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Continued geographic expansion of known chronic wasting disease (CWD) distribution and the growing severity of infection rates in some affected cervid populations has renewed calls for sustainable intervention strategies. The vast majority of effective management actions currently rely on hunting participation and modifications to license setting to reduce infection rates in affected cervid populations.
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Because of their popularity and wide distribution, mule and black-tailed deer (collectively referred to as mule deer) are one of the most economically and socially important animals in western North America. A survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in 2001 of outdoor activities reports that over 4 million people hunted in the 18 western states. In 2001 alone, those hunters were afield for almost 50 million days and spent over $7 billion....