By now you all know about the statewide Chronic Wasting Disease sampling the Department of Natural Resources is doing this fall. We started collecting samples during Zone T hunt, and hunter willingness to get out and hunt and bring deer in for sampling has been a real shot in the Read more
MADISON — Zone-T Deer Hunting Season is in full swing in many parts of Wisconsin. Miserable hunting conditions on Friday, the second day of the season, gave way to almost ideal hunting conditions in south and central Wisconsin on Saturday. Hunter report hearing many shots taken in the field, and Read more
Madison — Joined at the hip by the finding of chronic wasting disease in wild deer near Mount Horeb and on deer farms in Portage and Walworth counties, the DNR and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) have been working together on the state’s CWD problems since February. Read more
SPOONER, Wis. — Hunters are being reminded that shot placement is vital if they plan to have their deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Department of Natural Resources officials say hunters hoping to participate in the statewide CWD surveillance program are bringing in deer shot through the head or Read more
The Wisconsin Medical Society on Thursday warned hunters that no test can tell them whether the venison from their deer is safe to eat. The warning comes as hunters are beginning what could be one of the most historic deer seasons in Wisconsin. A special hunt in south-central Wisconsin started Read more
Thousands of deer carcasses will be stored in refrigerated trucks on La Crosse’s Second Street while the deer heads are tested elsewhere for chronic wasting disease. The carcasses will come from the CWD Eradication Zone west of Madison. Carcasses from infected deer will be cremated, the others landfilled in Dane Read more
The chance of a human getting CWD from a deer is very tiny and the public should work with game management officials in the effort to control the disease, a University of Wisconsin doctor said Wednesday. About 100 people, including doctors, nurses, medical students and journalists gathered at the Lake Read more
State officials said Wednesday they recently learned that several deer escaped in March from a northern Walworth County deer farm that is known to have harbored at least one deer with chronic wasting disease. The DNR has dispatched wardens to a game farm owned by James Hirschboeck of the Town Read more
We’re talking about an administrative rule that has the force of law that is currently in effect.– Darrell Bazzell, DNR secretary The state’s Natural Resources Board came within one vote of repealing its own ban on deer baiting during a Wednesday meeting in Eau Claire. The citizens board, which sets Read more
The Wisconsin Medical Society on Thursday joined the growing list of organizations offering recommendations on how to deal with chronic wasting disease by urging, among other things, that the state provide at least one Dumpster in every county for the disposal of deer carcasses. The society also recommended that all Read more