Kentucky Afield | Viewer Q&A Show: Chronic Wasting Disease | Season 37 | Episode 51
SHOULD THERE BE SPECIAL PRECAWINGS TAKEN WHEN FIELD HARVESTING.
>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD, WE WENT LIVE ON FACEBOOK TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE AND DEER HUNTING QUESTIONS.
AND WE ARE BRINGING YOU THOSE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALL NEXT ON KENTUCKY AFIELD.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY FISH.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> THIS POND IS PLUM FLOATED WITH FROGS.
>> THEY'RE EVERYWHERE IN HERE.
(GUNSHOT) >> THIS IS A GOOD FISH RIGHT HERE.
A REALLY GOOD FISH.
>> COME HERE, GIRL.
>> THAT'S A BIG RABBIT.
>> NICE JOB.
>> YES!
MY FIRST MUSKY.
>> LEO!
♪ WE GOT A KEEPER!
>> THERE GOES.
BOOM!
>> WOW, THAT HAPPENED FAST.
>> HELLO, WELCOME TO KENTUCKY AFIELD.
WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE SALADO WIEFL CENTER.
TONIGHT IS AN EMERGENCY SHOW WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER TO SPREAD THE CWD PLAN AT THAT TIME HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SO PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS VIA FACEBOOK.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASING SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BUT NEVER, STILL EVEN TONIGHT, BEEN DETECTED IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY BUT FORTUNATELY, DUE TO A RECENT DISCOVERY, NOT FAR FROM OUR BORDER IN TENNESSEE, IT IS CLOSE.
SO HERE TO DISCUSS THE ACTION PLAN IN PLACE, ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR DEER SEASON AND HUNTERS WE HAVE OUR PANEL OF GUESTS, GABE JENKINS, CWD RESPONSE LEAD.
>> CHRISTINE TAISY WHO IS OUR STATE VETERINARIAN.
AND ANSWERING YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, DANIEL RICHARDSON WHO IS IN THE 1st DISTRICT.
THE COUNTIES WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT TONIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR HOW LONG NOW, THE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT CWD SINCE 2002.
WE WROTE THE FIRST DRAFT OF OUR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE PLAN IN 2003.
AND THAT PLAN HAS BEEN ADAPTIVE PLAN WHERE WE HAVE CHANGED AND MODIFIED THROUGH TIME BASED UPON NEW SCIENCE, NEW RESEARCH, LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER AGENCY AS WE HAVE EBBED AND FLOWED >> CWD WE HAVE BEEN TESTING FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW?
WE HAVE BEEN TESTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THROUGHOUT KENTUCKY FOR SOMETIME NOW.
>> RIGHT.
WHEN WE STARTED OUR CWD RESPONSE PLAN, WE ALSO ENACTED A SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM WITHIN THE STATE AND TO DATE, WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 32,000 DEER AND DEER AND ELK BUT MOSTLY ALL DEER AND WE HAVE SAMPLED MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF DEER FROM EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE.
WE GET SAMPLES FROM EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE EVERY YEAR, IT'S A STATISTICALLY VALID SCIENTIFIC METHOD THAT WE USE TO COLLECT SAMPLES, TO TRY TO DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO LOOK FOR THE DISEASE.
>> SOMEBODY MAY ASK AS A HUNTER, WHY HAVE WE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 SOMETHING YEARS.
THE REASONS ALMOST ALL THE STATES SURROUNDING US HAVE HAD A CASE OF CWD.
A SITUATION WHERE WE FELT LIKE MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND WE HAVE TRIED TO SEE WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE.
BUT THE MOST RECENT DISCOVERY WAS WHERE?
A LITTLE OVER EIGHT MILES CLOSE TO THE CALLAWAY COUNTY BORDER IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY: IT IS REALLY RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP AND LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE SIX OF THE SEVEN HAVE DETECTED THE DISEASE ALREADY.
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSE YOU ARE TO US.
WHEN WE WROTE THE PLAN IN 0 3, YOU FAST FORWARD 20 YEARS AND IT IS SURROUNDED AND HAS MOVED THROUGH TIME WE NEED TO BE PREPARED AND WE ARE AS AN AGENCY WE HAVE DEER THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WASTING AWAY BUT THERE IS A LITTLE CONFUSION WITH CWD WHICH WE NEVER DID AND HD., HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE KNOWN AS BLUE TONGUE.
TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE AND CWD.
>> CERTAINLY.
HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE REFERRED TO AS CWD IS NOT CAUSED BY A VIRUS.
IT'S CAUSED BY A PROTEIN, WHICH IS NOT A LIVING ORGANISM AT ALL.
IT'S NOT YOUR NORMAL TYPE OF GERM, WHICH IS LIKE A BACTERIA OR PARASITE.
THIS IS JUST A PROTEIN, ALL ANIMALS HAVE THEM AND UNFORTUNATELY IN THE CASE, IT FORMS ABNORMALLY TRANSMISSIBLE AND CAUSES HOLES IN THE BRAIN WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT A NEUROLOGIC DISEASE VERSUS HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IS REALLY A DISEASE OF THE BLOOD VESSELS IT'S IN THE NAME HEMORRHAGIC BLEEDING SO THERE, WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S NOT ALWAYS FATAL.
THERE ARE ANIMALS THAT DO SURVIVE IT AND MAKE ANTIBODIES AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE SEE.
"E:60" HAS OUTBREAKS OF HEM HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE.
MOST OF THE UNITED STATES HAS OUTBREAKS COMMONLY.
HEMORRHAGIC IS SPREAD BY A VECTOR WHICH IS LIKE A BITING INSECT THAT TRANSMITS THE VIRUS VERSUS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH EITHER DIRECT CONTACT OR THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE OTHER BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT A VIRUS CAN BE DESTROYED RELATIVELY EASILY AND THERE ARE VACCINES THAT THE USDA IS WORKING FOR A VIRUS.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IS A PROTEIN.
YOU CAN'T MAKE A VACCINE FOR A PROTEIN THAT IS NORMALLY IN YOUR BODY SO THERE IS NO VACCINE AVAILABLE SO THERE IS NO WAY TO PREVENT IT WITH A VACCINE LIKE THERE IS POTENTIALLY FOR EHD OR HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE AND THE ISSUE THERE AS WELL, I THINK, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT HD, THERE IS ANTIBODIES AND SOME ANIMALS SURVIVE, CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IS ALWAYS FATAL.
NO MATTER WHAT, THERE HAS BEEN NO HANNAN MALINFECTED WITH IT THAT SURVIVE IT UNLIKE THE VIRUS HEMORHAGIC DISEASE WHERE ANIMALS CAN SURVIVE.
>> IT'S REALLY A SCARY TOPIC WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD.
WHAT ARE THE METHODS-- WE ARE TAKING THESE DEER HEADS AND OBVIOUSLY CRACKING DOWN ON TRANSPORTATION OF ANY OF THESE PARTS THAT COULD CONTAIN THESE THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF METHODS THAT CAN DENATURE A PROTEIN.
THOSE ARE VERY POTENT SO IT'S LIKE A 50% BLEACH SOLUTION OR OTHER AL CA LIES ALKALIZING AND THE OTHER THING IS TO BURY IT SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF SOME OF OUR DISPOSAL REGS TO BURY LIMITED SURFACE EXPOSURE TO OTHER ANIMALS.
>> IT CAN LIVE IN THE SOIL.
>> THAT'S WHEN I SAY WHEN YOU CAN'T DESTROY IT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, IT CAN SURVIVE FOR YEARS IN THE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT'S WHY THESE CARCASS RESTRICTIONS FOR MOVEMENT ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE PREON TO GET OUT OF THE ZONE IF IT'S THERE.
WE WANT TO CONTAIN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PRETTY HEFTY RESTRICTIONS ON MOVING IN AND AROUND THE STATE FROM OTHER STATES OR FROM OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE HAD CWD, RIGHT?
SO NOW IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, BUT WITHIN THE STATE.
SO SOME OF THE ACTION PLANS THAT THIS NEW CWD RESPONSE PLAN HAS IN PLACE, ADDRESSES SOME OF THIS, DOESN'T IT?
>> RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CWD PLAN, IT REALLY KICKS OFF BASED UPON THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ONE, IF WE DETECT THE DISEASE IN THE WILD, IF WE DETECT THE DISEASE IN A CAPTIVE DEER AND THEN ALSO IF IT IS CLOSE TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER.
AND SO AND IN THIS CASE IT IS CLOSE TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER AND THEY BE WE ENACT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
FROM WHERE THIS IS SO CLOSE THIS, OUR RESPONSE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS IF WE HAD FOUND IT IN THE STATE SO WILL YOU SEE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE IT IS REALLY ON OUR DOORSTEP AND SO WE WANT TO TRY TO PUT AS MUCH THINGS IN PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EFFICIENT SAMPLE SIZE TO SAMPLE SFEKIVELY TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE DISEASE IN KENTUCKY OR NOT SCH WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS FOUND IN TENNESSEE, IT WAS IN HENRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE.
YOU KIND OF HAVE THE PLAN HAD LAID OUT GEOGRAPHIC RANGE FROM THAT LOCATION SITE AND SO REALLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY, WE STILL HAVE IT IN KENTUCKY BUT THIS IS AFFECTING FIVE COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY TREMENDOUSLY, RIGHT?
WHAT COUNTIES ARE THOSE?
>> SO WAS WE DID WAS WE HAVE THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE POSITIVE DEER WAS IN TENNESSEE.
AND THEN WE PUT A 30-MILE BUFFER OR RANGE OFF OF THAT.
WE USE THAT NUMBER BASED UPON THE DEER MOVEMENTS NATURAL MIGRATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
PRETTY STANDARD NUMBER FOR US.
AND ANY COUNTY THAT FELL WITHIN THAT BUFFER, WE DESIGNATED THAT AS OUR CWD SURVEILLANCE AREA.
THOSE COUNTIES WOULD BE, FOR THIS FOR EXAMPLE, MARSHAL, CALLAWAY, GRAVES, FULTON AND HICKMAN COUNTIES.
>> SO THINGS ARE ALREADY DIFFERENT THERE.
RULES AND REGULATIONS, EMERGENCY RULES AND REGS WENT INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS WE FOUND OUT WHEN THEY GOT THE POSITIVE, AND IMMEDIATELY CHANGED AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE AFFECTING HOW YOU ARE OPERATING OUT IN THE WOODS TODAY.
WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE GOT SERGEANT RICHARD SON HERE.
YOU ARE FROM THE 1st DISTRICT.
THESE FIVE COUNTIES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> TELL ME SOME OF THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED ALREADY THAT HUNTERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
>> THE BAITING BAN IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES AND THEN ALSO THE TRANSPORTATION.
THE BAITING BAN YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY MINERALS, SALT BLOCKS, ANYTHING THAT THE DEER CAN INGEST, ANY GRAINS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
NOW FOOD PLOTS ARE OKAY.
IF YOU ARE PLANTING A FOOD PLOT, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT NOW, YOU NEED TO GET IT UP OFF THE GROUND.
>> SO IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
IT'S NOT LIKE WELL I PUT IT OUT AFTER THE BAN.
IF YOU'VE GOT IT OUT THERE AND SOME OF THESE ARE 50-GALLON DRUM TYPE SPREADERS, YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND GET IT OUT, RIGHT.
>> CORRECT.
>> IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE THE PENALTY IS NOT WELL YOU CAN'T HUNT THERE.
WHAT IS THE PENALTY IF YOU GO IT CAUGHT IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION?
>> IT CAN BE A WARNING, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION ALL THE WAY UP TO LOSING YOUR HUNTING RIGHTS, LOSE YOUR FIREARM, YOUR BOW, WHATEVER YOU ARE HUNTING WITH OR, YOU KNOW, GO TO JAIL.
IT COULD BE THAT SERIOUS.
>> WHAT ARE THE OTHER THANKS IN PLACE.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING DEER PARTS OR CARCASSES WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD OF THIS THING CALLED AFTER CARCASS TAG, HAD THEM IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY FOREVER.
THEY'RE DIFFERENT IN THIS AREA.
TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CARCASS TAG THROUGHOUT THE STATE STATES AND OUR CAPACITY AS AN AND THE ONES REQUIRED MOVING ANIMALS IF IT IS STILL IN YOUR POSSESSION IT HAS TO BE ON.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN A CARCASS TAG IS WHEN IT LEAVES YOUR POSSESSION IT HAS TO HAVE THE TAG ON THERE.
THIS, IF THAT DEER IS IN YOUR POKES, HAVE YOU TO HAVE THE CARCASS TAG.
>> IT HAS TO BE VISIBLE.
AND IF YOU BRING A DEER INTO THE ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE, HAVE YOU TO HAVE THE CARCASS TAG ON THERE AS WELL.
>> IF IT IS IN THAT FIVE COUNTIES IT NEEDS A VISIBLE CAR CARCASS TAG.
WHAT INFORMATION DOES IT NEED TO HAVE.
>> THEY'RE DOWN LOADABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY'RE OUT THERE, YOU CAN GO TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE WEBSITE AND A LEANING TO DOWNLOAD.
IT WILL HAVE YOUR NAME, THE TELECHECK NUMBER, PHONE NUMBER, COUNTY IT WAS KILLED, SOME OTHER THINGS.
IF YOU LEAVE IT WITH ANOTHER PERSON, LET'S SAY YOU KILL A DEER IN MARSHALL COUNTY BUT HAVE YOU TO GO TO WORK AND YOU TAKE YOUR SON AND HE WANTS TO TAKE IT TO THE CHECK IN STATION, YOUR SON CAN PUT HIS NAME ON THERE AS WITH EL.
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE TAG, THERE IS A PLACE FOR TELECHECK NUMBER.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRING TO TELECHECK THAT DEER BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE TELECHECK REQUIREMENT.
YOU STILL HAVE TO TELECHECK THAT DEER BY MIDNIGHT ON THE DAY OF RECOVERY.
THAT'S NOT CHANGED.
BUT THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOUR TELECHECK NUMBER SO IF YOU HAVE HARVESTED A DEER AND YOU ARE READY TO MOVE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT TELECHECK NUMBER IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED IT.
HOWEVER WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GO AHEAD AND TELECHECK IT.
GET IT DONE AND WHEN YOU BRING IT TO THE CHECK STATION, THAT PROCESS IS ALREADY COMPLETED AND UPLOADED SO I KNOW WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND I MIGHT NOT HAVE CELL PHONE SERVICE OR THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE CALL BEFORE YOU CUP, THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S THERE.
IF YOU'VE GOT IT, PLEASE PUT IT DOWN BUT THAT RULE WAS NOT CHANGED.
STILL MIDNIGHT ON THE DAY OF RECOVERY.
>> I HEARD SEVERAL OF YOU MENTION CHECK IN STATIONS.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE MAN, CHECK-IN STATION, I HAVEN'T SEEN CHECK-IN STATION IN YEARS.
PART OF THE PLAN, CHECK-IN STATIONS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE CHECK-STATIONS AND WHAT ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIFIC DATES, CORRECT?
>> AND THOSE FIVE COUNTIES WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MANDATORY CHECK STATIONS FOR THE EARLY MUZZLE LOADER SEASON, THE 16-DAY MODERN DAY SEASON AND THE LATE MUZZLE LOADER SEASON IN DECEMBER.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 17 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THOSE LOCATIONS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
FW.KQ.GOFF AND WE HAVE THE PHYSICAL LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE.
ONE THING WE STROAF TO DO WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.
WE REALIZE IT IS A BURRED IN.
WE HAVE CHANGED THAT TRADITION IN KENTUCKY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CHECK STATIONS ANYMORE.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A 10-MILE OR LESS DRIVE TO GET TO A CHECK STATION.
THERE ARE 17 OPTIONS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE ONE IN YOUR COUNTY OR THE CLOSEST ONE.
