Milwaukee, Wis. – Deer hunters are reminded that regulations will change in the chronic wasting Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) after the close of the regular gun and bow seasons on Jan. 3, 2005. Beginning Jan. 4, only DEZ landowners or persons hunting under the authority of a landowner permit can Read more
CWD UPDATE December 17, 2004 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reports the confirmation of a case of CWD on the Cornhusker Wildlife Management Area, near the town of Grand Island in Hall County. The positive was a 2½-year-old whitetail buck. This is approximately 250 east of the Panhandle where Read more
New research on how far deer travel each year may help state wildlife managers predict how far and fast Chronic Wasting Disease will spread. The results of tracking 80 radio-collared deer in the CWD hot zone this year found most adult does and bucks stay within one square mile. Young Read more
FITCHBURG – Hunters are reminded that the playing field changes in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication Zones after the close of the regular gun and bow seasons on Jan. 3, 2005. Landowner Permits Beginning Jan. 4, only DEZ landowners or persons hunting under the authority of a landowner permit Read more
Milwaukee – The Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with landowners who have granted access to their properties, soon will begin shooting deer outside normal shooting hours and at night with the aid of artificial light in selected areas of the chronic wasting disease management zones. DNR staff will also Read more
All but five elk shot by wildlife officers near Stony Plain have been tested for chronic wasting disease and come up negative. Government spokesman Dave Ealey says 28 elk were shot by Fish and Wildlife staff after they were discovered roaming free earlier this fall. Of those, 23 produced brain Read more
The number of deer and elk submitted by hunters for chronic wasting disease testing declined again this year largely due to the end of mandatory testing in northeastern Colorado. Through Dec. 8, approximately 11,282 deer and elk had been turned in at Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) collection sites. On Read more
LINCOLN, Neb. – An adult male white-tailed deer harvested by a hunter during the November firearm season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported today. The buck was shot on Cornhusker Wildlife Management Area, located about 4 miles northwest of Grand Island, Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s 2004 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program has more than 800 samples returned as of Nov. 30, and none have yet tested positive. “The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been testing deer and elk from youth hunters, elk hunters, Black Hills deer hunters, Read more
PLAIN – A chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive deer was identified recently in Sauk County just outside the western CWD Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) boundary, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. The 1 ½ year old doe was shot by a hunter west of Plain in the Town of Read more