Captive elk on Burnett County farm tests positive for CWD
Wisconsin DNR Reports
August 31, 2019
New deer baiting, feeding restrictions in Burnett, Barron, Polk and Washburn counties in effect Sept. 1.
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Elk hunting expected to return to Missouri – on limited basis
Associated Press
July 31, 2019
Possibility of five elk hunting permits through a lottery system.
Illegal antler hunting costs man $15K, loss of hunting privileges for 5 years
Associated Press
June 24, 2019
Man pleaded guilty to illegally possessing and transporting 104 pounds of unlawfully taken antlers. Sold the antler pieces he collected for dog chews.
CWD update: Disease management zones expand by more than 2,300 square miles in Pa.
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
June 17, 2019
Due to CWD detections, DMA 2 now covers more than 6,715 square miles, an expansion of 2,101 square miles since last year.
In Washington state’s Skagit County, elk damage costing farmers $1.4 million a year
Associated Press
June 12, 2019
About three-quarters of the farmers said they experienced elk damage over a combined 5,182 farmland acres.
Former Montana guide gets lifetime hunting ban for poaching
Associated Press
June 3, 2019
Also ordered to pay $33,050 in restitution to the state of Montana.
In Montana, antler hunters swarm wildlife area by horse, foot and car
Associated Press
May 20, 2019
With antlers both valuable and collectible, the hunt is a major holiday for many and an obsession for others.
Oklahoma sees second-ever CWD case
Staff and News Reports
April 25, 2019
It’s the first since 1998, and again involves a farmed elk.
Last Wisconsin elk from original 1995 herd dies in Ashland County
Dean Bortz
April 15, 2019
Cow No. 13 found dead of natural causes at age 24 near Butternut in early April.
