With the Fall Bow season open in many zones and opening statewide on October 3, the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters it is recommended they use synthetic, non-urine-based scents or lures in deer hunting. The infectious prions which cause Chronic Wasting Disease can be spread through urine-based lures.
Studies have shown the prions can survive for years in contaminated soils and the environment. Urine-based scents and lures are not treated to kill the prions as heating or chemical treatments would also reduce the desired scent characteristics.
Hunters using urine-based scents should place them in areas out of contact with deer, the ground or vegetation.
Source The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection release
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