10-21-08: NFL Recap, CWD Town Hall Meetings and Deer Tips

BIG BOY PIGSKIN PICKS WITH ADAM AND STEVE

Week Seven

DATE	GAME	SCORE	ADAM’S PICK	STEVE’S PICK
10/19	TITANS @ CHIEFS	34-10	TITANS	TITANS
10/19	CHARGERS @ BILLS	14-23	CHARGERS	CHARGERS
10/19	STEELERS @ BENGALS	38-10	STEELERS	STEELERS
10/19	RAVENS @ DOLPHINS	27-13	RAVENS	DOLPHINS
10/19	COWBOYS @ RAMS	14-34	COWBOYS	COWBOYS
10/19	VIKINGS @ BEARS	41-48	BEARS	BEARS
10/19	SAINTS @ PANTHERS	7-30	PANTHERS	PANTHERS
10/19	49ERS @ GIANTS	17-29	GIANTS	GIANTS
10/19	JETS @ RAIDERS	13-16	JETS	JETS
10/19	BROWNS @ REDSKINS	11-14	REDSKINS	BROWNS
10/19	SEAHAWKS @ BUCCANEERS	10-20	BUCCANEERS	BUCCANEERS
10/20	BRONCOS @ PATRIOTS	7-41	BRONCOS	PATRIOTS
10/19	COLTS @ PACKERS	14-34	COLTS	COLTS
10/12	LIONS @ TEXANS	21-28	LIONS	TEXANS
Totals:			8-6	8-6

Currently Adam’s totals stand at 59-43 while Steve is 62-40. The Lions are 0-6 and the Packers are 4-3.

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Adam discusses what causes the deer rut.

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Adam’s tips about bedding and feeding areas for whitetails:

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Statewide Town Hall Meetings on Chronic Wasting Disease Scheduled for October

The Michigan departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture and Michigan State Univeristy Extension (MSUE) will hold a series of town hall meetings across the state priot to the firearm deer hunting season for the public to learn more about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and the state’s response plan to manage the disease.

The Marquette meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 23. The meeting will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Citizens Forum Room at Lakeview Arena, located at 401 E. Fair Ave. in Marquette.

Other meetings are scheduled for Kalamazoo (Oct. 22), Frankenmuth (Oct. 27), and Grayling (Oct. 29).

At all meetings, staff from the DNR and MDA will present information on CWD and the state’s emergency response plan for the disease. A question-and-answer session, facilitated by MSUE, will follow the presentations.

On Aug. 25, the DNR and MDA confirmed the state’s first case of CWD in a three-year-old privately-owned white-tailed deer in Kent County. It is still unknown how the animal became infected.

CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. Infected animals display abnormal behaviors, loss of bodily functions and a progressive weight loss. Current evidence suggests that the disease is transmitteed through infectious, self-multiplying proteins (prions). Prions are nromal cell proteins whose shape has been transofrmed, causing CWD. The disease is trasmitted by exposure to saliva of infected animals. Susceptible animals can also acquire CWD by eating feces from an infected animal, or soil contaminated by them. Once contaminated, soil is thought to remain a source of infection for many years, making CWD a particularly difficult disease to eradicate.

More information about CWD is available by clicking here

Contacts: Mary Dettloff (DNR) 517-335-3014 or Bridget Patrick (MDA) 517-241-2669.

Adam’s tips for deer hunting near watering holes:

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