People at PETA are behind this.... /grumble
Well, you should shoot them first.
hmmmm - guess I'll skip deer hunting and instead, go dear hunting, heheh.
;^D
This is a confusing story. Brain wasting disease is obviously a democRat affliction, but aren't they against hunting? There must be a different connection to this disease of the left.
Eating wild deer is unsafe?
So is eating lamb or mutton; so is eating beef; so is being anywhere within 500 miles of poultry; so is eating GM grains & other foods; so is eating anything cooked in aluminum, copper, tin, Teflon coated, or iron pans...better go vegan, and only eat organially grown cabbages that died of natural causes.
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> So far, it has not been unclear where the deer
> chronic wasting disease comes from.
"not been unclear"?
Anyway, I sort of recall that they think it jumped from
some other species (sheep?) in a poorly managed pen
situation at CSU in Fort Collins CO. And the deer
spread it with their nose-touching habit.
First confirmed KS CWD deer was reported toes-up here
this week.
Only shoot healthy deer ping!
From the Ohio Dept. Natural Resources:
"Deer hunting in the state was already off to a good start with both early archery and youth deer-gun season figures up from 2004. When combining the results from the first six-weeks of archery season, the youth season and opening day, a total of 89,276 deer have been killed so far this deer hunting season - compared to 87,893 last year at this time. In all, hunters took a total of 216,443 deer during all of last year’s hunting seasons.
Deer hunting contributes an estimated $266 million to Ohio's economy each year and helps to support thousands of jobs. Venison is delicious and nutritious meat, low in fat and cholesterol. It is the number one wild game served by hunters in Ohio. Deer hunters also contribute thousands of pounds of venison to organizations that help feed less-fortunate Ohio residents through special programs."
There are more deer in my county than people, we are literally overrun with them and they pose serious road hazards. If this article is accurate, then states like Ohio will have a serious deer problem on their hands.