New CWD sampling

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RygaardBlaak

Discussion Starter · 10 mo ago

Just wondering if anyone knows what the new cwd sampling areas will be? Seen news articles but nothing from Manitoba conservation yet…. Also anyone know when the new guide will be out? And when deer licenses will be available on elicencing for this season?

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haunter_of_the_woods

· #2 · 10 mo ago

Yeah, the new area is huge.
CWD Manitoba

Not sure about the guide but deer licenses look to be available August 1st.

foxer

· #3 · 10 mo ago

I wonder what the province has in mind to protect the integrity of the samples which are submitted in warm weather and or the early parts of the seasons.

cndfirearmstraining

· #4 · 10 mo ago

You have to submit samples within 48 hours. Then it will be freezing most likely. What they are looking for is a protein.

foxer

· #5 · 10 mo ago

cndfirearmstraining said:
You have to submit samples within 48 hours. Then it will be freezing most likely. What they are looking for is a protein.

In the past I have seen stinking Elk samples rotting at a collection site. I can just about imagine what this will turn out to be just by the number of numbers of samples expected. Alberta has a freezer system at drop off points for a reason. But then maybe Manitoba is smarter than Alberta.

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RygaardBlaak

Discussion Starter · #6 · 10 mo ago

haunter_of_the_woods said:
Yeah, the new area is huge.
CWD Manitoba

Not sure about the guide but deer licenses look to be available August 1st.

Hey where did you get that cwd Manitoba map from?

cndfirearmstraining

· #7 · 10 mo ago

Natural Resources and Northern Development | Province of Manitoba (gov.mb.ca)

prairie lover

· #8 · 10 mo ago

souds like a huge pain the the butt....wow

cndfirearmstraining

· #9 · 10 mo ago

I'm really going miss doing a European mount. I was just getting good at it too. Damn!

Norm Bruce

· #10 · 10 mo ago

The Alberta system is very specific but does however provide the opportunity to submit any and all samples needed to test while still allowing keeping the skull intact for Euro mounts.
Hopefully Manitoba can duplicate this as Euro mounts on mule deer are impressive.

Fish tank

· #11 · 10 mo ago

So how soon after we drop off “the sample” are we going to get a reply that it is negative so we can start processing it for the freezer?

cndfirearmstraining

· #12 · 10 mo ago

Fish tank said:
So how soon after we drop off “the sample” are we going to get a reply that it is negative so we can start processing it for the freezer?

I don't know the answer but my thoughts are.... Between collected heads from the drop off, processing the heads to pull the actual samples out of them, conducting analysis, QC and considering they'll get lots of heads in a short time to do, I don't think it will be quick.

For myself personally it's all about risk management. I will only hunt whitetail (there are no Mulies in our area) and I don't see CWD as being rampant in the province. My plan is to process it like I would normally. Now whether I eat any of it before results come in, I'm not totally decided on. But once those backstraps come off, my tummy and carnivore spirit may start making decisions for me. Or you know, I get skunked which has happened before too and eat tag soup.

My opinions only in this post. YMMV.

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Fish tank

· #13 · 10 mo ago

Yup i

cndfirearmstraining said:
I don't know the answer but my thoughts are.... Between collected heads from the drop off, processing the heads to pull the actual samples out of them, conducting analysis, QC and considering they'll get lots of heads in a short time to do, I don't think it will be quick.

For myself personally it's all about risk management. I will only hunt whitetail (there are no Mulies in our area) and I don't see CWD as being rampant in the province. My plan is to process it like I would normally. Now whether I eat any of it before results come in, I'm not totally decided on. But once those backstraps come off, my tummy and carnivore spirit may start making decisions for me. Or you know, I get skunked which has happened before too and eat tag soup.

My opinions only in this post. YMMV.

Yup i hear you, the chances are very low for Cwd in out area also. I would just hate to process a deer have it stacked in the freezer and get a call its a positive test. By the time that happens i have touched the meat so much and the freezer is now contaminated ect….. i guess we will see how it all pans out.

foxer

· #14 · 10 mo ago

Fish tank said:
Yup i

Yup i hear you, the chances are very low for Cwd in out area also. I would just hate to process a deer have it stacked in the freezer and get a call its a positive test. By the time that happens i have touched the meat so much and the freezer is now contaminated ect….. i guess we will see how it all pans out.

That is all fine and dandy if a person processes his own meat. I would wager my bottom dollar that there will not be too many butchers that will take a chance at touching wild meat, with or without an OK. Their total business is at steak.... Fine for a jumper but what about a moose or elk? Sausage? Alberta has horror stories about this very thing. As mentioned in an earlier post that results could take awhile. From the last gong show it took over two months for 5, 6 hundred samples to be dealt with. Can anything different be expected with more samples. To be fair, for the problem to be dealt with all provinces and states have to be on the same page without any week links.... What is happening now is just a waste of resources and aggravation, and on a side note our C.Os. will be having another load of chit on their overflowing plates . S.C.O. Sample Compliance Officer. Sounds good too.

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BuckinDucks

· #15 · 10 mo ago

cndfirearmstraining said:
I'm really going miss doing a European mount. I was just getting good at it too. Damn!

they will issue a receipt , with attached licence tag number you will ge able to get your head back...
they cannot confiscate it or no one is going to hand in a trophy deer and just hack the antlers off at the skull..

they culled all those dear last year and i believe they found zero cwd ? .. so it is not going to stop me from eating them. if your not going to eat them then probably shouldnt hunt them.

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lirwin4

· #16 · 10 mo ago

Lots of unanswered questions! Based on the 48 hour requirement, I suspect that samples will degrade in warmer temperatures and still be good for testing if frozen. Based on the limited number of drop off locations and hours of operation, I doubt that compliance rates will be very high. If you shoot a deer in GHA # 35, North of # 1, you are expected to drive to South Junction or Vita to drop off your deer head and upper neck samples within 48 hours from the time of the kill. Sadly, there are NO drop off locations in Wpg, Steinbach, Portage, etc.

haunter_of_the_woods

· #17 · 10 mo ago

I read today on the MWF FB group that the drop off depots are still being finalized, so maybe there will be others opening! (we can hope anyways)

jamie

· #18 · 9 mo ago

Does anyone have a link showing all the drop off locations?

cndfirearmstraining

· #19 · 9 mo ago

Under submitting samples you'll find the link.
Natural Resources and Northern Development | Province of Manitoba (gov.mb.ca)

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