Milwaukee, Wis. – The public will have an opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the boundaries of the eastern Chronic Wasting Disease – Disease Eradication Zones and other changes to hunting season structure, and learn about herd status at combined public hearing-informational open houses scheduled for March 14, 15 Read more
FITCHBURG – The Department of Natural Resources will be hosting two deer management Open Houses in south central Wisconsin preceding public hearings on the agency’s proposed revisions to its chronic wasting disease (CWD) rules and regulations. The Open Houses covering herd status and CWD hearings will be on: March 14, Read more
MADISON – The public will have an opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the boundaries of the western and eastern Chronic Wasting Disease – Disease Eradication Zones and other changes to hunting season structure, and learn about herd status at five combined public hearing-informational open houses scheduled for March Read more
FITCHBURG – A Richland Center man who owns property in one of the chronic wasting disease (CWD) “sparks” areas is slated to receive the third of four Sparks Incentive Program cash payments. Ward McDonald will get a $2000 check for a deer that was shot on his Town of Orion Read more
LAKE GENEVA – A deer shot by a hunter in Walworth County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Department of Natural Resources reported. The deer was killed within the CWD Herd Reduction Zone, just outside the eastern Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) boundary, The buck, about 18 months old, Read more
ARGYLE – Two chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive deer were identified recently in the northeast corner of Lafayette County just outside the western CWD Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) boundary, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. One deer, a three-year old buck was shot by a hunter in Argyle Township Read more
DEERFIELD, Wis. – Chronic wasting disease surveillance efforts have detected a CWD-positive wild white-tailed deer in eastern Dane County, Department of Natural Resources officials report. The DNR increased surveillance in southeast Wisconsin this deer hunting season to get a better sense of the geographic distribution and prevalence of CWD in Read more
MADISON — A white-tailed deer that died on a Crawford County farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt announced today. The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, reported the test results Friday, Jan. 21. The 19-month-old buck died from respiratory causes, according to Read more
MONONA – Once again, Department of Natural Resources biologists will conduct an aerial deer count in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication Zones (DEZ) beginning in early January, weather permitting. Agency biologists will use a helicopter to determine the number of deer in the 1,352 square mile western DEZ encompassing Read more
Milwaukee, Wis. – Deer hunters are reminded that regulations will change in the chronic wasting Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) after the close of the regular gun and bow seasons on Jan. 3, 2005. Beginning Jan. 4, only DEZ landowners or persons hunting under the authority of a landowner permit can Read more