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- The Proving Grounds' oldest buck had CWD. Grant shares the truth about CWD and what we can all do to protect our deer herds.
Best sources for CWD Info:
www.growingdeer.tv/CWDInfo
www.growingdeer.tv/CWDDeerAss...
Research Links:
CWD Management Zone Map - www.growingdeer.tv/CWDManagem...
CWD Timeline - www.growingdeer.tv/CWDTimeline
CWD Overview - www.growingdeer.tv/CWDOverview
CWD Microscopic Brain Tissue Sample Image - www.growingdeer.tv/CWDMicrosc...
Missouri CWD Mandatory Sampling - www.growingdeer.tv/MissouriCW...
Missouri CWD Deer Carcass Transportation and Disposal - www.growingdeer.tv/MissouriCW...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Chronic Wasting Disease {CWD) - www.growingdeer.tv/Centersfor...
CWD in transgenic mice - www.growingdeer.tv/CWDtransge...
Fatal Degenerative Neurologic Illnesses in Men Who Participated in Wild Game Feasts --- Wisconsin, 2002 - www.growingdeer.tv/WildGameFe...
Human Prion Disease and Relative Risk Associated with Chronic Wasting Disease - www.growingdeer.tv/HumanPrion...
Mineral licks as environmental reservoirs of chronic wasting disease prions - www.growingdeer.tv/MineralLicks
Missouri Voluntary CWD Sampling - www.growingdeer.tv/CWDSampling
The importance of localized culling in stabilizing chronic wasting disease prevalence in white-tailed deer populations - www.growingdeer.tv/LocalCulling
Northwest Iowa County (in Wisconsin) CWD prevalence rate - www.growingdeer.tv/NWIowaCounty
Illinois Chronic Wasting Disease: 2022-2023 Surveillance and Management Report - www.growingdeer.tv/IowaCWD
Deer infected with chronic wasting disease killed in Stone County; first in southwest Mo. - www.growingdeer.tv/StoneCount...
Cabela’s Meat Processing - www.growingdeer.tv/meat
Green Cover Seed - www.growingdeer.tv/gcsd
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Excellent information! Thanks for taking the time to do this. Your respectful approach is missing in much of today’s society. We need to continue to follow the science!
Except they don't seem to be following all the science from what I've read. There's a lot out there that some people, for whatever ever reason, won't talk about .
I've asked for peer studies to back up what they are saying, and so far all I get is, I have bad information. Lol.
Excellent and informative presentation. Thank you very much and keep doing what you're doing. It has an impact.
Perhaps the most important posting you have done. Thank you
Thanks to the creator, for having people like you on this earth. I cannot thank you enough for your passion to make what the creator made just a little better. Keep on Keeping on !!!!
Thanks for the encouraging words!
Great episode. Thanks for sharing your CWD journey and supporting best practices for CWD.
Thank you for producing this and communicating everything so effectively Grant!
Thank you for putting out this information. I appreciate it as some of the places I hunt in Pennsylvania and Ohio have deer that tested positive for CWD. Keep doing what you’re doing. And thanks again.
Thank you for such an informative and science-based segment, Grant! Well done!
Thank you Grant for this timely and informative video. As a longtime practicing wildlife biologist I can appreciate the time and effort that goes into gathering and vetting the information that you've presented. And I certainly appreciate the audience you can reach. All good information and as always presented in a way that doesn't tell us how to think, but what to think about, lol. CWD is here to stay and as conservationists and responsible hunters we need to be prepared to effectively discuss it and manage it to the best of our abilities. And as with so many things in life, CWD may be one of those where there is no true solution, but many possible intelligent compromises. Thank you for your professionalism, your knowledge, and most importantly your willingness to share. So kudos to you and the team, keep up the good work.
Thanks for the encouraging words!
So as a biologist, can you show me the the peer study results showing where all deer die when they are tested , and the prion is found? Not cwd, the prion. I don't want hunches based on uncontrolled outcomes based on state to state differences. I'm trying to figure this out and anytime I ask, I get nothing. Seems that it isn't 100% lethal. Why aren't there dead deer everywhere? Also seems that cwd isn't a population based disease. Again I want peer studies, accurate studies.
As always, solid information and video, Dr. Grant.
