My family farm is located in an area we called the four corners growing up. It’s an area of mostly rolling fertile prairie farms with hardwood forests on top of hills that in days gone by was perfect for dairy farming, near the intersection of St. Clair, Hickory, Polk, and Cedar counties.
Before my ancestors could have dairy cows they needed to kill every last whitetail deer and they did. All of them.
Then in the late thirties the Missouri Department of Conservation (hereinafter The Game Wardens) reintroduced whitetail deer and in spite of heroic efforts the deer won and now there are more whitetail deer than rabbits or squirrels, plus wild turkeys that also were once eliminated and have made a comeback.
It seems the Game Wardens have detected a lot of chronic wasting disease in deer in the four corners area.
The Game Wardens have sent me a letter and they promise to also call me wanting me to consent to allowing Chronic Wasting Disease targeted removal management on my farm from January 16-March 15, 2024.
I get to shoot them myself or I can designate somebody or trained Game Wardens will come and kill them.
If they don’t have CWD I can keep the meat but I’ve not developed a taste for deer meat. I’ll give it to charity.
Has anybody ever actually seen a deer with CWD?
My son is excited to get official blessing to shoot deer for the sake of shooting deer.
But in my old age I sort of feel sorry for the deer. I’ll allow the hunt, but I’m kind of rooting for the deer.
Before my ancestors could have dairy cows they needed to kill every last whitetail deer and they did. All of them.
Then in the late thirties the Missouri Department of Conservation (hereinafter The Game Wardens) reintroduced whitetail deer and in spite of heroic efforts the deer won and now there are more whitetail deer than rabbits or squirrels, plus wild turkeys that also were once eliminated and have made a comeback.
It seems the Game Wardens have detected a lot of chronic wasting disease in deer in the four corners area.
The Game Wardens have sent me a letter and they promise to also call me wanting me to consent to allowing Chronic Wasting Disease targeted removal management on my farm from January 16-March 15, 2024.
I get to shoot them myself or I can designate somebody or trained Game Wardens will come and kill them.
If they don’t have CWD I can keep the meat but I’ve not developed a taste for deer meat. I’ll give it to charity.
Has anybody ever actually seen a deer with CWD?
My son is excited to get official blessing to shoot deer for the sake of shooting deer.
But in my old age I sort of feel sorry for the deer. I’ll allow the hunt, but I’m kind of rooting for the deer.
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