Looks like Patrick Durkin is on top of the CWD issue in Wisconsin. From his article today in the Cap Times: See : http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/prevalence.html “… scroll to the bottom section titled “CWD prevalence trends,” study the map, and click on the yellow dots in southwestern Sauk County north of Spring Green, and southeastern Richland County south of Richland Center. Now click on the “prevalence graph” to see the charts that show how fast CWD is increasing in those areas, which had few sick deer only seven years ago. These graphs should concern us. Disease rates in these areas relatively new to CWD are climbing far faster than when it first surfaced in 2001 and 2002. The disease rate for adult bucks is already about 27 percent north of Spring Green, and about 23 percent south of Richland Center.” Please note the 400+ deer ‘farms’ and breeding facilities in WI. This is still legal? In my opinion, our current hunting practices, and QDM, both facilitate and exacerbate the transmission of CWD. In 10 years there will be no trophy whitetail bucks left to hunt in Wisconsin. Scary. So, what’s the plan?