CWD DETECTED IN ALABAMA DEER; HELP PREVENT SPREAD TO GEORGIA

[C.Killmaster]

Charlie thanks for being here sir. Ain’t gonna bombard you with questions but it’d be cool if you posted a link on how to get a deer someone killed tested. And it’s probably time we had a CWD sticky to refer to……..just throwing it out there

Just call your nearest Game Management office and schedule an appointment to bring in your deer head and have a sample collected. The test is $40 unless it's part of our routine surveillance.

 

[Jonboater]

I remember hunting cedar Creek wma years ago and I think Charlie was there testing deer by cut the lymph nodes out of the necks of deer. Cool stuff.

 

[elfiii]

Will this result in decreased baiting in CWD positive areas or testing areas?

Very likely that would happen.

Y'all should go ahead and do that now statewide.

 

[lampern]

I believe Alabama also recently legalized baiting deer statewide after Georgia did (despite CWD).

Folks get so they can't kill a deer without bait and game departments don't have a choice but to keep baiting legal.

 

[gawildlife]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is if one was killed across the the line it would be okay to have it processed into boneless cuts and/or burger/sausage then brought across the line. If the deer is to be mounted only the fleshed out skull plate/antlers and cape (no brain material) or finished mount can cross the line.
Am I correct?

 

[gawildlife]

I believe Alabama also recently legalized baiting deer statewide after Georgia did (despite CWD).

Folks get so they can't kill a deer without bait and game departments don't have a choice but to keep baiting legal.

No, it's still technically illegal BUT realizing they can't stop it they created a license to bait.
If you don't buy the license you will be charged with baiting.

Now with CWD I would expect them to stop issuing licenses in affected counties.

 

[Spotlite]

If you bejng the wrong parts of a deer back into Georgia from Alabama you will be criminally charged and have a record for the rest of your life like a drug dealer

What are the wrong parts?

 

[lampern]

No, it's still technically illegal BUT realizing they can't stop it they created a license to bait.
If you don't buy the license you will be charged with baiting.

Now with CWD I would expect them to stop issuing licenses in affected counties.

I don't know. Baiting is a huge deal to a lot of hunters.

It will be interesting to see what kind of pushback authorities in Alabama get.

Hunters have complained about baiting bans in Arkansas and West Virginia with different results.

Not even convinced a baiting ban would do much.

 

[gawildlife]

Unless things have changed much there might be some griping but folks will keep doing what they've always done. When it comes to hunting Bama is an honor system state as there ain't enough guys in green to go around. Basically someone has to complain first.

 

[lampern]

Yep.

Doubt there are enough game wardens in Alabama or Georgia to enforce a ban on baiting.

 

[gawildlife]

Got a good friend who is an Alabama warden. He's often the only guy in three or four counties. And Alabama counties are half again to twice as big as Georgia counties.

 

[Throwback]

Got a good friend who is an Alabama warden. He's often the only guy in three or four counties. And Alabama counties are half again to twice as big as Georgia counties.

In Georgia the last few years half the time the Governor has a few dozen game wardens running around Atlanta being city police. But hey he can say that he “did something”

 

[Howard Roark]

Y'all should go ahead and do that now statewide.

That ain’t going to happen.

 

[Gator89]

If baiting led to CWD, Texas would not have any deer left.

 

[Throwback]

If baiting led to CWD, Texas would not have any deer left.

But but but but………..

 

[C.Killmaster]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is if one was killed across the the line it would be okay to have it processed into boneless cuts and/or burger/sausage then brought across the line. If the deer is to be mounted only the fleshed out skull plate/antlers and cape (no brain material) or finished mount can cross the line.
Am I correct?

Yep, that would be fine to cross state lines.

 

[C.Killmaster]

Yep.

Doubt there are enough game wardens in Alabama or Georgia to enforce a ban on baiting.

In Georgia any bans would be limited to relatively small areas such as the county where an outbreak exists. That's a lot easier area to enforce than a whole state. There are enough honest hunters out there to at least significantly reduce the amount of feed on the landscape to make a difference in the event of a disease outbreak.

 

[lampern]

Would the DNR request funding to hire additional wardens in CWD areas?

 

[willie1971]

it's all over the southeast. borders don't deter deer or illegals anymore.

 

[Throwback]

Would the DNR request funding to hire additional wardens in CWD areas?