Lincoln, Neb. – As the November firearm deer season draws nearer, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is telling hunters they will again play a vital role in monitoring the states deer herd for the presence of chronic wasting disease, or CWD. Bruce Morrison, the Commission biologist heading the disease Read more…
MADISON — A Walworth County herd of farm-raised deer and elk was destroyed Wednesday, Nov. 3, because it was infected with chronic wasting disease. The herd of 12 white-tailed deer and 9 elk owned by Wayne Kuhnke, Delavan, was killed by gunshot by wildlife specialists from the U.S. Department of Read more…
Wyoming Deer Hunt Area 76 has been identified as a new area with chronic wasting disease, so North Dakotans hunting in this area must follow the same transportation and importation regulations as in other out-of-state places where CWD is present. Hunters can no longer transport into North Dakota the whole Read more…
[EDITOR’S ADVISORY: Preliminary harvest totals are based on calls to registration stations and are strictly preliminary. DNR wildlife biologists have revised the preliminary total issued Tuesday, Nov. 2, after several additional registration stations reported some significant totals. The preliminary harvest of 64,589 reported Tuesday has been revised to 67,167. Final Read more…
October, 2004 Ask Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett … …about Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin White-tailed Deer Editor’s Note: this is another of several fall updates in which the DNR Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Read more…
Colorado Division of Wildlife CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE #1 2004 Submission and Testing November 1, 2004 Fall 2004 Hunting Seasons Submission Numbers Most test results are final for the period August 28, 2004 through October 29, 2004 Between August 28, 2004 (opening of archery deer and elk season) and October Read more…
Import Ban on Deer and Elk Continues PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management is asking hunters to help monitor the state’s deer population and to take special precautions when hunting deer and elk out of state. It is a continuing part of DEM’s efforts to keep Rhode Island deer Read more…
CWD UPDATE October 28, 2004 The story about the Arizona Red Deer incident that is going around the country needs clearing up. According to Jim DeVos of the Arizona Game and Fish Department, a producer had a red deer die in the spring of this year. The individual held the Read more…
With the fall 2004 deer season just about to begin, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) is requesting that Virginia’s more than 260,000 deer hunters and the general public be on the lookout for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) “suspects.” CWD “suspect” animals are defined as deer or Read more…
LARAMIE – One mule deer buck harvested Oct. 3 from deer Hunt Area 76 on the east face of the Snowy Range just north of the Colorado line tested positive for chronic wasting disease. CWD had not previously been found in that hunt area. “Finding CWD in this hunt area Read more…