IF THERE IS ONE THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU BASED UPON YOUR ROUTE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CARCASS TAG AND GO.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THEM.
WE WILL STAFF THOSE 8-8 AND THEN THE MONDAY UNTIL NOON SO IF SOMEONE HARVESTS A DEER LATE IN THE EVENING THE LAST DAY, WE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU TO CHECK THE DEER WITH US.
>> THE YEARS PAST WE HAVE HAD LOCATIONS, WHERE WHERE WE COME AND PULL DEER HEADS,Y ESSENTIALLY OUT FOR SAMPLING AND TESTING.
WE ARE STILL DOING THAT THIS YEAR.
ARE WE PUTTING MORE FOCUS FOR EARLY IN THE YEAR ARCHERY HUNTERS.
THERE IS MORE FOCUS IN THAT AREA FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING IN THAT METHOD AS WELL OR WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE?
>> WITH THE VOLUNTARY FREEZER DROPOFF PRACTICAL WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.
IT IS BASICALLY AN OPTION FOR HUNTERS WHO WANT TO GET THEIR ANIMAL TESTED WHO ISN'T GOING TO BE DOING A MANDATORY CHECK AND THEY'RE ALL ACROSS THE STATE BUT IN THOSE FIVE COUNTIES, THERE IS ONE IN EACH COUNTY AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE WHOEVER WANTS TO GET THEIR ANIMAL TESTED CAN BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE MANNED ONER TO CHECK IS ABOUT, INCREASING OUR SAMPLE SIZE.
FOR ME, I DO THE SURVEILLANCE AND TESTING PORTION OF IT AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET, BUT IF IT'S HERE, WE NEED TO FIND IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT MEANS, BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF DISEASE IT CAN, IT CAN BE CLUSTERED ON THE LANDSCAPE WHICH MEANS WE NEED A LOT OF SAMPLES TO FIND A LOW PREVALENCE OR RATE.
THAT MEANS HOW MUCH DISEASE IS ON THE LANDSCAPE.
IT'S VERY CONCERNING.
I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TOO FAR BUT TO THE DEER IN TENNESSEE, THE ISSUE THERE IT WAS A CLINICAL ANIMAL.
IT WAS SICK AND IF IT WAS SICK, THAT HEENS THERE IT MEANS THERE IS SUCH A LONG INCUBATION PERIOD FOR THE DISEASE TO DEVELOP FOR THEM TO BECOME VISIBLY ILL, THAT MEANS THAT ANIMAL PROBABLY GOT IT IN THAT COUNTY, MEANS IT IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY THERE.
IT WASN'T AN ANIMAL THAT JUST DISBURSED.
THAT'S ALSO WHY WE HAVE A 30-MILE BUFFER BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE ANIMALS CAN MOVE ABOUT NATURALLY THAT LITTLE WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET AS MANY SAMPLES AS YOU CAN AND OFFER TO THE SERVICE TO THE HUNTER SO THEY FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY EAT THEIR DEER.
>> THERE COULD BE A DEER OUT THERE FOR A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF WITH NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF ANY TYPE OF WASTING WHAT SO EVER AND BUT YET THEY'RE POSITIVE AND THEY HAVE IT.
>> YES.
>> SO THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE ON WHY SOMEONE MAY WANT TO GET THEIR DEER CHECKED.
>> EXACTLY.
>> IF YOU HARVEST A DEER AND THAT DEER IS DROPPED OFF AT A FREEZER STATION OR YOU DROP IT OFF AT A MANDATORY CHECK STATION OR HAVE IT TESTED AND IT COMES BACK POSITIVE, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE WON'T GET ANY OF THOSE, BUT IF YOU DON'T GET, YOU DON'T GET IT AND WE NEED TO KNOW.
>> WE WANT TO BE PREPARED.
WE NEED TO BE PREPARED.
WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, HOPING TO TEST THOUSANDS OF DEER THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO BE CHECKED.
IF IT CAME BACK POSITIVE, IS THAT DEER OKAY TO EAT?
>> CDC DOES NOT RECOMMEND EATING A POSITIVE ANIMAL BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PREON DISEASES THIS IS RELATED TO THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE EVIDENCE IS INCOULD BE CLUESIVE-- INCONCLUSIVE.
THERE ARE SOME STUDIES THAT SAY PRIMATES CAN GET IT AND OTHERS THAT SAY THEY CAN'T.
BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN RISK, THAT'S WHY THE CDC AND WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DO NOT RECOMMEND EATING ANY MEAT THAT TESTS POSITIVE FOR PREON.
THAT'S WHY WE WASN'T TO OFFER TESTING.
I WANT HUNTERS TO FEEL CONFIDENT THEIR FOOD IS SAFE.
WHEN YOU DROP OFF THE SAMPLE, IF ONE WERE TO COME BACK POSITIVE, WE WOULD CALL YOU IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW THIS DEER IS POSITIVE SO WHEN YOU COME TO OUR MANDATORY CHECK STATIONS WHERE YOU DROP A DEER OFF AT ONE OF THESE COLLECTION STATIONS, YOU'LL GET A CARD THAT WILL HAVE A NUMBER SOBERED WITH IT AND IT WILL BE ON YOU TO GO ONLINE AND CHECK THE RESULT HOWEVER, IF IT DOES COME BACK POSITIVE, WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> OTHER INFORMATION ARE WE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE HUNTER?
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INCENTIVES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO TAKE YOUR DEER TO THE FREEZER DROPOFF LOCATION?
DO WE GET ANY OTHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN NOT POSITIVE OR POSITIVE.
>> WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOU COME TO A CHECK STATION OR DROP IT OFF, WE'LL TELL YOU THE AGE OF THE DEER SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW HEY, WAS THIS A TWO-YEAR-OLD, THREE-YEAR-OLD, HOW OLD IT WAS BASED UPON OUR ESTIMATION OF TEETH WEAR.
>> OKAY.
WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES THERE AS WELL.
>> YES.
ESSENTIALLY AT THE CHECK STATION YOU GET A UNIQUE I.D.
THAT YOU GO ONLINE TO OUR CWD LOOK UP AND LOOK IT UP.
IT TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THE RESULTS BACK AND IF WE GET THE RESULTS AND IT CAME BACK POSITIVE WE WILL CALL YOU IMMEDIATELY F. YOU DON'T GO GET A CALL, GO ONLINE AND LOOK UP YOUR RESULT THIS.
>> THIS DISEASE, CWD AFFECTS ONLY WHAT SPECIES OF ANIMALS?
HERE IN KENTUCKY WHITE TAILED DEER AND ELK.
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, MULE DEAL, BLACK TAIL DEER, CARIBOU, MOOSE,.
>> ALL THOSE SPECIES CAN BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OUT OF THE STATE AND YOU ARE HUNTING, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW YOU BRING THAT ANIMAL BACK INTO THE STATE.
NOW THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A LOT OF WARNINGS.
I PEOPLE COULD BE BRINGING IN ANIMALS FROM POSITIVE STATES.
SAY THEY BRING THAT ANIMAL OR A MULE DOOER BACK.
>> A LOT OF THOSE TIMES THOSE ANIMALS GET TAKEN AND INCINERATED.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO-- YOU GO OUT WEST AND SPEND YOUR VACATION AND ALL YOUR MONEY GOING OUT WEST FOR A BIG TRIP.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE A BIG TRIP LOSING THE ANIMAL WHEN YOU COME BACK.
>> WE TALK ABOUT IF YOU GO OUT WEST.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT WEST.
YOU CAN GO EAST.
YOU CAN GO TO-- I MEAN BEE GOT CWD.
WHAT STATES AROUND US HAVE CWD.
>> SIX OF OUR SEVEN BORDER STATES.
EVERY STATE EXCEPT INDIANA HAS DETECTED THE DISEASE AT THIS POINT.
>> IF YOU LIVE IN THE BORDER AND YOU HUNT WEST VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA, STILL APPLIES.
>> APPLIES TO YOU.
MANY TIMES PEOPLE THINK THIS IS AN OUT WEST DISEASE.
IT'S NOT.
