The state Conservation Department is asking deer hunters in 30 counties to take part in the second year of testing for chronic wasting disease. Like last year, the department is trying to gather samples from 200 deer in each of the counties. Participation in the program by hunters is voluntary. Read more
Wyoming Deer Hunt Areas 6, 8, 79, and 80, and Utah’s Manti Unit 16 have been identified as areas with chronic wasting disease, so North Dakotans hunting in these areas must follow the same transportation and importation regulations as in other out-of-state places where CWD is present. Hunters can no 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
LUSK/MOORCROFT – Chronic wasting disease has been found in the Black Hills, but the only real news is that it took so long to show up. Two mule deer and a white-tailed deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in three new hunt areas. One of those animals came Read more
BELVIDERE — Hikers, bicyclists, birders and recreational enthusiasts should avoid three conservation areas starting today as archers begin hunting deer that could be infected with a fatal disease. At least 14 deer have been reported with chronic wasting disease in northern Illinois, nearly all of those in northern Boone and 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
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will collect and test tissue samples from deer harvested by archery hunters in nine northern Illinois counties Oct. 1-Nov. 19 as part of the state’s continued surveillance program to detect chronic wasting disease in the Illinois deer herd. Archery hunters in Read more
MILES CITY – Wildlife officials have asked state hunters to help find chronic wasting disease in southeastern Montana deer. Hunters should leave the heads of their kills in drop barrels located across the region. One or two vertebrae should be left at the base of the head for a more Read more
State wildlife officials are urging Montanans who will hunt big game in other states to take precautions to minimize the risk of bringing back animals with chronic wasting disease. “While the chance is remote, our request is part of an ongoing effort to protect Montana’s wild elk and deer populations Read more