Sandhill Wildlife Area offering learn-to-hunt program to first-time deer hunters
Dean Bortz
May 10, 2018
Sandhiil offers two programs, one for kids ages 12 to 15, another for those age 16 and older.
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Wisconsin researchers: CWD found in soil near mineral licks
Staff and News Reports
May 7, 2018
Research helps confirm longstanding suspicions that prions can accumulate in the environment in areas such as mineral licks or feeding and baiting sites where deer congregate, and scientists believe environmental reservoirs of prions could serve
Deer feeding bill gets massive makeover, passes Senate
Ralph Loos
May 3, 2018
The DNR has been opposed to supplemental feeding but appears to be neutral on a proposed University of Illinois deer study.
Too little, too late from Gov. Walker on Wisconsin CWD management efforts?
Tim Eisele
May 2, 2018
Governor calls for enhanced game farm fencing, limiting game farm deer movement, and wild deer carcass de-boning before movement of harvested venison.
Walker calls for enhanced CWD protocols
Staff Report
May 2, 2018
Deer farmers would have three options for enhanced fencing, movement of live deer from CWD counties would be banned, and hunters would have to bone out carcasses in CWD counties or take carcasses directly to
In North Dakota, subpar 2017 hunter success could impact 2018 deer licenses
Associated Press
May 2, 2018
For the ninth consecutive year, the success rate of deer hunters in North Dakota in 2017 was below the 70 percent threshold that state wildlife officials consider a good season. Hunter success rate is one
Semiautomatic shotguns approved for hunters across Pennsylvania, and for elk hunt, too
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
April 27, 2018
Permitted for years for deer and bear in special regulations areas, semiautomatic slug guns get statewide approval.
Deer ice-surfs its way to safety, and into Mainers’ hearts
Associated Press
April 26, 2018
ALLAGASH, Maine — A video of a deer surfing an ice flow down river before nimbly jumping to safety is causing a sensation. The young deer was shared widely on social media on Monday as
Pennsylvania OKs 2018-19 hunting, trapping regs
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
April 24, 2018
Commissioners boost antlerless deer licenses to 838,000 for 2018-19.
