CWD Should Prompt Caution Among Hunters- Michigan Outdoors – MLive.com

by Howard Meyerson | The Grand Rapids Press

The news about chronic wasting disease this week has given hunters and wildlife enthusiasts a lot to think about. Certainly a lot to talk about.

A disease deer hunters hoped would never show up is here. Only one case so far. And none outside the fence.

But there will probably be another. So, its time for cool heads to prevail.

The state is going to need help from hunters if it is to quickly assess whether the disease has spread to free-ranging deer. That means doing their part to bring deer in to be checked this year. Deer hunting starts on private lands in two weeks.

Those who kill deer in Tyrone, Solon, Nelson, Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Alpine, Plainfield and Cannon townships will have to have them tested for CWD. Full Story

CWD should prompt caution among hunters Michigan Outdoors – MLive.com.