Illinois scientists look at soil’s impact on CWD in deer
Keri Butt
March 7, 2018
A research team from the University of Illinois says its findings could help explain the movement of CWD across the landscape.
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Game Commission executive director calls CWD an ecological disaster
Jeff Mulhollem
March 6, 2018
Compares CWD to the chestnut blight.
DNR board members: Use softer CWD terminology or deer hunters may go elsewhere
Associated Press
March 6, 2018
One board member said that the word “affected” can be easily mistaken for “infected” and hunters will look at a map of affected counties, mistakenly assume most of the state is infected and plan their
Samples positive for CWD from depopulated Winona County deer farm
Staff and News Reports
March 2, 2018
All seven of the remaining white-tailed deer in the herd were harvested, sampled, and found to have the disease affecting deer and elk.
Arizona man found guilty of deer poaching in Iowa
Iowa DNR
February 28, 2018
Nicholas Slater of Glendale, Ariz., was found guilty following a trial on Feb. 12, 2018 for charges related to poaching a whitetail deer. The poaching incident occurred at Lake Manawa State Park in Council Bluffs
New CWD management area established in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
February 28, 2018
Special rules now apply in parts of Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks counties.
Whitetails weathering the New York winter – so far
Dan Ladd
February 28, 2018
Deer tracks started picking up around the author’s home a few weeks ago.
West Virginia bill would let dogs track wounded deer, bear
Associated Press
February 26, 2018
It would revise the current law that prohibits using dogs to hunt or chase deer.
Officials: Major cull planned as deer herd threatens environment
Associated Press
February 23, 2018
DEARBORN, Mich. — A hunt is planned starting Saturday at the University of Michigan Dearborn to kill deer that officials say threaten the environment and could harbor disease-carrying ticks. University spokesman Ken Kettenbeil says sharpshooters