IT'S ALL AROUND US AT THIS POINT.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT'S DETECTED IN THE STATE.
IF IT'S GOT CWD IN THE STATE, IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO COME IN.
>> AND I'LL ADD TO THAT.
JUST THIS PAST YEAR, OHIO HAD THEIR FIRST DETECTION IN A WILD DEER.
THEY HAD ONLY BE POSITIVE IN CAPTIVE SURVEY FACILITIES AND THEY HAD A DETHE EXIN WILD DEER SO OHIO HAS IT IN THEIR WILD DEER AND VIRGINIA HAD AN OUTBREAK IN TERMS OF LIKE WHERE THEIR SURVEILLANCE ZONE IS UP BY THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER AND THEY HAD 100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THAT.
THEY HAD ANOTHER DETECTION IN WILD ANIMALS.
SO IT IS THE ISSUE THAT IT CAN BE EVERYWHERE IN A STATE.
>> WAS THE FIRST YEAR CWD WAS EVER DETECTED?
>> 1967.
>> I'M ASSUMING SOME OF THESE OTHER STATES HAVE BEEN OR DEALING WITH CWD FOR QUITE SOMETIME.
HAVE WE BORROWED SOME OF THE SUCCESSFUL STORIES FROM OTHER STATES THAT DEALT WITH CWD AND WAS ABLE TO CONTAIN IT OR SLOW IT OR WHATEVER THEY DID?
DID WE BORROW SOME OF THAT TO HELP WRITE OUR PLAN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE LEARNED FROM THEIR SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AND, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT WAS A WESTERN DISEASE.
AND COMPARING THE WEST TO EAR IN KENTUCKY, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO BUT SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE CAN.
AND THEN THE SPECIES ARE DIFFERENT, TOO.
I MEAN THERE MIGHT BE SOME LOWER OR HIGHER SUSCEPTIBILITY BASED UPON THE SPECIES OF DEER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
LANDSCAPE LOOKS DIFFERENT, MOVEMENT PATTERNS LOOK DIFFERENT.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
SO WE LOOK AT THOSE STATES, YOU KNOW, KRISTI AND I HAVE INTERACTED WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR AND TALK TO THEM, LEARN FROM THEIR RESPONSE AND THEIR EFFORTS AND THEN ADAPT BASED UPON WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
THE PLAN WE PUT IN PLACE, IS THERE A STATE THAT HAS ENACTED THE SAME PLAN AND CONTAINED IT?
>> I'LL MENTION A COUPLE.
ONE IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
THEY ARE DEALING WITH THIS THE EXACT SAME WAY WE ARE.
SO THEY DETECTED THE DISEASE RIGHT ON IN HIS MISSISSIPPI, RIGHT ON THE MISSISSIPPI BORDER, LITERALLY A COUPLE MILES FROM LOUISIANA RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER.
THAT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THEY ENACTED THEIR CWD RESPONSE PLAN, BON THROUGH SIMILAR THING THAT WE ARE, LOOKED VERY HARD.
THEY HAVE NOT FOUND IT YET SO THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER STATES WHERE NEW YORK IN THE EARLY 2000 THEY HAD IT IN THE WILD, IN THE CAPTIVE.
THEY DID A LOT OF THINGS AND HAVE NOT FOUND IT SENSE.
NEW YORK DOES A FANTASTIC JOB AT SURVEILLANCE AND WE ARE CONFIDENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD WORK.
ALSO I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
WE ALL KNOW IT'S POSITIVE BUT IT HAS COME IN FROM WISCONSIN AND SO THEY SAW IT COMING AND THEY WERE VERY PROVIDE PROACTIVE IN PUTTING FORTH RESTRICTIONS TO TRY TO SLOW THE SPREAD AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WORKING THERE.
THOSE ARE SOME STATES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO PITCH IN ON BUT THOSE ARE THE SUCCESSES.
>> YOU MADE ALL GREAT POINTS.
WITH NEW YORK, THEY LIKELY CAUGHT IT EXTREMELY EARLY AND AT A LOW PREVALENCE THROUGH THEIR SAMPLING EFFORT.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE IDEAL SITUATION.
AND LOUISIANA, THEY-- THEY'RE DOING WELL PROBABLY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IN MISSISSIPPI, THE MISSISSIPPI DETECTION NEXT TO LOUISIANA WAS LIKELY ONE OF THOSE OUT LIARS, A DEER THAT DISBURSED REALLY FAR.
IT WAS AN OLDER BUCK.
IT MEANS THE SOURCE OF THE INFECTION BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, MISSISSIPPI FOUND IT UP BY THE TENNESSEE BORDER AND THAT'S WHERE IT SEEMS TO BE VERY PREVALENT IN MISSISSIPPI SO IT REALLY DEPENDS WHERE IT IS ON THE LANDSCAPE.
AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP HARPING BACK ON IT.
I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT FINDING IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY MANAGEMENT ACTIONS UNTIL YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS.
LIKE WE HAVE TO KNOW THE DISTRIBUTION WHERE IT IS ON THE LANDSCAPE AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS THERE BEFORE WE CAN REALLY MAKE ANY STRUCTURED DECISION ABOUT HOW TO RESPOND TO IT.
SO WHAT OUR POINT IS IS LIKE WITH THESE CARCASS RESTRICTIONS AND THE BAITING BAN, THAT'S ABOUT MINIMIZING ANY KIND OF SPREAD ON THE LANDSCAPE.
IF IT'S HERE, WE DO NOTE WANT IT TO SPREAD ANY FURTHER.
WE WANT TO STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS NOW.
>> AND I'LL POINT OUT, TOO, AND WE CAN MOVE ON, CHAD, IS THAT TENNESSEE IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER.
SO THEY FOUND IT.
IT WAS NOT WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO FIND IT SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR SET OF RESTRICTIONS AN INCREASE IN TESTING TO SEE HOW PREVALENT IT IS OVER THERE.
IS IT FULLY INGRAINED ON THE LANDSCAPE OR IS THIS JUST AN OUTLIER AND BETWEEN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BETWEEN THE TWO STATES, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOPEFULLY WHERE THE SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA EXAMPLE AND TIME WILL TELL.
>> I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE TO CHECK OUT THE CWD RESPONSE PLAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S THE MOST FASCINATING READ.
BUT IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE WENT THROUGH STEP BY STEP IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS HOW WE WERE GOING TO RESPOND AND SOME OF IT SEEMS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WHICH IS , YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
AND I HOPE WE ARE ONE OF THESE SUCCESS STORIES THAT 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE IS WHAT KENTUCKY DID AND HERE IS HOW AGGRESSIVE THEY WERE WITH THEIR RESPONSE PLAN AND THEY WERE ABLE TO AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SLOW OR ELIMINATE THE SPREAD OF CWD THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
IT DOESN'T-- FOR THE DEER THAT GET IT, IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE UNFORTUNATELY BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE-- IT DOESN'T HAVE TO AFFECT OUR DEER HUNTING IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
WE NEED TO GO ON BUSINESS AS USUAL, MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE TRAVELING WITH A DEER OR YOU ARE HUNTING IN ONE OF THESE FIVE COUNTIES THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
BAITING IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTROVERSIAL AS IT CAN BE BETWEEN DEER HUNTERS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS A LOT IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
BAITING FOR DEER IS SOMETHING WE SEE IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTY AND IN THESE FIVE COUNTIES, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT BAITING WITH WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
>> AND TO ME IT'S BIGGER THAN BEING CAUGHT OR WHAT IS THE VIOLATION OR WHAT HAPPENS TO ME IF I DO, IF I BREAK THE LAW.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO NOT DO THESE THINGS OR CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIORS FOR US RIGHT NOW TO LOOK WHERE THE DISEASE IS AND IT'S ALL ABOUT PRESERVATION OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THE DEER HERD HERE IN THE STATE.
WE DON'T WANT THIS DISEASEY WANT YOU TO PARTNER WITH US AND DO WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE BEST THING FOR THE DEER HERD.
WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING I'VE HEARD FROM GUYS WHO SAY I HAVE THIS BIG BUCK ON CAMERA.