Sorry you found CWD. Excellent job in summarizing facts about CWD. I appreciate it.
Great episode Grant!!! We all need to be good stewards and conservationists and follow the most recent research and information available. Thank you and your team for consistently providing us with what you can of that!!! Keep up the good work.
This is one of the first videos I’ve watched from your channel, and to get excellent information, followed by a demonstration of your reverence for God at the end was a blessing! Keep it up!
Thanks for the kind words!
Grant, this is why I love watching the channel. It isn't solely about hunting strategies, and videos like this show just how important it is to have good information based on solid science, so that people can learn and then adjust what they do on their property or when they go hunting.
Thanks!
As always great information. Thank you so much Grant!
Excellent video Grant!! Thank you again.
Grant, you just gain my respect every time I listen to you. So calm and logical. Thanks for being the calm and wise presence you are in the industry!
Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you, great source of information.
This is the best video on CWD I have ever seen. Thank you!
Thanks for the encouraging words! They are nice amongst all the misinformed and haters out there. Thanks again!
Thanks for the good information. I really appreciate this video! Keep up the good work. :)
Great episode. Thank u Grant.
Thanks for your common sense and calm response to a complex problem.
I agree 100% with every word that you have spoken and hope more passionate deer hunters like myself will arm themselves with the knowledge it takes to bring us through this challenging time!
Dr. Grant. I respect and admire your work. Follow you on CZcams since I first found you a few years back. I think these kinds of conversations are necessary and valuable for the hunting community. I will share with that in experience of working in a large government agency, well intentioned ideas will take on a life of their own! It’s for good reasons that the public is very skeptical of any comes from the government or even academia. For example you mentioned the auto insurance industry, if they are not interested in lowering the number of deer collisions it would be very surprising. You are doing a good job at educating, please don’t get defensive when people ask stupid questions. In my opinion the only stupid questions are the ones that nobody wants to ask!
Thanks! I don't mind questions - but the name calling, sharing false information, saying I sold out to the GOV, etc., is silly and tiresome. I hope to help deer and deer hunters.
@@GrowingDeerTV Grant, I have always appreciated your knowledge and input.
But as to the populace questioning the "process", can you blame them?
With the whole COVID chaos, and STILL NO REAL DATA proving that this was nothing more than a bad flu, and that the people had been played, is a typical response.
I am not a "naysayer" per se. I will admit that I question our government's actions, and have lost a lot of faith in both the CDC, AND the World Health Organization.
I try to look at it from both sides of the fence, but the media has put a strain on normal thought processes.
This was the best educational source on CWD I've come across, yet.
God Bless you Dr. Grant Woods!
Dr. Grant I thought that I had this season in the bag, as far as tagging a mature buck. I only hunt public land here in Missouri. Scouted very hard this past spring and found two different huge rub lines. The biggest rub lines I have personally ever seen. Definitely made by big mature bucks. Then I started finding dead deer. From February til October I found three dead deer. Killed from disease. I've contacted the conservation department. One deer I found in October was a decent 135" ten pointer. Needless to say, after the drought we've had this year it's made it harder on the deer herds to stay healthy. I didn't catch any mature bucks on camera. It sucks!
Thanks for posting on this horrible disease.
There's always next season.
Great information. Thanks for sharing!
Good video. Thanks for posting it.
Great presentation Dr Woods. It’s amazing to me that some will not do anything to help out. Some are very short sighted and can’t be bothered to be inconvenienced with a slightly smaller herd, handling carcasses properly or give up a corn pile.
Well Done Grant THANK YOU
Excellent video.
Thanks
Thx Grant for this good information 👍👍🦌🦌
I agree with you grant totally if you we don’t take care of are deer herd ,the most sought after big game in the us,a lot of people that disagree with you they don’t care about conservation,all that matters to them is the harvest, god bless you grant and your family you have the best and most knowledgeable hunting show on CZcams
Great video keep them coming.
Honest question. If the CWD protein is passed by body fluids and waste, why can they only find it in testing that requires the animal die?
Exactly. Bunch of b.s.
come up with a “cure” for Covid in a matter of months but can’t stop the common cold or flu. Or the so called “cwd”
Bingo
Furthermore, why test? CWD is NOT transmittable to humans. If a deer appears ill, don't eat it, same as you would any other disease. I refuse to play their politics, so I refuse to test.
