Little has been done to stop chronic wasting disease, bovine tuberculosis and other diseases. Here, the author shares his knowledge on what will help as it pertains to Michigan and other big whitetail hunting states.
Tag: cwd
CWD is Not Causing Zombie-Like Deer
Zombie deer are sweeping the nation! No, they’re not. Well, not like you have been led to believe. By now you’ve seen videos of so-called zombie deer. The videos are nearly always the same: person observes a deer walking in circles, stumbling about, and showing little to no fear of humans. And, you have probably […]
#90: THE INSANITY AROUND CWD | Deer Talk Now Podcast
Dan Schmidt discusses the headlines and legislature surrounding CWD and what he thinks about some of the outlandish claims in this latest podcast.
#73: CWD, EHD AND NUTRITION with Tim Neuman | Deer Talk Now Podcast
Tim Neuman from Ani-Logics and Dan Schmidt talk about EHD, CWD and how the news headlines and laws don’t always match the real science behind these diseases.
CWD Not Affecting Human Health: Study
U.S. health researchers have reviewed 30 years of data from over 2 million hunters in Colorado and Wyoming, including thousands who hunted in CWD outbreak areas. According to a recent, excellent article by Lindsay Thomas Jr., the researchers saw no patterns of prion diseases (namely Creutzfeld-Jakob) above the normal background level in all Americans — […]
#55: TRUTH, LOGIC, COMMON SENSE & DEER HUNTING with Ted Nugent | Deer Talk Now Podcast
This week, the Motor City Madman joins Dan Schmidt to unearth some of deer hunting’s biggest controversies.
Deer Disease Disaster on the Horizon?
It looks like a lot of hard-earned venison might go to waste in hunters’ freezers this year. That’s because the U.S. is experiencing a massive shortage of testing kits used for detecting chronic wasting disease in hunter-harvested deer. The shortage will apparently last well into 2023. The shortage is due to supply-chain issues centered around […]
Proposed Urine-Based Deer Attractant Ban Fails to Move Forward
A proposed statewide ban on the use of urine-based deer attractants failed to advance after the Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners was split in a 4-4 vote.
New Testing Technology Can Help Better Control CWD
The new RT-QuIC testing technology can help hunters better control CWD, reduce introduction of CWD to new regions, and more.
#3: DEBUNKING FAKE DEER NEWS with Daniel Schmidt | Deer Talk Now Podcast
We are bombarded with articles, videos and blog posts every day on chronic wasting disease and covid among white-tailed deer. Are they true?