Archery hunters can continue to assist the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s efforts to monitor for chronic wasting disease (CWD) by providing a sample from their deer harvested during the late archery season. You can assist by bringing in the head of your recently harvested deer to any Game and Read more
Hunters can once again assist the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s surveillance efforts for chronic wasting disease (CWD) this hunting season by submitting the heads of their deer or elk for testing. The department’s goal is to test 1,600 heads this season. CWD is a neurological disease that is fatal Read more
The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports lab results found no chronic wasting disease (CWD) in any of the nearly 2,500 hunter-harvested deer and elk tested from the fall 2005 hunt season. CWD is a neurological disease that does not affect humans but is fatal to deer and elk. The Read more
Department continues actions to protect deer and elk herds from chronic wasting disease: Hunters asked to assist in surveillance efforts Arizona wildlife officials continue to be on the lookout for a silent killer of deer and elk. It hasn’t reached Arizona yet, but could possibly arrive here someday. It’s called Read more
Hunters can assist the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s surveillance efforts for chronic wasting disease (CWD) this hunting season by submitting the heads of their deer or elk for testing. The department’s goal is to test 1,600 heads this season. Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease that is fatal Read more
Hunters can help protect Arizona’s deer and elk The Arizona Game and Fish Department needs 1,600 deer and elk heads to test for the possible presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Please bring the head of your recently harvested deer or elk to any department office between the hours of Read more
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is warning people not to play good Samaritan by picking up what they believe to be orphaned deer or elk calves from the wild. In most cases, say the state’s wildlife experts, the wild animals are not truly orphaned, and removing them from the Read more
Some Arizona Game and Fish Department customers have called us because they have heard rumors that a hunting guide diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) may have gotten the disease from handling a hunter-killed elk in Game Management Unit 2B. The rumor is that CJD can be caused by a wildlife Read more
Phoenix – Arizona Game and Fish Department officials are asking people not to attempt rescues of deer or elk – especially deer fawns and elk calves, even if they appear to be in trouble. “We are concerned that well-meaning people who believe they are rescuing such animals could potentially be Read more