MADISON — A Walworth County herd of farm-raised deer and elk was destroyed Wednesday, Nov. 3, because it was infected with chronic wasting disease. The herd of 12 white-tailed deer and 9 elk owned by Wayne Kuhnke, Delavan, was killed by gunshot by wildlife specialists from the U.S. Department of Read more
October, 2004 Ask Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett … …about Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin White-tailed Deer Editor’s Note: this is another of several fall updates in which the DNR Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Read more
[EDITOR’S ADVISORY: Preliminary harvest totals are based on calls to registration stations and are strictly preliminary. DNR wildlife biologists have revised the preliminary total issued Tuesday, Nov. 2, after several additional registration stations reported some significant totals. The preliminary harvest of 64,589 reported Tuesday has been revised to 67,167. Final Read more
FITCHBURG – Registration and sample stations are now set in the Department of Natural Resources’ South Central Region for the gun deer seasons beginning Oct. 28 in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication (DEZ) and Herd Reduction Zones (HRZ) The gun deer season in the DEZ runs from Oct. 28 Read more
FITCHBURG – The gun deer seasons in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones of southern and southwest Wisconsin begins Thursday, Oct. 28. Below are several topics based on questions that the public has been posing to DNR field and front line staff. Butchered Waste CWD Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) hunters Read more
FITCHBURG –The Department of Natural Resources is again offering landowner permits in the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Eradication Zone (DEZ). This year, those permits are available at any license sales location or Department of Natural Resources service center. The permits allow landowners within the DEZ to hunt deer on their Read more
Waukesha – Archery deer hunters are setting a strong pace with the number of deer harvested in the chronic wasting disease areas in southeastern Wisconsin. Since the bow season opened on September 18, more than 350 deer heads have been collected in the disease eradication and herd reduction zones here. Read more
MADISON – Wisconsin deer hunters will again be able to help manage the state’s white-tailed deer herd through their hunting efforts and donate venison they or their families can not use to state food pantries through a no-cost venison donation program. “Since the fall hunting season of 2000, hunters have Read more
WAUTOMA, Wis. — The Department of Natural Resources is again asking deer hunters in southeastern Portage County and northwestern Waushara County to participate in a chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program. Hunters can help with this survey by allowing the collection of their adult deer’s head at designated deer registration Read more
Ask Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett … …about Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin White-tailed Deer Editor’s Note: this is another of several summer and fall updates in which the DNR Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Read more