Comments on: Natural Resources Commission to meet Aug. 9 in Lansing https://thinkingafield.org/2012/08/natural-resources-commission-to-meet-aug-9-in-lansing.html Outdoor commentary and legislative issues. Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Glen https://thinkingafield.org/2012/08/natural-resources-commission-to-meet-aug-9-in-lansing.html#comment-1566 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:51:03 +0000 http://thinkingafield.org/?p=6100#comment-1566 In reply to Helane Shields.

I agree that fenced hunts are not sportsman-like and that baiting can cause disease. That’s why I don’t do either. However, baiting in Michigan is limited to 2 gallons and it must be spread over a 10 square-foot area. Subsequently, no CWD has been found in Michigan’s wild deer herd.

]]> By: Helane Shields https://thinkingafield.org/2012/08/natural-resources-commission-to-meet-aug-9-in-lansing.html#comment-1563 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:42:20 +0000 http://thinkingafield.org/?p=6100#comment-1563 Shooting terrified animals trapped from escape by fences never struck me as being “sportsman-like”.
Baiting deer also poses health risks by assembling them in a small area, subject to horizontal CWD infections.

Experts indicate farmed deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) pose significant risks to wild deer and elk in the same area:

Diseased deer and elk shed infectious CWD prions in their saliva, mucous, blood, urine and feces. Prions become 680 times more infectious in certain soils, and soils remain infectious for years (Pedersen, J., et al). Pathways of risk at the fence lines between concentrations of wild and captive deer and elk include potentially contaminated soil and vegetation, and wind-borne or water borne infectious materials.

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