MADISON–Another whitetail deer from a game farm and hunting preserve in Portage County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease causing the suspected herd from which the animal originated to be placed under quarantine. A male whitetail deer shot in mid-September at the Buckhorn Flats Game Farm, Almond, tested positive Read more
ROXBURY – The Department of Natural Resources will host an Open House here Tuesday, Oct. 21, to provide information on chronic wasting disease (CWD) management efforts in Columbia and northwest Dane Counties. The Open House will run from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Roxbury Town Hall, 7161 Kippley Read more
DODGEVILLE – Hunters in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) Herd Reduction Zone are encouraged to take their carcasses or deer heads to collection stations in the CWD Intensive Harvest Zone (IHZ) to help wildlife biologists meet their disease surveillance goals. “Once registered, and I emphasize registered, adult deer, no fawns, Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the fourth 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. Why is depopulation of the wild deer herd in the CWD Disease Eradication Read more
Milwaukee, Wis.– The Department of Natural Resources will continue testing deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Sheboygan county this fall. “We didn’t reach our sampling goal last fall,” said Dale Katsma, local wildlife manager, “and we hope to complete our sampling during this fall’s hunting season”. Last year the Read more
Editor’s Note: this is the third of eight bi-weekly 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 Where will DNR test wild deer for CWD this fall and how many Read more
MADISON – The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the state lab responsible for testing deer killed during Wisconsin’s annual hunt for the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), has selected a new rapid test for use beginning this November. With its selection, the test, made by IDEXX, Inc., of Westbrook, Maine, Read more
MADISON – Sheboygan County will be added to the list of counties affected by a ban on baiting and feeding of deer, wildlife officials announced today. This brings the number of counties included in the ban to 23. An emergency rule approved by the Natural Resources Board on Sept. 8 Read more
MADISON – By a six-to-zero vote the state Natural Resources Board at a Sept. 8 special meeting enacted an emergency rule banning baiting and feeding of deer in 22 Wisconsin counties. Department of Natural Resources officials say additional counties may be added to the ban if new discoveries of either Read more
BELOIT – Arrangements are now in place so hunters can register deer and get them sampled for chronic wasting disease (CWD) from animals shot in the 25 square mile Disease Eradication Zone (DEZ) along the State Line in Rock County. “We want all adult deer heads from the Rock County Read more