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Originally Posted by marky_mark
Guy that works for me was in the top 3 for licenses in the province when they shut it down and were bought out
They still have a lawsuit against the government
Totally different topic though
Now your a cwd expert
Lots of big old bucks died from lead poisoning that were also positive for cwd
Cwd seems to be a lot like covid 19, but I’m not an expert 🤷*♂️
Now it’s the game farms fault too
Do you really think someone that is financially tied to a resource, want to see it collapse? It always blame the outfitters. FYI I’m not an outfitter or a guide. But I do know that they put in a lot more time and effort than most resident hunters.
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Sigh. I never claimed to be an expert on CWD. It stands to reason that mortality caused by disease, hunting, vehicles, predation, etc. is cumulative. Bucks infected with CWD die before they can become the trophies that most paying clients come here to hunt. If 20 to 30% of bucks in a zone become CWD positive, whereas 20 years ago it wasn’t the case, and other mortality rates stayed generally the same, average buck age and size will be lower with CWD than without.
I agree that it makes no sense for outfitters to want to see the resource decline. The problem is the pressure they feel to keep their operations viable in the short term, and trading off the longer term benefit in the process. I can’t really blame them. The fault is in the system that led them to invest their capital into a high risk commodity.
And yes, game farms are to blame for the CWD problem in North America.
I can’t explain why your buddy says his commercial fishing licences were bought out. They weren’t. He never owned them. Maybe it’s simply how he characterizes the situation. Wouldn’t have mattered if he was the biggest operator or the smallest, like my dad. Same rules for all.