Montana hunters who want to get their harvested elk or deer tested for chronic wasting disease will need to send the heads of their animals, or parts of the lymph nodes and brain stem, to laboratories in Wyoming or Colorado. Budget constraints have forced the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife Read more
Rumors are running wild this week as a legislative committee prepares to hear testimony on whether to extend rules related to controlling chronic wasting disease. Those rules, which include a statewide ban on baiting and feeding, were approved by the Natural Resources Board in June and will expire Nov. 30 Read more
Saskatchewan has its fourth confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in the wild deer population, but this one is different from the previous three. “It showed up in an area outside of what we thought was the containment area,” said Kevin Callele, manager of resource allocation with Saskatchewan Environment’s fish Read more
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UPDATE October 30, 2002 An additional captive elk facility in Nebraska has had an elk test positive for CWD. This facility is located in Sioux County, Nebraska and participated in the recent buy-out in the endemic area. This brings the total of captive positive facilities in Nebraska Read more
Two elk taken by hunters in Grand County and Rio Blanco and a deer near Chatfield Reservoir have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Two Western Colorado bull elk and a deer just west of Chatfield Reservoir have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Hunters killed all three animals last Read more
MADISON – Cool rainy weather across much of the state on Oct 24 and 25 appeared to reduce hunter interest and success during the first two days of the 2002 Zone T gun deer hunt, but activity picked up with drier weather Saturday and Sunday. A preliminary total of 27,676 Read more
MADISON – The Department of Natural Resources will ask the legislative Joint Committee on Review of Administrative Rules to extend until Sept. 1, 2003 emergency rules related to controlling chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. The rules, approved by the Natural Resources Board in June, will expire on Nov. 30 Read more
By now you all know about the statewide Chronic Wasting Disease sampling the Department of Natural Resources is doing this fall. We started collecting samples during Zone T hunt, and hunter willingness to get out and hunt and bring deer in for sampling has been a real shot in the Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — While state officials take steps to assess the potential risks to Texas’ deer population from Chronic Wasting Disease, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is urging hunters to use common sense during the upcoming hunting season. CWD is a fatal brain disease that can infect deer and Read more
MADISON — Zone-T Deer Hunting Season is in full swing in many parts of Wisconsin. Miserable hunting conditions on Friday, the second day of the season, gave way to almost ideal hunting conditions in south and central Wisconsin on Saturday. Hunter report hearing many shots taken in the field, and Read more