IT'S ON MY CORN PILE.
THAT'S SELFISH BECAUSE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU AND THE HERE AND THE NOW TODAY OPPOSED TO GENERATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
I PROBABLY WON'T SEE THE RAMIFICATIONS IN MY LIFETIME.
BUT MY KIDS WHO ARE LITTLE OR MY GRANDKIDS, THAT WHOLE DYNAMIC MIGHT LOOK VERY DIFFERENT AND SO I REALLY LOOK AT, LIKE US, AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR PREVIOUS BIOLOGISTS AND PARTNERS DID IN THE 50S AND 60S TO ESTABLISH THE DEER HERD THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR A HALF CENTURY IN THE FUTURE.
COME ALONG WITH US.
HELP US DO THESE THINGS.
IT MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE OR CHANGE YOUR HABITS BUT HELP US ALONG WITH IT.
>> MOST OF THE STATES THAT DETECTED CWD IN THE LAST 15-20 YEARS ARE MOST OF THOSE STATES BANNING BAITING COMPLETELY.
>> THEY ARE.
>> THE ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCY, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IS TO BAN BAITING AND FEEDING BECAUSE, I MEAN ANY TIME FROM A DISEASE POINT OF VIEW, ANY TIME YOU CONGREGATE ANIMALS OVER PILES OF FOOD, ANY REASON OF CONGREGATING AN ANIMAL INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A DISEASE SPREAD EXPWHRG WE HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT SNENG IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAN WE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT IT BUT THAT'S WAS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
YOU TALK ABOUT A CORN PILE AND YOU GOT THREE OR FOUR OR MINERAL LICK AND YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR DEER LICKING ON THE SAME MATERIAL AT THE SAME TIME, DEFECATING IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATIONS, THIS BECOMES PROBLEMATIC WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH DISEASE OR A PREON THAT MAY LIVE IN THE SOIL.
>> THEY DID A STUD NECESSITY MINNESOTA-- STUDY IN MINNESOTA OVER MINERAL LICKS AND WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE PREON IS AROUND THE MINERAL LICK AND IT CAN BE A SOURCE.
IT'S PRESENT.
IT BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT IS CRAZE BETHE PREONS IS THE SOIL CAN UPTAKE IT.
PLANTS CAN UPTAKE IT.
ANYTHING WE DO THAT INCREASES THE CONCENTRATION OF THOSE PREONS ON THE LANDSCAPE CAN POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE SPREAD AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT THAT RIGHT NOW, GET AHEAD OF THIS.
LIKE YOU SAID, BE AGGRESSIVE.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO MORE THAN WHAT THE OTHER STATES-- WE LEARN FROM THEM.
WE LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES.
LEARN FROM THEIR SUCCESSES AND TRY TO DO MORE AND BE BETTER.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PROTECTING THE HERITAGE.
WEN'T WAS TO HAVE HUNTING FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
GABE SAID IT RIGHT THERE.
IT IS A LONG-TERM GAME IT'S IN THE NAME.
IT'S CHRONIC.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE IMPACT ON THE POPULATION AND WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE IT AND RESERVE OUR RESOURCES.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT DEER, THEY LIKE TO CONGREGATE OVER A FOOD SOURCE AND WE'VE HEARD DEER ARE SOCIAL.
THEY LICK ON EACH OTHER, THEY FEED IN THE SAME AREAS.
SO FOR US, IT'S ALL ABOUT DILUTING THE PLACES WHERE THEY CONGREGATE.
WE CAN'T CONTROL HOW MUCH THEY GROOM EACH OTHER, THEY SPEND THEIR TIME WITH EACH OTHER.
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE CAN CONTROL HOW MUCH WE CONGREGATE DEER ON THE LANDSCAPE IN ONE SINGLE SPOT SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR.
WE CAN'T CHANGE THE BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF A DEER AND SO IT WILL BE WHAT IT WILL BE.
BUT ANY OTHER MEASURE THAT WE CAN RESTRICT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR.
I MEAN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A CORN PILE, I MEAN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF DEER COMING TO ONE SPOT, CHEWING THAT PIECE FALLS OUT, IT LAYS ON THE GROUND, ANOTHER DEER PICKS IT UP, EATS IT, INGESTS IT.
YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THINGS IN THEIR MOUTH, DROPPING IT.
IT'S NOT AS CONSISTENT AND IT'S NEVER IN A NATURAL WAY THAT CONGREGATED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A MINERAL STATION AND WE WANT TO YOU PICK THAT MINERAL UP IF IT IS STILL THERE.
WE KNOW THE NATURAL MINERAL SITES BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL THOSE.
WE ARE TRYING TO DILUTE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME SOME OF THE QUESTIONS NOW.
I WANT TO KNOW A LAND OWNER, YOU KNOW, A LAND OWNER, THEY STILL HAVE TO TELECHECK THEIR ANIMALS.
THEY'RE ALREADY AT THEIR HOUSE.
DO THEY NEED TO TAKE A DEER TO A CHECK STATION IF THEY'RE IN THE FIVE COUNTIES.
>> YES.
>> AND WE ARE ASKING PEOPLING IN OUR AREA WE ARE TELLING THEM YOU SHOOT YOUR BOW AND MAKE SURE THE GEAR IS READY.
THIS IS PART OF THE PREPARATION, TOO.
IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO HUNT THIS WEEKEND, AND LET'S SAY YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE YOUR GRANDFATHER HUNTING OR HE IS GOING TO HUNT BY HIMSELF.
YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO HELP HIM TAKE THE DEER TO THE CHECK STATION.
THAT'S PART OF YOUR PRESEASON THAT IS HOW YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO LOGISTICALLY GET THIS DONE.
WE NEED EVERYBODY'S COOPERATION ON IT.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION, SHOULD THERE BE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS WHEN FIELD DRESSING AN ANIMAL THEY HARVEST IN THE FIVE COUNTIES?
>> SO TO ME, ALWAYS WEAR GLOVES.
THAT'S ONE THING.
A LOT OF THE HUNTERS ARE MACHO.
THEY DON'T NEED TO WEAR GLOVES.
PUT THE GLOVES ON.
IT'S GOOD PRACTICE IN HYGIENE.
I THINK THAT, AT THIS POINT WHAT IS WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS JUST MAKE SURE YOU WEAR GLOVES AND SANITIZE YOUR EQUIPMENT, CLEAN YOUR EQUIPMENT.
IT'S JUST GOOD PRACTICE.
I MEAN MEAT PREPARATION LIKE YOU WOULD AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.
GLOVES AND CLEAN YOUR UTENSILS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING AS A HUNTER IF I TAKE A DEER TO THE CHECK STATION?
DO I NEED TO BRING THE ENTIRE CARCASS?
WHAT IF WE TALKED ABOUT SOME HARD TO GET TO LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY BONE A DEER OUT SOME OR QUARTER A DEER AND GET IT OUT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEE SEE AT A CHECK STATION?
>> SO FOR US, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE ENTIRE CARCASS BUT WE REALIZE THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL AND POSSIBLE SOMETIMES.
SO ENTIRE CARCASS OR YOU CAN BRING THE HEAD AND ALSO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROOF OF SEX OF THAT ANIMAL.
IF YOU DO THAT AND YOU BRING THE HEAD WE ARE ASKING YOU TO LEAVE SOME OF THE NECK ON IT.
WE NEED THAT SAMPLE CLOSE TO THE HEAD SO IF YOU CAN COME DOWN A COUPLE INCHES BELOW THE HEAD INTO THE NECK AREA AND CUT IT OFF THERE AND BRING THAT, THAT'S FINE SO WE CAN HANDLE EITHER OR.
>> WHAT SHOULD DO YOU IF YOU ARE A DEER HUNTER IN THE STAND OR IN A BLIND AND YOU SEE A DEER THAT APPEARS TO BE SICK.
WE HAVE ALL SEEN THIS.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS WITH H.D., WHAT DO YOU WANT HUNTERS TO DO THIS YEAR IF THEY SEE A DEER THAT LOOKS TO BE SICK?
