Hunting Ethic Interferes with CWD Eradication Plan
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Hunting Ethic Interferes with CWD Eradication Plan





Wisconsin's four-year strategy that relies on deer hunters to eliminate Chronic Wasting Disease in the whitetail herd is not a promising plan, according to a hunter attitude study. At the heart of the state Department of Natural Resource's strategy has been liberalized hunting seasons and bag limits, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, but hunters reject the premise, says one of the researchers. "This appears to be very deeply rooted in our modern hunting culture—probably from years of conservation philosophy―that you don't take more than you can use, "surmised researcher Robert Holsman, University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point.

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