Self-employed attorney and no affiliation with any game agency. I used to live and hunt in Illinois somewhat close to the disease. I’ve followed it there for about a decade.


My wife is a neurologist and was concerned about CWD before me. She sees the human version of CJD - a disease that slowly destroys everything that makes you a human being. Believe me, I looked at every angle to convince her it was overblown. It took a while for me to let go of my feeling that it just had to be overblown. Funny thing emotions are. The bigger a hunter you are the more you don’t want to accept the facts. If you gave me a button to push to give me back my ignorance, I’d be tempted to hit it.