I think the answer is a practical one. How would you obtain a sample from a living deer? I think testing the harvest is one of ease. They’re dead and no moving. You could likely test soil samples but that might not say much about numbers of the disease, only that it exists in some area.
I understand collecting the lymph’s from a harvested animal but even in deer farms(where they handle living deer) fish and game requires they be killed to collect cwd samples
I have land in the core zone in Wisconsin after 20 years plus the mature buck numbers are way down 4 yrs old are becoming rare! people really complain about deer numbers up this way.
Thanks for sharing! In many of the areas where CWD prevalence rates are high, hunters noticed decreased numbers of mature bucks and deer overall.
@@GrowingDeerTV Yep it has been a consistent decline for years. Now its getting to the point that the complaints are higher than ever before. Of course many try to blame the DNR, which I think is not the problem they are doing what they can to support deer numbers here. I think people now days expect way to much for the hunt. I remember we had to get tags to shoot a doe when I first started here in Southern Wisconsin. Heck seeing deer was exciting they would write about it in the paper if somebody shot a good buck. With a bow it was like how did you do that Lol! With the increase of numbers that happened in our state from the late 60's to late 80's people became spoiled in my eyes. It was so bad number wise in this core area if I went out bow hunting, and didn't see 15 to 20 deer in one sit I did something wrong. Lol I think expectation have out grown common sense in this area. Many have zero idea of carrying capacity of their lands, and what a healthy and sustainable deer herd really looks like, and that is to bad , and causing many issues in the area. Have a great day and thanks for all of the great info you guys put out!
Thank you for the great information. Here in PA in all the CWD zones the game commission puts out collection bins to put heads in and does free testing. It is a great service to the hunters in our state.
Yes it is!
Excellent video Grant! Facts are the best way to handle CWD.
While I'm not a biologist, it seems to me that Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) might be receiving exaggerated attention from our state agencies. Specifically looking at Arkansas, where CWD was initially identified in 2015 and testing commenced in 2016, the numbers paint an interesting picture:
• Between 2016 and 2023, a total of 50,430 deer were tested, with 1,495 (2.96%) testing positive.
• Notably, 93% of these positive cases are concentrated around Newton County and the Elk population.
• Most of the tested deer were from Newton and nearby counties, where the prevalence is highest. Most were sampled voluntarily or culled by the AGFC due to visible signs of sickness.
Over the past eight years, the AGFC has marked 25 counties as CWD zones, accounting for the total 1,495 positive cases mentioned above. However, a substantial 579,568 deer were harvested in these designated counties in the same period, translating to a mere 0.26% positive rate (I know not every deer was tested). When extended to the statewide harvest numbers, the relevance diminishes further.
Adding to the perspective, the AGFC has significantly increased the number of CWD tests by 435% from 2016 to 2023, with only a 117% increase in positive cases. In essence, does this not suggest an exaggeration of the issue?
In summary, while acknowledging the severity of CWD, a 100% fatal disease for deer, and speaking as a passionate deer hunter, the decision to remove antler restrictions across half the state appears disproportionate. This measure clearly impacts the age class of bucks negatively.
A little bit of research tells me CWD was introduced to Arkansas in 1981 with the Elk herd. CWD has been around since then and will always be here. A doe will always lick her fawns, deer will groom each other, and deer will always feed/sleep/walk/drink in the same areas even if there is not a corn pile.
The data shows there has been no impact on CWD numbers by implementing the CWD regulations set by the AGFC, like no baiting in the summer months, no antler restrictions, no natural deer scents/lures, & increased bag limits.
Just a follow-up comment: I love Grant and agree with everything he says. My comment above was more related to the AGFC and the published data on their website. They make it seem like our deer population is on the brink of extinction with the narrative they push, but the numbers don't support it. I will also add I don't hunt over corn piles.
Thanks for your note and for note using bait! In Boone County, Arkansas, there's a 1 in 4 chance of bucks having CWD - 25%. I have friends with land there they purchased for deer hunting. They are very discouraged as the deer numbers as age structure have declined. Several deer they've harvested have tested positive for CWD. That core area seems to be increasing annually. CWD is a very serious issue in north central Arkansas. I hope you don't hunt in that area.
