWD regulations for infected GMU. Not statewide bait bans. My fear with more testing is more opportunities will be lost.

I'll just say it here.
If your not prepared to bone out your meat,have your animal tested,clean and scrape your euro till all tissues are removed.
Then the 100 GMU units are not really an option or 100 GMU shouldn't be in your hunting plans.
Even if you decide to skip the testing,bone out, tissue removal should still be in your plans.

[nwwanderer]

Drop boxes checked once a week?  Not much left to test, check that puddle under the box!!!

[Ridgeratt]

Drop boxes checked once a week?  Not much left to test, check that puddle under the box!!!

And they will cheerfully collect the ears from any wolf or collars.
Watch out for the yellow jackets or Flies

[addicted1]

Yeah, got the email today.  I watched the video they linked.  Doesn't look too terribly hard to locate and remove the lymph nodes.  Gonna be a pain to take them to a site to drop them off though.  I hope all this is actually necessary...

It easy to remove them, they aren’t going to send out envelopes to mail them in?

[dilleytech]

Harvest rate should go down a bit since guys that won’t mess with reporting will also say they didn’t harvest as well.  Does that increase future tags or decrease?

[Elkaholic daWg]

Drop boxes checked once a week?  Not much left to test, check that puddle under the box!!!

And they will cheerfully collect the ears from any wolf or collars.
Watch out for the yellow jackets or Flies

Yep. NO WAY CWD could kill half as many deer as their pet predators since there aren't but 15% left of what the NE started with before they annointed them as priority.

[cjjcb]

Mandatory testing in the eastern region…. Currently, it’s 4 to 6 weeks…
Do you think it’ll go faster when they’re suddenly flooded with hundreds of samples?
I’m not that optimistic…
Expect results in 3 to 4 months… just a guess…

[furbearer365]

I smell some "new science" that our Board will come up with that states we can no longer eat CWD animals, therefore giving them the go-ahead to shut down deer hunting

[baldopepper]

Well, if that crap takes off in the area you hunt combined with another blue tongue outbreak and you won't have to worry about em shutting down deer hunting. There won't be enough left to hunt.

[hunter399]

Harvest rate should go down a bit since guys that won’t mess with reporting will also say they didn’t harvest as well.  Does that increase future tags or decrease?

I haven't seen anything increase in the NE .
Opportunities,deer/elk population,cougar quotas,
I mean nothing,not anything increase.....lol.. 😂

[hughjorgan]

Well, if that crap takes off in the area you hunt combined with another blue tongue outbreak and you won't have to worry about em shutting down deer hunting. There won't be enough left to hunt.

Don’t count on it the deer population around Yakima got decimated by louse which caused the deer to rub their fur off and succumb to the elements and the WDFW never halted seasons. Harvest rates are still abysmal in that part of the state. CWD may kill a significant number of deer in the NE but they will not curtail your hunting season.

[HUNTIN4SIX]

I smell some "new science" that our Board will come up with that states we can no longer eat CWD animals, therefore giving them the go-ahead to shut down deer hunting

YUP...Smells bad to me too.  I will not trust WDFW

[hunter399]

I smell some "new science" that our Board will come up with that states we can no longer eat CWD animals, therefore giving them the go-ahead to shut down deer hunting

YUP...Smells bad to me too.  I will not trust WDFW

I get it ,trust me I do.
Guess what I'm saying, if anyone decides not to test.
Please dump your carcass back into the GMU or leave your carcass in the GMU from which you harvest.
Not really asking that much here, I understand not trusting WDFW.
Even if I don't test, I'm dumping my carcasses back where I harvest.
It's just the right thing to do ,to protect the rest of the state from CWD.

[Kingofthemountain83]

Wonder how long till it gets to central WA...

[Ridgeratt]

So what makes you think that they aren't already there?

Just because nothing has been tested.  Look at the wolves that got imported into Washington. Started in the northeast corner and they are getting reports all the way to just outside the Emerald city.

[Kingofthemountain83]

Could be... Never seen any signs of it...   

[HUNTIN4SIX]

Anyone know how many confirmed cases we’ve had in WA?  Maybe I missed it? 

[hughjorgan]

Anyone know how many confirmed cases we’ve had in WA?  Maybe I missed it?

ChatGPT:

Washington State: Confirmed CWD Cases

1. First Confirmed Case
   •   Date Detected: July 2024 (announced August 1, 2024)
   •   Location & Specimen: A white-tailed deer (female) found dead in the Fairwood area north of Spokane County    .
   •   WDFW had been preparing for CWD for years and ramped up surveillance—this detection triggered expanded testing and adjustments in their disease management strategy     .

2. Second Confirmed Case
   •   Date Announced: November 15, 2024
   •   Details: Adult male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter during the opening weekend of firearm deer season, in Spokane County—about 5 miles north of the first case   .

3. Four Additional Cases
   •   Timing: Mid to late November samples, with results announced in mid-December 2024
   •   Details:
   •   Four additional hunter-harvested male white-tailed deer tested positive—bringing the statewide total to six confirmed cases   .
   •   Three of these were taken within 5 miles of the two initial cases (Spokane area, GMU 124).
   •   One came from Pend Oreille County (GMU 117), near Davis Lake—marking geographic spread of the disease

[cem3434]

 

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[HUNTIN4SIX]

Anyone know how many confirmed cases we’ve had in WA?  Maybe I missed it?

ChatGPT:

Washington State: Confirmed CWD Cases

1. First Confirmed Case
   •   Date Detected: July 2024 (announced August 1, 2024)
   •   Location & Specimen: A white-tailed deer (female) found dead in the Fairwood area north of Spokane County    .
   •   WDFW had been preparing for CWD for years and ramped up surveillance—this detection triggered expanded testing and adjustments in their disease management strategy     .

2. Second Confirmed Case
   •   Date Announced: November 15, 2024
   •   Details: Adult male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter during the opening weekend of firearm deer season, in Spokane County—about 5 miles north of the first case   .

3. Four Additional Cases
   •   Timing: Mid to late November samples, with results announced in mid-December 2024
   •   Details:
   •   Four additional hunter-harvested male white-tailed deer tested positive—bringing the statewide total to six confirmed cases   .
   •   Three of these were taken within 5 miles of the two initial cases (Spokane area, GMU 124).
   •   One came from Pend Oreille County (GMU 117), near Davis Lake—marking geographic spread of the disease

Hey Thanks Man!

[nwwanderer]

The WDFW CWD band wagon has limited who can comment on the 'program'.  The banner reads 'Stop Chronic Wasting Disease', as if that is possible.  No mention of genetics, the only real hope for limiting CWD.