MADISON – Wisconsin deer hunters will again be able to help manage the state’s white-tailed deer herd through their hunting efforts and donate venison they or their families can not use to state food pantries through a no-cost venison donation program. “Since the fall hunting season of 2000, hunters have Read more
Pasadena – Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) officers and Wildlife & Heritage Service (WHS) biologists executed a search and seizure warrant yesterday at a residence in Pasadena to seize and transport 14 fallow deer that were held captive illegally. The deer were transported to a lab to be euthanized. The Read more
WAUTOMA, Wis. — The Department of Natural Resources is again asking deer hunters in southeastern Portage County and northwestern Waushara County to participate in a chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program. Hunters can help with this survey by allowing the collection of their adult deer’s head at designated deer registration Read more
Two years of testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Florida’s deer herd reveals no signs of the fatal disease the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced today. CWD is a progressive, fatal disease that wildlife authorities in some midwestern and western states have detected in captive and wild Read more
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 summer and 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
CWD testing will be available to deer and elk hunters again this year, but it will not be mandatory in northeastern Colorado. CWD testing for moose will be mandatory statewide. Deer and elk hunters are reminded that chronic wasting disease testing is no longer mandatory in northeastern Colorado. Hunters who Read more
Lansing — Michigan deer hunters should not expect to see any last-minute changes in this year’s deer hunting regulations or quotas as a result of findings from the DNR’s audit of more than 500 domestic cervid operations. The statewide audit, which the DNR began in June, was expected to be Read more
LARAMIE — Deer and elk hunters contribute significantly to wildlife conservation efforts, but the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking them to do more this hunting season. “We are asking hunters to do two things that they may not have done in the past,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie regional Read more
With the archery deer hunting season opening Oct. 1 statewide, Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials today reminded hunters to visit deer check stations and information centers operating throughout the state. Hunters who bring their deer to the check stations should have their deer in an accessible location on the Read more
Game wardens, wildlife biologists and other Wyoming Game & Fish Department personnel hope to collect 4,000 chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples from harvested deer and elk this fall. “Collecting samples from hunters allows the department to document the distribution and prevalence of the disease,” says Bob Lanka, Laramie Regions wildlife Read more