concerns with hunting big game over bait
Dave Kolpack today takes a look at the baiting issue or in respect to the pamphlet that was included in deer hunting tags across North Dakota. Baiting concerns are not limited or exclusive to one issue. It’s a multiple of disease, wildlife management, access and opportunity.
The Game and Fish Department said such diseases as bovine tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease have a greater chance of spreading when animals are congregated. Officials worry that a bovine TB outbreak in northwestern Minnesota could spread to North Dakota.
We have some serious biological concerns. Disease is a scary thing, McKenna said.
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