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I’m just wondering what the vector was that precipitated a taste on that particular deer

Luckily not too close to either. Closer to the older cases. But @BenA and native would be close to the new one.

Oh I have plenty of places that look that…and zero deer that do unfortunately!

New part of the state now has it https://www.wkyt.com/2025/10/29/kentuckys-2nd-wild-deer-case-chronic-wasting-disease-confirmed/

Im struggling not being out there right now…thanks

He won’t make it through rifle season here either

Same! When I saw my first buck walk into a field during rifle season I was baffled, and honestly disheartened. They just didn’t do that in my mind. But once you start looking at aerials it’s evident they have no choice. From you, west there’s just isn’t enough big blocks of timber to keep them...

And around here after 2 months of season, a muzzleloader season, an early adult (youth) rifle season, they still can’t help themselves

While I definitely think your situation is relevant and valid, I think there is uniqueness to your part of the world. I think deer hunting there is obviously a lot different than what could be considered the big buck belt of the Midwest. I’m pretty sure that’s not even debatable. Deer in the...

I definitely agree that you can grow bigger deer in Iowa by doing nothing than Arkansas by managing intensely, but it’s all relative. Quality to me is defined by a top representation of a specific area. If a top end buck is 140 then that is the realistic top end. But quality is quality and if an...

Dmap works great in large blocks on large landowners like you see in the Deep South. Literally impossible in the Midwest where a 2000 acre neighborhood might have 35 different landowners

First on bowmar…I trust him as far as I can throw him. But ehd seems like an Iowa problem lately. I’d argue the decline is largely a Midwest problem so I can’t pin all or even most in ehd. We’ve touched on all the issues previously but the long and short, the consensus seems as though the...

God lawd hope some of yall were holding BLOOM

https://iowawhitetail.com/community/threads/giant-deer-of-iowa-are-rapidly-becoming-a-past-memory.65355/