WAUKESHA, Wis – Five CWD positive deer have been identified in the Jefferson and Rock counties. The positive deer are the northernmost in Rock county including two just across the border into Jefferson county. All of the known CWD positive deer were shot by deer hunters. The Department of Natural Read more
WAUKESHA, Wis – The Department of Natural Resources will reduce the deer herd at the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest as part of the agency’s ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) control efforts. Beginning this month, the DNR is using agency sharp-shooters to cull the herd and, weather Read more
BARABOO, Wis – The Department of Natural Resources will attempt to reduce the deer herd at Devil’s Lake State Park as part of the agency’s ongoing chronic wasting disease (CWD) control efforts. Two CWD positive deer were recently identified in or near the 10,200 acre state park located in Sauk Read more
WINGVILLE, Wis. – A chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive deer was identified recently in Grant County, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. The two-year old buck was shot by a hunter in the northeast Grant County Town of Wingville. The township is located in deer management unit 73E CWD, Read more
Audit Highlights (PDF) Full 98-Page Audit Report (PDF) DNR Response to Legislative Audit of CWD Program (PDF) DNR Secretary memo to Natural Resources Board Management of Chronic Wasting Disease October 25, 2006 (PDF)
Wildlife officials and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are closely watching for results of new control strategies designed to contain Chronic Wasting Disease in the state’s whitetail deer herd. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the largest change from last year is the compression of the white-tailed gun Read more
Milwaukee, Wis. – This year, deer harvested in Washington, Ozaukee, Dodge, Sheboygan, northern Waukesha, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties will be sampled for Chronic Wasting Disease. Deer heads will be collected during the early bow and gun deer seasons. The bow season runs Sept. 16 to Nov. 16 and Nov. Read more
As deer hunters across the state take part in the archery season and look forward to the gun season there’s usually only one thing on their mind…bagging that trophy buck. But this season, hunters in West Central Wisconsin can help make sure Chronic Wasting Disease doesn’t make its way into Read more
FITCHBURG, Wis. – Either sex harvest for bow and gun hunting, shorter seasons and a longer break between them highlights changes to deer hunting rules for southern Wisconsin’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones this fall. The rules, approved earlier this year by the Natural Resources Board, the DNR’s seven citizen Read more
181 deer from 2005-06 hunting season tested positive for CWD FITCHBURG, Wis. – Either sex harvest for bow and gun hunting, shorter seasons, and a longer break between the seasons highlight changes to deer hunting rules for southern Wisconsin’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones this fall. The rules were approved Read more