MADISON — No chronic wasting disease was found among whitetail deer destroyed on a Sauk County farm after one of their herdmates tested positive for the disease in October, State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt said today. The 2-year-old buck that tested positive was one of only four deer on the Read more
The Department of Natural Resources will continue testing deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Taylor County on the opening weekend of this year’s 9-day-gun season. Hunters are requested they bring deer in for sampling. “ We didn’t reach our sampling goal last fall,” says Mark Schmidt, wildlife manager, “and Read more
FITCHBURG – Registration and deer head collection stations are now set in the Department of Natural Resources 11-county South Central Region (SCR) as preparations continue for the 2003 gun deer season. Again this year, there are three season frameworks in the SCR stemming from the DNR’s efforts to combat the Read more
DODGEVILLE – Hunters are reminded that DNR will not provide drop-off sites for butchered waste or carcasses this year for deer harvested in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Herd Reduction Zone (HRZ). Instead, hunters are encouraged to donate excess venison for distribution to food panties around the state. “We don’t Read more
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 – Three more whitetail deer herds have been quarantined in the investigation of chronic wasting disease on a Portage County hunting preserve, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today. According to State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt, owners of the recently quarantined herds are believed to 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