@@jakobwhite3105Unfortunately the infection rate will continue to increase and the disease will spread. In Wisconsin it took 18 years to get to my farm from when it was first detected about 70 miles away. Now, half our mature bucks taken this past fall tested positive.
Great video top notch info!!!!
Excellent vid Grant, i appreciate all your doing to educate everyone and share the facts. Lets make it a great 2024!
I always like learning and appreciate learning from those ahead of my time…I live in capital ny we have had some outbreaks but nothing to your extent…and I have always wondered about the meat ..and if we could contract it..I do wish they would give more tags out and more access to lands especially just outside city limits where the herd is just exploding in past that’s where most outbreaks occur because a large portion of the people feed the deer year round.
As a wildlife biologist myself for which state I won’t mention. We recommend Growing DeerTV to a lot of our landowners or we’ve had them mentions Grants name. Thank you Grant/Daniel for expressing the information in a digestible format for many hunters and landowners; it helps us in the field exponentially!
Thanks for your kind words and for working to slow the spread of CWD!
Good info! Keep up the good work!
I agree on the natural route of enhancing the natural forage. It’s hard to beat the original designer.
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Thanks Grant.
Good stuff Grant!
Keyboard cowboys absolutely killed me 😂
Thank you for the information. God bless you
Very good,thanks
I appreciate the excellent information and your presentation. Food for thought right down to the processing.
Great content
Thank you, Grant for providing the information needed to understand CWD and ways we can help. Ignore the junk mail. You are doing great work.
Grant what do you think about scrapes ? They seem to be cwd pits .
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keep your videos coming please.
Good video/info. Rethinking my mineral rocks.
💪👊👍! Great info!
Well done Grant!
Thanks Dr Grant for the facts and information on CWD as well as legitimate sources for further information. I respect a biologist who is also a deer hunter and uses science and not emotion to explain how we can mitigate this disease until a cure is found.
I sent my first comment in before you got to the segment where you explained that a food plot or natural food source isn't the same as a feeder spot. I can agree with that too. However, at the beginning when you explained that a deer is constantly salivating especially while eating. And food particles are falling out of their mouths. But when you touched on the fact that food plots and natural food sources the deer eats the plant and doesn't put their nose back down in the same spot. I have to disagree with that statement simply because the deer are in fact grazing in the same spot just eating another plant/foot source. So in reality the saliva is spreading along with their urine and feces as they move through the food plot/natural food source. It's just not in a pile as you stated; which again I never thought about that so thank you for that insight.
Ok Dr. Grant what about scrapes every deer in the area bucks and does all lick and defecate in the scrape how is that different then a bait site?
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There not baiting and cwd is hocuz pocus
I'll take this one. It's not different at all... Except that it's something we don't have control over. Most effective way to control disease is to completely isolate each individual... But since that's not possible, it's all about controlling the risk behaviors we can. No, it won't eliminate CWD... But at present, reducing infection numbers is the best we can hope for.
Two fawns positive and a 12 point positive out of 5 deer taken in camp here in Arkansas; so much for not being in fawns.
Calvin - CWD has been cooking in Arkansas for many decades and when the disease is that prominent, fawns can get CWD. Thanks for sharing.
Great information. Like to add. In NYS one of the first know cases of CWD was do to herd farming deer for restaurants. This goes back over thirty years ago when venison was only allow to be sold in restaurants. It had nothing to do with hunters. I support not doing baiting stations
Thanks! NY has only had one reported case of CWD.
How they report stats, if often miss leading. Since the 80's only one CWD reported?? along with bordering PA having CWD. Just saying. @@GrowingDeerTV
$420 million up for grabs for cwd ladies and gentlemen.
What about mock scrapes or licking branches??
