MY JOB DEPENDS ON HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.I HAVE STAYED AWAY FROM THIS ISSUE ON THIS SITE BECAUSE, WE, AS IOWANS ARE ALWAYS THE LAST TO TAKE FAULT WITH ISSUES LIKE CWD. I HAVE ATTENDED NUMEROUS MEETINGS ON THIS '' NEW BREAKOUT'' AND TRUE THERE IS NO REAL REASON FOR THE DISEASE ALL ANYONE KNOWS IS THAT WI AND MN HAVE IT AND NOW A CASE WAS FOUND IN IL----BUT PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES----WE HAVE IT TOO!!!!!!!!YES ITS MOST LIKELY HERE IN IA AND HAS PROBABLY BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME...DONT THINK SO, NEXT TIME YOU CONTACT THE EXAMINERS AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY--WHY NOT ASK WHERE THE TEST RESULTS ARE FROM THE TESTINGS DONE IN IOWA FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS----THE IOWA DNR DEPENDS ON LISCENCES TO SUPPORT THEIR WAGES---THE RESULTS WERE ALWAYS LOST DUE TO A BROKEN FREEZER OR DATA BEING MISPLACED.I HEAR TESTING IS TO BE DONE IN THESE COUNTIES THIS FALL ALLAMAKEE,WINNESHIEK, CLAYTON AND FAYETTE. WHY HAVENT THE HUNTERS BEEN NOTIFIED? WHERE ARE THE TESTING SITES?WHO IS PAYING FOR THE TEST? AND WHEN IS ANY OF THIS INFO GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC. WITH A LITTLE COMMON SENSE WE AS HUNTERS CAN JUDGE A HEALTHY DEER FROM A SICK ONE. YES THE DISEASE CAN BE CARRIED FOR 18 MONTHS AND MAY BE IN THE VENISION I ATE FOR DINNER TONIGHT, BUT AS A SPORTSMAN I WILL CONTINUE TO HARVEST, PROCESS AND CONSUME THE WHITETAIL DEER OF NORTHEAST IOWA.THE BEST I HAVE HEARD SO FAR WAS A RATHER ELDERLY GENTLEMAN SITTING AT A BAR ON HIS 6TH OR 7TH HIBALL, SMOKING CAMELS, AND COUGHING FOR HIS LAST BREATH OF AIRTELLING ANOTHER BAR PATRON HOW HE WOULD NEVER EAT DEER MEAT AGAIN CAUSE ''THAT MEAT WILL KILL YA''. NO JOKE,WHAT AN IDIOT.. PLEASE STAY INFORMED ON THIS SETBACK AND KEEP HUNTING.. THE WORST THING WE CAN DO IS NOT HELP CONTROL THE POPULATION. JUST MY 2 CENTS WORTH..M350 OUT