re: CWD detections by Parish.

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CWD came from states that did not allow supplemental baiting

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It was first discovered in deer pens which is even worse.

Glyphosates binding to cations in the soil especially Manganese causes a lot of changes at the electromagnetic level in organisms. It's believed it's a possibility that that binding allows the prion to mutate leading to diseases like CWD. There are a few questioning that now, Dr. Don Huber and Jason Snavely are two of the people more in the public eye discussing it.

Weather it's true or not I have no earthly idea but with all of the known stuff that Glyphosate causes nothing would surprise me. Un natural chemicals are going to change things some for the intended better but some un planned consequences almost always occur.

This is an excperpt of a study by Dr. Michael W. Fox in 2020, "Chronic Wasting Disease:Anthropogenic? Containable?" discussing CWD and information on it.

"What causes prions to become malformed like a mutation, has not yet been determined. Prions can be passed out in bodily fluids and are in the soil and vegetation and are resistant to conventional methods of sterilization. Mosquitoes, ticks and other insects feeding off infected cervids may spread CWD. Infective prions have been found in dust and may be spread also by wind currents. ( 8).

Practices that may facilitate CWD prion contamination and accumulation include deer and elk farming, mineral licks and planting feed for deer by private land-owning deer hunters. Normal prions can be affected by metals (9), possibly being damaged by hunters’ lead shot when ingested by deer or in their bodies after surviving after being shot. Twenty million metric tons of lead bullets were fired in the United States in the 20th century (10).

Since EMFs can damage yeast prions, (11) the electromagnetic fields and non-ionizing radiation from cell phone towers and power lines may also cause prion malformations. Also, widely used herbicides, Monsanto’s “Roundup” (glyphosate) in particular, may play a role in the genesis of spongiform encephalopathies. It is widely used in agriculture and in forest management to reduce vegetation for fire-prevention. Glyphosate chelates all cations, making them biologically unavailable, (12).

An oxide of manganese destroys prions (13). Manganese deficiency in soils, via chelation of manganese by glyphosate, may therefore serve to increase the viability and longevity of prions that cause diseases such as CWD {and other spongiform encephalopathies} in the soil. In sum, soil type and especially mineral and humus content affect the nutritive value of vegetation and therefore the health of cervids consuming same. Notably, various prions are destroyed in soils with high humic acid content (14). Prions bind to montmorillonite and whole soils, remain orally infectious, and, in most cases, increased the oral transmission of disease compared to the unbound agent. Certain soils may therefore contribute to environmental spread of CWD by increasing the transmissibility of small amounts of infectious agent in the environment. (15)."

Is any of this true? I have no idea but it's worth thinking about and watching for more research. I think we are at hypothetical stage on a lot of things with CWD but I am trying to research everything I can to help better understand.

Ah well frick it then let's just not do shite. Yolo. Gotta get my sweet trail cam pics of bruiser at midnight every night.

Thanks for sharing that. I watched it when it first came out and have yet to find a way to add humic acid to feed in feeders other than buying a proprietary mix. Anyone else have any luck?

I keep hoping to see the humic acid movement gain momentum and more research prove it. So far I haven’t seen much since that video was made initially. I pray it’s some sort of answer but the longer time passes without it gaining traction makes me think it’s less likely to be our answer.

What I have figured out is that regenerative farming helps increase humic acid in soils and plants naturally. We have gone 100% regenerative over the last year. Hopefully it will make a difference in our herd. I would feed humic acid at our place if I could figure out how…

257WBY thank you that is the first supplement I have seen that has Humic acid in it (I am certain there are more I just haven't found it). We have several large feeders we have stopped using but I am willing to feed in the summer if I could find a great way to get humid acid on board the deer herd, I don't see how it can hurt.

[quote]When they aren't 100 percent sure that's what spreads

Nobody's ever going to know 100% what it is, and we're not taking about not hunting over it. We are talking about not dumping feed on the ground.

I believe it's well documented that CWD is very likely transmittable in deer via swapping spit. Feeding deer out of a pile obviously increases that, and the only return on the practice being midnight trail camera pictures of hogs.

It's a dumb practice that has no real upside and it should stop. We stopped baiting on our own a couple years back, and we killed more mature bucks the following season.

Surely I do not need to explain the difference...

It only got really prominent when trail cameras did from what I remember. Now it's ubiquitous, I'd venture to say most private land deer hunters dump feed to some extent. I personally only know a small number of people who don't, outside of public land hunters.

Always enjoy the musings of some coonass whose idea of management is waiting till the horns break the skin before laying waste to some poor yearling. A yearling who is only alive because his mother was one of two does to somehow be fortunate enough to survive the previous year's onslaught. Then watching said coonass pontificate about " the big private clubs" and what their management practices ahould and should not be. And doing so in blanket statements that cover allll the big private clubs in the country, without ever actually having stepped foot on one. It's really quality entertainment. But congrats on that forked horn deer you pepaw bagged on that deer drive back in 97. I'm sure it looks great in your single wide.