Hi Grant. This is a completly different topic but I’m not good on Facebook. So I’ll give it a try. I hunt near lake city fl. It’s ten acres. Buenavista doing lots of your examples. Sooo. There is a few sections with palmetto palms in it. These are small ,low to ground palm type plants. They offer screening ,but not much more. Thick, no sun bare ground and I never seen any suggestion if deer eat it or bed in it. In your travels have you ever given recommendations on what to do with this stuff. Keep some for screening let it grow or slowly open up area? Thanks Grant any help will be appreciated
Awesome presentation Grant! Thank you for doing all you can to educate your audience! The process of educating the public is slow painful and disappointing at times. Look guys, there is no conspiracy by wildlife departments to profit from CWD nor to exterminate deer. Please educate yourself, the information from decades of studies of CWD is there for you to read! Thanks!
Excellent show by Grant and it is all true. Eventually all states will abolish baiting stations.
I agree.
Dr Grant convinced me a long time ago that I didn’t have to have 500 acres on th Missouri/Iowa border to grow and harvest quality bucks. Our practices, through knowledge that he’s provided over the years, created more deer and other wildlife, and high-quality deer on a 63 acre tract. I’ve taken a 165 4/8, several 150 class and each year we see progress. Our unofficial “proving grounds” has made for great hunting and conservation.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Grant. Hunting is getting to be more like work then a fun past time. Food plots, tractors, seed cost, soil samples. Hundreds turns into thousands. The cost of everything is going up, and I don't want to risk my families heath just because I like to hunt deer. The what you don't know wont hurt don't really apply in this case. Tough choices. I would feel bad if my wife or son got sick from eating a deer that I shot and brought home. I hope that there is a way in the future that we can test and know for sure that it is safe in a more timely manor.
well said
Amen! Brother grant. I enjoy everything about the channel. Just don't start getting overly excited about the harvest like some channels do. We're still taking a life ,that the creator gave us to manage responsibly, and sometimes the harvest can be an emotional thing. And they should be respected, as your channel does. Thanks.
what about watering holes and small ponds? Deer congregate and drink out of the same area?
I am from Wisconsin and can say that when CWD was first found it put a scare in hunters to the point that a lot of hunters did not go or decided that they would only shoot a big buck. In areas that it was found the DNR did try to eradicate deer by hiring sharpshooters to shoot deer at night over of all things bait piles. They also had special seasons. Where I live they found it in a deer farm image that. Every deer in the farm (Buck Horn Flats) ended up testing positive. There was also a hole in the fence found that miraculously most of the big bucks escaped through. Tells you something about how deer farms played a big roll in CWD. The DNR then tried to take out as many wild deer in the area with a special hunt in February. As you stated in your video that there is no proof that CWD can spread to humans. In Wisconsin testing is voluntary and they do not confiscate the meat from a deer that tests positive. It should be up to the individual whether they want to have their deer tested. I am not a big fan of baiting to begin with but do not feel it is a major factor in CWD spreading. Every deer in an area visits community scrapes and licking branches. Very few deer in the wild die from CWD. They usually die from blunt force trauma, coming into contact with sharp objects or lead poisoning.
Thanks for the episode…a lot of good information. I was wondering if you could answer a couple questions. Do you recommend having targeted culling by MDC on private land (including your own land)? Also, I know you said deer meat has lower concentrations of the prion, but what about your grinder…are you concerned that your ground CWD positive meat will contaminate future meat since disinfecting an object is nearly impossible (I’ve heard bleach/heat and other disinfectants are useless for killing the prion).
John - I know MDC is busy so we remove lots of deer during season and if we miss our goal, we remove more during the CWD collection period.
Grant, always apreiciate your great episodes on your channel and the facts you share. I do have a question though that might sound a little stupid, how would you recomend disposing your meat if you found that it came from a deer with CWD?
Great question! Meat doesn't include near as many prions as the nervous system (brain, spinal column, eyes). CWD material is best disposed of in quality landfills that have a liner so the prions can't get into the soil.
GREAT INFO DC Grant ..i was wondering if the ehd deer are safe to eat. since we had a out brake of this year .we found 30 deer dead that mdc said was ehd . do the deer that died spread the ehd virous ? can another deer catch the virous for just being around the area of the dead deer?
From all I’ve heard EHD is not a transfer disease (to other deer) it comes from little gnats that hatch out of drying mud around ponds etc during drought conditions. Also called blue tongue, don’t know about eating them? Pretty sure they die pretty fast after they get it?
