Panel to adopt fishing, deer hunting rules
Associated Press
June 9, 2017
Votes on deer regulations and rules for catching salmon, trout, whitefish and smelt will follow a public comment period.
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After another mild winter, Maine may again add deer hunting permits
Associated Press
June 5, 2017
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife officials said it is planning to offer more than 65,000 permits this year, an increase from last year’s total of more than 45,000, which itself was a 60
Ohio investigation nets 25 deer poachers
Associated Press
June 5, 2017
Officials say 20 of those convicted were juveniles. The investigation led to more than 200 counts of wildlife violations and a total of $1,675 in fines.
Cincinnati to continue use of bow hunters to cull park deer
Associated Press
June 1, 2017
The program has culled more than 1,300 deer from 10 parks. It started with sharpshooters from the Cincinnati police with volunteer bow hunters brought in after two years.
DNR board OKs reducing fall buck-only zones
Associated Press
May 30, 2017
The 2017 season structure designates Ashland, Iron and Vilas counties and the eastern half of Eau Claire County as buck-only.
Bucks and genetics — Mother Nature can’t be outwitted
Keri Butt
May 30, 2017
Probably the two biggest misconceptions about culling to improve antler genetics are the “spike” debate and environmental influences.
Four more farmed white-tailed deer test positive for CWD
Staff and News Reports
May 18, 2017
Part of disease tracing effort reaching back to 2016 Crow Wing County case.
New York deer harvest numbers up 5 percent
Staff and News Reports
May 17, 2017
The 2016 deer take included 106,055 antlerless deer and 107,006 bucks.
CWD numbers continue to rise in Pennsylvania wild deer
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
May 17, 2017
Chronic wasting disease sampling in 2016 turns up 25 positive cases, all in the area of DMA 2 — the only area of the state where CWD has been detected in the wild.
