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     This past week in Oakland and Macomb Counties, several deer were found dead. The count is now up to around 50 deer found dead near and around the Clinton River. It was first thought that the outbreak might be EHD or epizootic hemorrhagic disease according to a press release from the Michigan DNR.

The Grand Rapids Press on Thursday reported that the test results from more than 50 deer that were taken from the infected cervid farm in Kent County all came back negative for CWD! That means that the deer that tested positive for the disease is an isolated case according to the officials from the Michigan Department of Agriculture.

     Now that we have a week’s worth of CWD information in the news, we are beginning to see just how wide of an impact this has on Michigan. With all of the fears and rumors running rampant here is what we know.  Once again CWD was found in a captive deer in Kent County Michigan.

We finally have a statement from the deer farming industry concerning the recent positive test of CWD on a private deer farm in Michigan.  The statement comes from Marketwatch.com Deer Farm Industry in Michigan Issues Statement on the Recent Chronic Wasting Disease Case Identified on a Kent County

MUCC or the Michigan United Conservation Club of which I’m a member has issued their statement regarding the CWD incident in Michigan’s Kent County. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 26, 2008 MUCC Calls for Hunter Cooperation on CWD Crisis LANSING, MICH – One of Michigan’s greatest fears has been realized.

North Dakota Game and Fish Department big game biologist Bill Jensen is currently working with a number of landowners across the state who would like to host antlerless deer hunters in 2008. “We are hoping to match landowners who want a good deer harvest with antlerless whitetail and mule deer hunters looking for a place to hunt,” Jensen said.

Check below for the area map that covers the CWD hot zone according to the Michigan DNR web site.

Since I was here in Mackinaw City on vacation, I was at the boarder of the baiting and non-baiting area.  I could look across the Stratis of Mackinaw and see the other side where baiting was allowed. I thought of how this new CWD case would impact the hunting industry and began to wonder will stores

     Well, we all knew it would happen sooner or later and it is finally here!  CWD has been confirmed in a deer on a game ranch in Michigan.      What are the immediate impacts on this years deer season?  First off the Michigan DNR has instituted an immediate ban on ALL deer and elk baiting in the

Effective immediately, according to a Michigan DNR press release, ALL BAITING of deer and elk in Michigan’s lower peninsula.  Below is the official press release from the DNR.August 26, 2008 In the wake of Monday’s announcement that Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed in a three-year