@@inthewoods3237 thank you dc Grant .thats what i read also but the warden couldnt tell anything so we didnt shoot deer here on the farm this year because of this ehd .an hunted else where for our winter meat...i know i saw a giant buck one afternoon an he was dead the next morning in the food plot mdc said it was ehd he had a blue Toung..thank you for you responce
EHD is 100% not transferred from deer to deer, it is caused by a deer being bitten by a culicoides midge fly that is a carrier of the disease. The midge generally gets it from biting a cow which is the most common host animal. It is a virus, and it is not transferred from deer to human. I would not eat the meat either as most of these deer die from a severe fever and internal hemorrhage. On rare occasions deer can survive it. There are two forms, acute and chronic if one doesn't get them usually the other one will, or secondary infection. It's a death sentence for almost any deer that gets it.
I appreciate the info Grant and team. The more information we have, the better the decision making. Deferring baiting is perfectly reasonable and shows direct correlation via the 2 state approaches. This year I started baiting and planting green cover, all be it late in the year. Trail cams tell me the deer much prefer the planted plots. I have only seen a few doe groups at the bait. MUCH more deer (especially bucks) at the planted plot. So, baiters relax and adapt, you can plant virtually any where. Good hunting!
Very well done video Grant one of your best!
How bout water holes Grant? We can have them in IL. Do you feel they are a CWD contributor similar to baiting?
I'm not aware of any research about CWD and water holes. I suspect bigger is better so the saliva, etc., isn't as concentrated.
@@GrowingDeerTV thank you!
Thank you Dr. Grant for laying out the facts about CWD.
Dr. Grant, I greatly appreciate your utube channel and sharing of knowledge and experiences. Thanks for this video. Will government shooters be coming to your area to eradicate as many deer as they can in the near future? Also, I know for a fact that in IA and NE, insurance companies have lobbied the state gov/DNR's to increase deer harvest to lower numbers, they don't just eat the cost by charging more. Deer collisions impact their bottom line so they want more killed.
Thanks! In Missouri the Department of Conservation gives landowners in CWD zones the option to harvest more deer. If the landowner prefers, they can ask for help - or not participate at all. The eradication rumors aren't true. anywhere I work.
Great cumulative review of existing CWD info. Don't even acknowledge the ignorant, Dr.Grant. they don't even deserve the recognition. Most mammalian species go through a cycle with hemorrhagic fevers and various diseases. This is 1 of the few times we have these platforms to communicate info about it. You play a key role in that communication. Can't thank you enough.
Some good info here. Especially about the dirt piles of slime from feeding areas. If you are intent on feeding corn it is best to spread it in a huge area, (like acorns drop) the deer will be less paranoid because it will appear more natural and less erosion and death of rhe soil biome. Also if you are intent of mineral supplements a good idea is a brine tub like a snall plastic pond because as far as i have researched the prions need soil to do whatever it is they do to mutate a deer. Sort of like how parasites need a place to morph or whatever.
I live in Southwest Wisconsin and we've had CWD for the past 30 years. Yet the herds are the same if not bigger today than they were thirty years ago. It's a moneygrab by the department of natural resources. Mainly due to deer farms, and that's where you'll find your highest concentrations of CWD. I suggest you listen to Chris Brackett. As he is very knowledgeable on the subject along with many other podcasters
I feel the same about the money grab. Find a few deer with CWD and get some grant money... always a problem needing solved in government agencies.
Look at the cwd next to municipalities map 🤔
Cwd is no different then covid unfortunately the wi dnr is still making Wisconsin wear mask
The same Chris Bracket that got caught poaching? He's your poster-boy for truth?! You look to a podcaster /influencer for your info and disregard Dr. Woods -- emphasis on DR... Wow, bud.
With all due respect Chris Brackett is far from an expert. Killing deer yes. Biology...no
Great information as it was so informative! We submitted two deer this year to our Connecticut DEP biologist for testing. I'm told that you should be careful not to cut the spinal cord, so one should be careful when removing the neck. Maybe we should bone the next without severing the spinal cord. What are your thougths?
Proud of you for having deer tested for CWD! I agree - always debone and never cut the spinal cord!
Thank you for what you do ! I have a question for you if you have time. Is the CWD in the meat? If so why dont they have a test for cwd in the meat or a test you can do in the field?