>> I WOULD PREFER THEY CALL US.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE HARVESTING SICK ANIMALS BECAUSE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSMISSION.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE.
YOU SHOULDN'T BE EATING A SICK ANIMAL.
JUST GIVE US A CALL.
WE HAVE MEMBERS, AND TECHNICIANS OUT THERE AND STAFF.
>> PUT THE ANIMAL DOWN AND GIVE A CALL?
>> JUST GIVE US A CALL AND LET US KNOW WHERE YOU SAW IT LAST.
USUALLY SICK ANIMALS STICK AROUND.
THEY'RE USUALLY PRETTY EASY TO FIND AGAIN.
>> SO WE ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE REPORTING SO IF YOU SEE A DEER THAT IS ACTING ABNORMALLY OR THAT IS DEAD THAT YOU DON'T SEE A CAUSE, YOU CAN GET ON THE WEBSITE AND SICK DEER REPORTING YOU CAN PUT IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE IT IS AND THE NUMBER AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AWELL BUT WE PREFER YOU DON'T SHOOT THAT ANIMAL.
REACH OUT TO US AND ENFORCEMENT.
>> WE GET NOTIFICATION WHEN THE SICK DEER REPORTS COME IN.
WE WILL BE NOTIFIED.
IT COMES TO AN EMAIL ACCOUNT CHECKED DAILY SO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SICK DEER RO RTS.
>> IF YOU DROP A DEER OFF AND IT'S GETTING THE CWD TESTING, HOW LONG BEFORE THE HUNTER GETS THE RESULTS?
>> PROBABLY SEVERAL WEEKS EARLY IN THE SEASON IT WILL BE FASTER BUT AS WE GET MORE AND MORE SAMPLES, WE ARE TALKING 5,000 ANIMALS ARE HARVESTED IN THE FIVE COUNTIES OVER MODERN GUN SO THAT THING THAT SLOW DOWN THE LAB IN TERMS OF THEIR STAFFING.
SEVERAL WEEKS SHOULD BE THE TURN AROUND.
>> DEER WITH HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE CAN BE FOUND NEAR A WATER SOURCE.
THEY RUN A FEVER WAND WANT TO BE CLOSE TO WATER.
ANY PARTICULAR AREAS FOR A DEER TO HANG OUT THAT HAS CWD.
I'M GUESSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT FOR A YEAR OR SO BEFORE THEY SHOW SYMPTOMS.
>> ANYTHING PARTICULAR ON THE LANDSCAPE.
THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HANG OUT NEAR WATER?
>> IT'S NOT LIKE HD AND THE FEVER BY THE WATER.
>> IF YOU TAKE A GOOD BUCK, DO YOU NEED TO KEEP THE HEAD AT THE CHECK STATION WHEN YOU DO YOUR TESTING, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TROPHY TO THE TAXIDERMIST AND GET DONE WHAT THEY WANT TO GET DO THAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S THE GOOD THING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CHECK STATIONS AT MULTIPLE PROCESSORS AND TAXIDERMISTS SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES ALREADY AND GOING TO BE THERE STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE.
YOU'LL RUN THROUGH US AND OFF TO THEM AND WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PLAN IS FOR THE ANIMAL AFTER THE AR VEST AND WE WANT TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS WE CAN.
>> HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION IF I HUNT ONE OF THOSE FIVE COUNTIES AND MY TAXIDERMIST IS NOT WITHIN THE FIVE COUNTIES, HOW DO I TAKE MY DEER TO MY TAXIDERMIST OR CAN I?
>> YOU CAN BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE THAT HIGH RISK PARTS.
SO WAS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS DEBONING, REMOVE THE ENTIRE HIDE AND SKULL CAP IT.
YOU CAN GET A LOCAL TAXIDERMIST TO DO THAT IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORMABLE AND THEN U YOUTUBE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, YOU GUYS IN KENTUCKY AFIELD DID A FANTASTIC VIDEO HOW TO DO IT AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING, IT'S NOT HARD.
IT CAN BE INTIMIDATING AT FIRST BUT YOU WALK THROUGH IT YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY LOCAL OR TRY TO DO IT YOURSELF LOOK ALT ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES ONLINE AND EDUCATE YOURSELF.
>> HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT SAYS THEY'RE NOT A HUNTER.
BUT THEY ENJOY WATCHING ANIMALS CAN THEY FEED IN THEIR YARD?
>> NO, THEY CANNOT.
WHAT THEY CAN DO WITHIN THEIR YARD IS STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A BIRD FEEDER BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A HANGING BIRD FEEDER NOT SOMETHING YOU PLACE ON THE GROUND.
IT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN THE YARD OF YOUR HOME.
THINGS THAT YOU WOULD, THE AREA YOU MAINTAIN.
>> HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE GO TO OUR WEBSITE PEOPLE WHO BUY HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE KNOW THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS A DEER WATCHER, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE DO WE NEED HUNTERS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF YOUR NEIGHBOR IS FEEDING A DEER, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RATTING YOUR NEIGHBOR OUT, BE COURTEOUS AND LET THEM KNOW THE DISEASE IS ON THE LANDSCAPE BECAUSE CHANCES ARE THEY DON'T KNOW.
IF THEY'RE NOT SUBSCRIBING TO A MAGAZINE THAT TALKS ABOUT CWD OR THEY'RE NOT FACEBOOK FANS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR KENTUCKY AFIELD, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY IDEA THAT ALL THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S A MULTI-AS IF FACETTED APPROACH FOR US WHY WE ARE DOING THE SCHMO AND WHAT WE PUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTUBE AND GRAPHICS PUTTING FLYERS IN COMMUNITY AREAS THAT PEOPLE FREQUENT.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT TO BE INFORMED, TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE ARE JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE SO YOU ARE INFORMED WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> I LOOK AT IT AS THE INDIVIDUAL A NEIGHBOR THAT MAY NOT BE A HUNTER THAT MAY BE FEEDING WILDLIFE, THEY ENJOY THE WILDLIFE THEY WANT TO CONTINUE SEEING THE WILDLIFE IF YOU ARE NICE ABOUT IT AND LET THEM KNOW DO WE HAVING?
THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND PRINT IT OUT AND YOU CAN HAND SOMEONE AND SAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE DAIFL, THIS IS NEW AND GOING ON DO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO NORCH NON-SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN, NON-HUNTERS, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
WE KNOW YOU LOVE WILDLIFE.
YOU NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH?
>> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SOURCES ON THE WEB PAGE SPECIFICALLY THE CWD PAGE THAT TARGETS DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE WHETHER YOU ARE A HUNTER, WILDLIFE ENTHUSIAST, BIRD FEEDER.
WE TALK ABOUT THE DISEASE AND TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN IN SIMPLE TERMS.
WE HAVE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WHERE WE WILL ASK THE QUESTION AND GIVE THE ANSWER TO TRY TO YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU THE ANSWER ANSWERS TO BE INFORMED ON YOUR DECISION MAKING A VARIETY OF STUFF TO TRY TO INFORM EVERYBODY.
>> I KNOW THAT OUR NEXT FIERMSZ SEASON IS YOUTH SEASON.
I KNOW WE ARE NOT PUTTING CHECK STATIONS IN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
ANY REASON FOR THAT?
>> IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TRADITIONAL HARVEST IN THOSE COUNTIES ARE EXTREMELY LOW.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE TAKE THOSE KIDS OUT AND HARVEST SOME DEER BUT LOOKING AT IT HISTORICALLY, IT'S LOW THE MARKETS OF THOSE COME DURING THE MODERN GUN SEASON SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ON ADDITIONAL BURDENS WE DIDN'T FEEL WAS NECESSARY.
IT WASN'T NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE LOW VOLUME OF HARVEST SO WE TRIED TO PICK THOSE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GET THE BEST EFFORT, THE BEST NUMBER OF SAMPLES.
>> YOU SAID 7,000.
I HEARD YOU SAY 5,000 FROM MODERN FIREARM SEASON SO THAT MEANS YOU ARE ONLY LOOKING AT 2,000 FOR THE YOUTH SEASON TWO MUZZLE LOADER SEASON AND ALL OF ARCHERY AND CROSS BOW.
