Waterbury, VT – Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt deer or elk need to keep in mind the regulation designed to protect Vermont’s wild deer from chronic wasting disease, according to a reminder from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a disease of the brain Read more
WATERBURY, VT – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department reports that test results from a Cornell University pathology lab show none of the 276 deer sampled from deer taken by hunters during Vermont s 2005 deer hunting seasons was positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a Read more
WATERBURY, VT – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was not detected in any of the Vermont deer that were tested recently, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Tissue samples were collected by Fish and Wildlife staff at meat processing facilities last November and sent to an out-of-state laboratory for Read more
Providing supplemental food for deer during the winter seems to make sense until you learn more about the subject. Wildlife biologists throughout North America, including those at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, advise strongly against feeding deer. New York and Wisconsin are two states that recently made it illegal Read more