Researchers: News reports of zombie disease crossover are unfounded.

Researchers: News reports of zombie disease crossover are unfounded.
A recent news story is spreading misleading information that hunters ate venison from a CWD-infected deer and died. Here’s what’s really true.
Scientists found through their research that CWD is no different than a well-known disease that affects sheep that was passed to cervids.
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.
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 […]
Dan Schmidt discusses the headlines and legislature surrounding CWD and what he thinks about some of the outlandish claims in this latest podcast.
This week, the Motor City Madman joins Dan Schmidt to unearth some of deer hunting’s biggest controversies.
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 […]
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.
The new RT-QuIC testing technology can help hunters better control CWD, reduce introduction of CWD to new regions, and more.