THAT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT THE FREEZERS IN THE FIVE COUNTIES ARE FOR.
FOLKS HUNTING OUTSIDE OF THE MANDATORY CHECK SEASONS THAT THEY CAN STILL GET THEIR ANIMAL TESTED SO IF THEY'RE HUNTING DURING YOUTH SEASON THEY CAN DROP IT OFF AT THE FREEZER.
>>ER WITH STILL GETTING QUESTIONS COMING IN BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUT THERE ONE MORE TIME FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HUNTING THESE COUNTIES ARE MOVING DEER CARCASSES THROUGH THE COUNTIES.
WHAT, AGAIN, ARE THE NEED TO KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW RULES AND REGULATION CHANGES IN PLACE.
START WITH THE ONES LEGALLY THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THEY NEED TO QUIT DOING OR STOP FEEDING.
>> STOP FEEDING.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO LIVES OUT OF STATE THAT LEASES A PLACE UP HERE THEY MAY HAVE A FEEDER OUT GIVE THEM A CALL AND SAY YOU WANT ME ME TO TAKE YOUR FEEDER DOWN FOR YOU.
HELP THEM OUT AND PICK UP THEIR MINERAL BLOCK FOR THEM.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GET THE WORD OUT SOME SOME OF THE OUT OF STATE HUNTERS COMING IN IMMEDIATELY WE NEED TO STOP FEEDING AND THEN IF WHEN THE SEASON COMES IN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MUZZLE LOADER SEASON TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW THEN.
>> WHERE THE CHECK STATIONS ARE GOING TO BE GO AHEAD AND PRINT OFF THE CARCASS TAG.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU KILL THE DEER.
IT'S TOO LATE THEN.
PRINT THE OFF WHEN YOU PRINT YOUR LICENSE OFF, PRINT OFF TWO OR THREE AND GET PREPARED.
AND HAVE SOME OF THOSE FOR YOUR FRIENDS, SOME EXTRAS.
>> KNOWING WHERE THE STATIONS ARE LOCATED.
I KNOW THERE ARE FIVE COUNTIES, SEEMS LIKE 17 CHECK STATIONS THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS NO WHICH ONES ARE THE CLOSEST OR WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO BE THE EASIEST FOR YOU TO ACCESS.
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE CHECK STATIONS ARE AT THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW AS FAR AS THE CARCASS TAG.
>> YOU INTO ED TO HAVE THEM WITH YOU AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE FIVE COUNTY ZONE FIRST HAS TO BE DEBONED, ALL THE MEAT AND THEN YOU CAN LEAVE AND THEY BE THEN IF YOU ARE IN MY COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY BUT I WANT TO GO TO HOPKINS COUNTY AND HUNT DEER, IF I'M COMING BACK TO THAT COUNTY, THAT FIVE COUNTY SURVEILLANCE ZONE, I NEED A CARCASS TAG ON THE DEER FROM OUTSIDE OF IT WHEN I COME IN ALSO.
>> EVEN IF IT WASN'T HARVESTED THERE, DIDN'T LIVE THERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IF YOU ARE IN THE FIVE COUNTY ZONE, YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT ON THE ANIMAL AND IT NEEDS TO BE VISIBLE.
>> YEP.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT YOU OUT JUST SHARING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A CARCASS TAG COULD LOOK LIKE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT FORM.
WE ARE ASKING YOU SPECIFIC INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO PUT ON IT BUT IT COULD BE A HOMEMADE FORM 3 X 5 CARD STOCK AND IT STILL HAS TO BE A FIX SO THAT THE KEYS ARE AFFIXED TO THAT DEER, CLEARLY LEGIBLE, AND IT STAYS SO IT CAN'T BE THIS LITTLE CRUMB PELLED UP CRUMPD PIECE OF PAPER.
IT HAS TO HAVE DEXTERITY FOR SURE.
>> ATTACHING A PIECE OF PAPER ON AN AN ANIMAL DRUG AROUND YOU NEED ZIP TIE, STRING, TWINE.
ANOTHER ITEM YOU NEED TO THROW IN THE HUNTING BAG BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TIE A PIECE OF PAPER TO A DEER.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR BAG NOW TO ATTACH IT.
ZIP TIE OR TWINE ORP SOMETHING.
>> AND YOU KNOW, LITTLE REMEMBER, HAVE YOU TO HAVE THE HARVEST LOG FILLED OUT.
YOU HAVE THE PEN IN YOUR PACK, FILL OUT THE HARVEST LOG WHEN YOU HARVEST THE DEER AND THEN GO ON AND FILL OUT THE CARCASS TAG WHEN YOU ARE READY TO MOVE.
DON'T FORGET THE HARVEST LOG AS WELL.
>> VERY IMPORTANT.
ANYTHING ELSE HUNTERS INTO ED TO KNOW ABOUT?
>> UNFORTUNATELY FOR US ON OUR SIDE THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE THAT TRY TO CIRCUMVENT THE SYSTEM AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND IF SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO REPORT THAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
THEY CAN CALL THE 1-800-25 ALERT NUMBER OR ON OUR WEBSITE THERE IS A LEANING TO AN APP THAT YOU CAN TEXT ANONYMOUSLY TO AND YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE SECURE ANONYMOUS SO IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT TO REPORT.
>> YOU SEE A DEER OR ELK COMING FROM OUT OF STATE AND IT'S THE ENTIRE ANIMAL DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, YOU HAVE A WAY THAT YOU CAN GO WHAT IS THE NUMBER AGAIN.
>> 1-800-25-ALERT GOES TO THE DISPATCH CENTER OR THE KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE APP YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT ON GOOGLE AND ITUNES AND YOU CAN EVEN SEND PICTURES AS WELL.
>> EVERYBODY HAS A PHONE IN HAND NOWADAYS.
DON'T BE TAKING PICTURES AND DRIVING, THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS BUT IF YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO TAKE A PICTURE.
ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU SEE A SICK DEER WHILE HUNTING, SHOULD YOU SHOOT IT AND HAVE IT TESTED OR IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO GO ABOUT IT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR TAG TO TEST A DEER?
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT SAY A PERSON DOES TAKE A DEER, AND IT COMES BACK POSITIVE.
WE HOPE TO GOODNESS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY FOR THEM TO NOT USE THEIR TAG SINCE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EAT THAT MEAT.
>> WE'LL ADDRESS THAT IF WE HAVE TO WITH CWD.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW OUR EFFORT IS IN SURVEILLANCE AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THE DISEASE.
IF WE WERE TO DETECT CWD, THINGS CHANGE AGAIN.
SO THE RULES WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT ALL OF OUR PLANS.
WOULD I SAY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CWD RESPONSE PLAN.
WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND MEASURES BUT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT WITH OUR BOARD AND OUR STAFF AND SEE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
>> SO THIS DOES GIVE YOU ANOTHER BUCK TAG.
YOU SAW A DEER OUT THERE HEY, SOMETIMES DURING THE PEAK OF THE RUT, I'VE SEEN BUCKS THAT LOOK PRETTY WARN DOWN AND BEAT UP.
YOU THINK MAN, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT THING?
THEY CAN LOSE A LOT OF BODY WEIGHT FIGHTING AND DEFENDING THERE I TERRITORY.
WHAT IS A NUMBER FOR A BUCK THAT LOSES PERCENTAGE WISE.
>> THEY CAN LOSE 15-20% OF THEIR BODY MASS FROM, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER TO THE END OF NOVEMBER.
JUST FROM RUNNING AND FIGHTING AND CHASING AND DOING ALL THAT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY GET WHIPPED A COUPLE TIMES, THEY'RE STOVE UP PRETTY HARD.
IMAGINE GOING TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME ALL DAY WITHOUT PADS.
IT CAN BE THE SAME WAY.
SO THAT DEER MIGHT LOOK PRETTY ROUGH, MIGHT LOOK INJURED TO YOU OR SICK AND REALLY HE IS JUST TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE BREEDING SEASON.
