Madison – Encouraged by the pace of testing thus far, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official said Wednesday that samples from 36,000 deer could produce results on chronic wasting disease within three months. State officials had been saying that hunters might have to wait up to six months or Read more
A wild deer was discovered with chronic wasting disease for the first time outside a 411-square-mile zone west of Madison, a newspaper reported. A 3-year-old buck shot in Grant County in southwestern Wisconsin during the nine-day hunting season that ended Sunday tested positive for the fatal disease, the Milwaukee Journal Read more
MADISON – A preliminary call-in tally of registration stations across the state shows hunters taking 261,093 deer during the regular nine-day gun deer hunt that closed Sunday. That figure is about 10 percent lower than the similar phone tally of 291,563 from Wisconsin’s 2001season, and about 20 percent lower than Read more
FITCHBURG – Hunters are reminded that the gun deer season continues in the chronic wasting disease (CWD) zones of south central Wisconsin. The gun season runs through Jan.31 in the CWD Intensive Harvest Zone of western Dane – eastern Iowa Counties and a small portion of southern Sauk County. Gun Read more
State wildlife officials collected more than 22,000 deer head samples for its Chronic Wasting Disease deer herd health assessment over opening weekend of the Gun Deer Season. Added to samples taken during summer shooting periods and Zone T season, DNR now has about 32,000 samples in hand. According to veterinarian Read more
Barneveld – Wisconsin officials on Sunday continued to implore reluctant hunters to have their deer tested for chronic wasting disease. On the second day of the nine-day gun season, Department of Natural Resources officials said that hunters in many parts of Wisconsin were not donating the heads of deer to Read more
The Wisconsin Division of Public Health today released completed test results related to the investigation into the fatal cases of degenerative neurological illnesses in three men who consumed wild game served during a series of feasts. The test results announced today indicate that Wayne Waterhouse, a northern Wisconsin resident who Read more
BARNEVELD, Wisconsin (Reuters) — In a gravel clearing beside the Eagle Mart Stop-N-Go gas station, about 20 men and a few women, some in flannel shirts and yellow rubberized coveralls, spent a recent weekend sawing the heads off hundreds of Wisconsin deer shot by hunters. Hunting season began early in Read more
Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer hunt opens Saturday under a cloud of uncertainty. The discovery of chronic wasting disease in 40 wild whitetail deer in south-central Wisconsin, and in captive deer on two game farms, has inalterably changed a tradition that lies at the heart of the state’s culture and identity. Read more
A Hunt Like No Other On the eve of the most important deer hunt in Wisconsin history, 88% of state residents surveyed who held deer hunting licenses last year are planning to head back into the woods this year, according to a Journal Sentinel poll. The poll suggests that, despite Read more