Steve - thanks for the kind words! CWD prions (Prions cause CWD) are at a much higher density in a deer's lymph glands and nervous system. Those are way better tissues to test than meat.
Any way you guys could post a video pulling the glands out?
Wyoming Game and Fish has a video on their youtube channel.
Great episode Grant... you're a real pro.
Grant, thanks for speaking the truth. Enjoyed your episode.
I've often wondered if there was a link between CWD and sportsman that perish from ALS
Just a comment, first thanks for your great info. Read a article from a Wyoming Elk hunting magazine and their was a mention of CWD coming from GMO plants (corn) etc. Interesting. Thanks.❤
There's certainly no truth to GMO plants causing CWD. Think there are many GMO plants in elk or reindeer country? Or in Yellowstone where CWD has been found?
If Missouri confiscates the meat, is there any guidance for cleaning of knives, cutting boards, grinders etc to eliminate or denature prions? What about commercial deer processors? The NIH late in 2019 advised that 5 min soak in 40% bleach effectively denatures prions, but is that practical (recreationally or commercially)?
it's practical if you are worried about a 100% fatal disease. However, remember to date CWD has never been shown to infect humans - and I don't wish to be the first.
It’s only one study that I know of, Kusnetsova 2018, demonstrated that higher concentration of humid acids within the soil, help “bind” the prion and make it less infectious.
Would something such as the Buffalo system, theoretically, which focuses of natural breakdown of dead materials (and thus, increasing humid acids) aid in decreasing the pathogenicity?
Thanks! I know the study you are referencing. I hope that work continues to show good results. I doubt increasing the humic acid on a small portion of a property will be enough to control CWD - unfortunately.
Grant, will you start testing all der including the fawns going forward?
No - A fawn is rarely tagged at my place and fawns very rarely test positive for CWD. They haven't been on the landscape long enough to be infected in most cases.
Great video as always!!!! Maybe a short video on how it actually got started in 1967 would educate a lot of folks also.👍🏻
And another thing you said CWD was found in the 60s in lab then 40 later it was found in the field is it possible that lab grown CWD and released it in the wild?
It would naive to think that the gov didn't release viruses for not only humans but people and more....
It is pretty common knowledge it originated at Colorado state in the lab animal herd where they comingled elk, deer, sheep, and a variety of other ungulates in close quarters for YEARS then AGAINST the vet's recommendations they released rather than euthanized after extensive testing. They didn't know it was there. They think scrapie mutated. (Best guess) due to extensive high degree of contact.
I am "in the field" FYI and talked directly to those old timers that had objections but of course the PR groups and tree huggers won...
Dr., thank you for keeping us informed. My question to you is how far are we from having a handheld test kit that hunters can use in the field to detect CWD? The police have them for drugs, we have them for covid, pregnancy, etc. Why has there been zero push for the technology? The need is present, and the cost is low. Thanks in advance- John in Virginia
Detecting the malformed protein that causes CWD is much tougher than testing for COVID, pregnancy, etc. I hope one is invented someday!
Unfortunately CWD has found its way to my neck of the woods in Ohio, but gratefully the deer I harvest didn't have it after I got the test results back.
I never thought about what you were saying about the feeders being used for deer. But wouldn't what you were stating hold true for large areas of Oak trees dropping the acorns. These areas are much more larger areas than a feeder which would spread out over a more vast area of deer deification.
Exactly! Ted nugent was arguing with a state about feed sites spreading it when there are wild apple orchards and licking branches all over
What about a soybean field thats much more vast then an oak tree, its all the being ate by the same herd that all swap spit all day long, its all a bunch of hocus pocus
I believe the common denominator is the feed. But I'm not just talking about the corn in feeders. Or protein feeders. I'm talking about everything that has anything to do with row crops and farmland . I mean think about it there's a reason that a lot of other countries have stopped the import of certain foods from America. Grains and produce. A country where life has been patent on soybeans and corn and who knows what else. Where crops are genetically. Modified enough that corn and soybeans produce their own insecticide and are guaranteed to grow yet its against the law for the farmer to save and use seeds rom his harvest. That that farmer has to purchase new seed every year. And I see the pattern of how cwd is always found within just a few miles crop land.and being that deer travel. But idk