SO WHY WE ARE ASKING YOU NOT TO SHOOT THEM BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A NATURAL THING THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND JUST LET US KNOW.
LIKE Dr. CASEY SAID, IF AN ANIMAL IS TRULY SICK AND YOU SEE IT, WHEN WE ARE BACK THERE, IT IS STILL THERE.
>> YOU STILL HAVE TO TAG THAT DEER AFTER YOU HARVEST IT.
IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE I SHOT A DEER WITH MY BOW AND HAD GROUND SLINKAGE.
WHEN I GOT DOWN, IT WASN'T WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS BUT WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE HUNTERS HAVE CAUSED CALLED US AND SAID THE BUCK HAS SORES.
THAT'S PART OF THE SYSTEM.
PART THE OF THE GAME UNFORTUNATELY.
>> YOU ADDRESSED THIS.
WE HAVE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
A RESPONSE PLAN.
SO WHAT IS NEXT IF AND LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IF CWD IS FOUND, I'M SURE THE PLANS ARE WRITTEN OUT WHAT THE NEXT WAVE IS.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP IF CWD IS FOUND IN KENTUCKY?
>> SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW AS FAR AS RESTRICTIONS GO.
IF WE WANT TO CAST A BROAD NET IN SURVEILLANCE AND TRY TO GET A LOT OF SAMPLES FROM A VERY BROAD AREA, CLOSE TO WHERE THE POSITIVE ANIMAL WAS DETECTED.
AND THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT PREVALENCE AND SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
SO SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS THAT WE ARE DOING, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR RESPONSE PLAN AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK WITH OUR HUNTERS AND LET THE HUNTERS BE THE POINT OF THE PENCIL AND HANDLE ALL THE MANAGE MANY AND WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE SAMPLES FROM THE HUNTERS AND THAT'S THE GOOD IN THIS IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS WAY, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A FEW TRE STRICKSES AND GET THE SAMPLES WE NEED TO BE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE SAMPLED AT A HIGH LEVEL AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
SO YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN WAS ALWAYS WRITTEN TO KIND OF GIVE US FIRST STEPS BUT WE WOULD NEVER KNOW THE WHEN AND THE WHERE AND THEN ONCE WE FIND OUT THE WHEN AND THE WHERE, THEN WE CAN TAKE THE MOLD ESSENTIALLY THAT'S IN OUR PLAN AND APPLY THAT.
BUT IT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL AND ALL THE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LITERALLY AROUND THE CLOCK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TRY TO PUT THESE IN MOTION AND THEN INFORM ALL THE FOLKS ABOUT WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
>> SO I KNOW THAT THE WAY THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN OUT, IT IS IN THE STATE OR CLOSE TO THE STATE, IS IT IN A CAPTIVE FACILITY OR IS IT IN THE WILD?
>> CORRECT.
>> AND ONCE, OKAY, IT'S HERE, BELOW THE STATE LINE, IT'S IN TENNESSEE AND IT'S A WILD ANIMAL, IT'S NOT CAPTIVE, AND THEN YOU GET X AMOUNT OF RADIUS AROUND IT.
SO IF IT HAPPENS TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE, EXPECT ANOTHER RADIUS BUT THIS IS THE ENTEAR RADIUS IS GOING TO BE WITHIN KENTUCKY IF IT IS FOUND IN THE STATE AND GOING TO AFFECT MORE COUNTIES AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMMEDIATE SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE KEEPING UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE DEPARTMENT AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS YEAR IF IT HAPPENS, IT IS GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY FAST.
I KNOW THIS YEAR OUR HUNTING GUIDES FOR THE FALL WAS ALREADY OUT.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE HUNTING GUIDES WHICH ARE BEING SHIPPED NOW OR THEY'RE OUT THERE IN OUR HUNTING STORES THAT SELL THE LICENSES, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
THERE IS A SUPPLEMENT TO THAT.
IT WAS ALREADY PRINTED.
THEY HAD BEEN SHIPPED WHEN THIS CAME OUT.
THEY CAN FIND THAT SUPPLEMENT AND FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE AND HOW ARE THE ADDITIONAL FOUR OR FIVE PAGES, ARE WE GETTING THOSE OUT THERE.
>> THERE IS A FOUR PAGE SUPPLEMENT THAT WE'LL GO ONLINE, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO PRINT THAT SUPPLEMENT AND SEND TO IT OUR VENDORS PEOPLE WHO SELL LICENSES IN THOSE FIVE COUNTIES.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO TRY TO GET THEM IN PLACES WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO FREQUENT JUST TO TRY TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT.
SO WE'LL HAVE IT UP ONLINE, WE PUT TOGETHER A HANDFUL OF PIECES ALREADY, COMMUNICATION PIECES THIS WEEK AND JUST TRY TO GET IT IN THOSE HANDS OF OUR HUNTERS AND OUR LAND OWNERS IN THOSE FIVE COUNTIES THE BEST WE CAN.
>> IT'S REALLY WILD.
ALL THE TESTING, YOU SAID HOW MANY, 13,000?
HOW MANY CWD TESTS HAVE WE RAN.
>> 32,000.
>> 32,000 TESTS I'M SURE TENNESSEE IS DOING A BURCH OF THOSE TESTS, TOO AND YET THIS DEER DID IT HAPPEN THROUGH A REGULAR HUNTER HARVEST?
>> NO.
THAT'S THE GOOD THING, IT HIGHLIGHTS WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING.
SO THEY GOT A CALL ON THIS DEER ACTING SICK AND THEY WENT DOWN AND IT WAS THERE AND THEY COLLECTED IT AND GOT IT TESTED SO IT'S A VERY COMMON THING FOR OTHER STATES TO DO AND WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING IN PROCESS AND WHY WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT IS HAVING THAT ABILITY TO KALE US AND LET US KNOW CALL US.
>> ALL IN ALL, THE TIMING IS NOT GOOD.
HUNTING GUIDES ARE OUT THERE.
PEOPLE ARE PLANNING THEIR HUNTS, TAKING PHOTOS OF THE DEER AND BAITING AND THEN BAM IT HAPPENS.
NOT ONLY SPREADING THE MESSAGE WITH US, SPREADING THE MESSAGE WITH THOSE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, SENDING PEOPLE OUR WEBSITE BUT ALSO SPREADING THE MESSAGE TO OTHER HUNTERS.
SO DO YOUR PART, GET OUT THERE, SPREAD THAT MESSAGE TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE OUT OF THE STATE, MAYBE THEY DON'T KEEP UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
MAYBE THEY'RE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT DOESN'T HUNT AT ALL BUT IS FEEDING DEER, DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE EXACT LIP WHAT IS GOING ON JUST SOUTH OF US HERE IN TENNESSEE.
STILL NOT IN KENTUCKY.
WANT TO CONTINUE TO TELL PEOPLE WE STILL NEVER FOUND IT IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY BUT DO YOUR PART TO SPREAD THAT MESSAGE AND FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE RESPONSE PLAN AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OUT OF YOU, THE OUTDOORS PERSON, BE IT A HUNTER OR OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST.
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO CONTAIN THIS REALLY REALLY NASTY DISEASE.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
HEY, THE NEXT SHOW FOR KENTUCKY AFIELD WILL BE IN TWO WEEKS.
WE ARE PREEMPTED THIS UPCOMING WEEK.
HEY, DON'T LET THIS DIM YOUR HUNTING SEASON.
GET OUT THERE, I'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT.
WE HAVE A DEER SHOW COMING YOUR WAY.
WE HAVE BEEN OUT DOING ARCHERY HUNTING.
I PLAN ON GETTING BACK OUT THERE IN THE WOODS.
I HOPEFULLY THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE COUNTIES THAT YOU LIVE IN AS FAR AS A POSITIVE TEST.
GET OUT THERE, TAKE THAT DEER, IF YOU ARE IN THAT FIVE COUNTY ZONE, MAKE SURE YOU GET IT TO A CHECK STATION, GET IT CHECKED AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL FALL THAT IS COMING OUR WAY HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
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