We'd better get this right
CWD containment efforts are critical for future of Pa. deer hunting
CWD
Public hears bad news about CWD at meeting
The spread of chronic wasting disease to Pennsylvania’s wild deer herd is going to mean changes.
Wondering about the long-term effect of CWD on deer population
Will the disease noticeably thin the Pennsylvania herd over time?
Deer dispersal study offers CWD insight
Between 2001 and 2005, when Duane Diefenbach was studying the dispersal of young white-tailed deer
CWD issue not going away
Pa. discovery underscores need for vigilance
Tests reveal 3 CWD deer killed in 2 counties
In recent years, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials have talked about when, not if, chronic wasting disease would show up in the state’s wild deer
PGC ponders more CWD response areas
State officials have revealed no specific plans about how they are going to deal with the recent outbreak of chronic wasting disease in wild deer.
Latest CWD news not grabbing headlines
When CWD was discovered in captive deer in Pa. last October, it dominated news headlines. The recent discovery of the disease in three wild deer, however, has turned into old news rather quickly.
Good reason why CWD spreads so fast
Deadly disease of deer, elk persists because of long incubation period
Chronic Wasting Disease found in wild Pennsylvania deer
Time will tell whether Pennsylvania can contain CWD in its wild deer population – now identified in two of 67 counties.
No CWD is found in wild deer samples
The worst fears about chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania have not been realized, Walt Cottrell told game commissioners here recently.
Additional deer farms released from chronic wasting disease quarantines
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Feb. 8 announced quarantines have been lifted on 14 additional deer farms after DNA testing confirmed these farms had no ties to two Adams County deer that died of Chronic Wasting Disease in October 2012.
PGC frets over use of deer farm urine
Peruse any outdoor catalog and you’ll find all kinds of tools and toys meant to help hunters bag deer.
Commission urging ag to make CWD changes
Pennsylvania Game Commission staff came as close to publicly criticizing a fellow state agency as might ever be seen Dec. 17
Escaped deer are negative for CWD
Lab tests have found no chronic wasting disease in Pink 23 and Purple 4, escaped deer associated with the New Oxford, Adams County, farm that in October became the site of the state’s first two confirmed cases of CWD, an always fatal brain disease in deer, elk, moose and other cervids.
Good news on the chronic wasting disease front – finally
With deer farms quarantined in 16 counties, the chronic wasting disease situation seemed to be getting worse by the day. Now, there is finally some good news. The two free-roaming deer with connections to Ronald Rutter’s New Oxford deer farm — where chronic wasting disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania — have been shot and killed by hunters. Even better…
Escaped suspect CWD deer is killed
Ag Department to test ‘Pink 23’
CWD not worrying many hunters yet
Chronic wasting disease was little more than background buzz for most hunters preparing for the first day of the firearms season
Agriculture Department to Test ‘Pink 23’ Adams County Escaped Deer
Categories: CWD, Hunting News, Hunting Top Story
2nd deer with CWD is found
A second Pennsylvania deer has been found to have had chronic wasting disease.
Experts advise hunters: Don't overreact to presence of CWD
The discovery this fall of chronic wasting disease in two deer on a game farm in southeastern Pennsylvania has hunters wondering what to do
Game Commission Prepares to Collect samples for CWD Testing
Hunters in Adams/York counties plan to hunt deer; Statewide sample collection to continue
Stop baiting deer on southeast’s Red tag farms – it could spread CWD
Last April when the Pennsylvania Game Commission board approved the use of baiting (on a limited basis) on Red Tag farms in several southeastern counties during deer season, I didn't like it. Hunting deer over bait isn't ethical, in my opinion, but ethics aside it's a dangerous proposition. We all know that feeding deer congregates them. Baiting is essentially feeding,…
Chronic Wasting Disease — Pa.’s Agriculture Department a disappointment
Chronic wasting disease is now within Pennsylvania’s borders. With CWD already in New York, Maryland and West Virginia, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl Roe shared his concern with me last Monday.
20 farms quarantined in probe for CWD
The potential impact of Pennsylvania’s first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in a captive deer continues to grow. At this issue’s deadline, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture had placed quarantines on 20 deer farms.
Escaped CWD suspect deer remains at large
An antlerless deer known as Pink 23 that escaped from the Adams County enclosure where it lived with the 3.5-year-old doe that had Pennsylvania’s first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease remained in the wild as this issue went to press.
