White-tailed deer, it seems, are homebodies. That is the upshot of an intensive study of the traveling behaviors of 173 radio-collared white-tailed deer in south central Wisconsin. The new results, which surprised researchers by revealing how little deer move about the landscape, are important because they may help researchers and Read more
MADISON – The first of the 2005 gun deer hunting seasons is set to open on Oct. 27 with antlerless deer only hunts in deer management units that are designated as Zone T and in southern Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease zones. An annual youth deer hunt will take place on Read more
MADISON – Adult deer harvested in the zones established around the areas of south central and southeastern Wisconsin where chronic wasting disease has been found in white-tailed deer will be tested for the disease in 2005 and state wildlife officials will also conduct intensive disease surveillance testing in northeast Wisconsin. Read more
FITCHBURG – Once again, hunters interested in donating deer harvested in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) western Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) of southwest Wisconsin to food pantries have that option thanks to many area meat processors. Hunters can take their DEZ-harvested deer for donation to cooperating meat processors from Sept. Read more
Last Chronic Wasting Disease testing was statewide in 2002 GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Department of Natural Resources will be conducting surveillance of adult deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the 16 county Northeast Region this fall. Last sampled in 2002, the DNR is beginning a process of out-state Read more
Wisconsin is entering its fourth year of Chronic Wasting Disease management. During the first three years of the CWD control program, extensive testing was conducted across the state to investigate the distribution and prevalence of the disease. We have made significant progress toward reducing the free-ranging deer population in the Read more
MADISON – A new publication titled Controlling Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin (PDF) is now available online and in DNR offices across Wisconsin. The publication is a progress report on the first three years of Wisconsin’s CWD control efforts and progress to date in the areas of CWD research, disease Read more
A white-tailed deer farm in Portage County that was under quarantine since January has been cleared from having any animals with Chronic Wasting Disease. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture says Don and Patty Schnell’s herd near Rosholt was recently destroyed after one of their deer was sold to a hunting Read more
U.S. Senator Herb Kohl included $1,750,000 in funding for Wisconsin’s Chronic Wasting Disease eradication efforts as part of the FY2006 Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Kohl is the ranking member of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which approved the bill this week, and identified CWD eradication as a Read more
Natural Resources Board approves either sex hunting PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Bow hunters will be able to harvest a deer of either sex during the early archery season in chronic wasting disease (CWD) management zones, under rules approved April 27 by the state Natural Resources Board. The bow season Read more