Milwaukee, Wis.– CWD surveillance in Racine and Kenosha counties will continue this fall and winter in Racine and Kenosha counties to boost the sample size in an effort to reach a 99% confidence level that CWD is not present in the area. Marty Johnson, local wildlife manager with the Department Read more
MADISON – A preliminary count of deer registered in the Oct. 30-Nov. 2 Zone T gun deer hunt showed Wisconsin hunters bagging 38,803 deer in mixed weather conditions across the state. Oct. 30 also marked the start of the extended gun hunting season in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) intensive Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the sixth of eight biweekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. This week, I’m turning my pen over to Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary of Agriculture, Read more
MADISON – With the reporting of five additional chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive wild deer from the disease eradication zone this week, Whitetails Unlimited (WTU) will issue the first CWD Reward Program checks. The Whitetails Unlimited’s and Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) joint CWD Reward Program awards $400 for each Read more
FITCHBURG, Wis. – Deer registration and sample collection stations are now set in the Department of Natural Resources’ South Central Region for the gun deer seasons beginning Oct. 30 in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Intensive Harvest (IHZ) and Herd Reduction Zones (HRZ). The gun deer season in the IHZ Read more
MADISON — Hunters participating in the early Zone T hunt in some south central and southeastern Wisconsin counties will have an opportunity to submit samples from their deer to be tested for chronic wasting disease as part of the state’s CWD surveillance effort. Last fall the Department of Natural Resources Read more
MADISON — A whitetail deer from a Sauk County farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt said today. The 2-year-old buck, owned by William Hetzel, Hillpoint in Bear Creek Township, died of digestive problems Oct. 1 and was tested routinely as the law requires. Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the fifth of eight biweekly columns in which the Department of Natural Resources Secretary will try to answer some of the many questions and concerns related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Wisconsin. What are my disposal options as to butchered waste for animals harvested in Read more
Milwaukee, Wis.– The Department of Natural Resources is conducting CWD sampling in Waukesha County again this deer hunting season. This sampling effort is in addition to the Walworth County surveillance areas that focus on a Town of Troy deer farm and the Village of Fontana where a CWD positive deer Read more
Milwaukee, Wis.– The Department of Natural Resources will continue testing deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Racine and Kenosha counties this fall. “We fell short of our sampling goal last year and we hope to improve our sampling size during this fall’s hunting season,” said Marty Johnson, local wildlife Read more