In Dakota County, first case of CWD confirmed in wild deer
Minnesota DNR Reports
March 13, 2020
Young buck was found nearly 100 miles from the state’s primary CWD area.
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New deer feeding bans in effect as part of CWD prevention efforts
Minnesota DNR Reports
February 24, 2020
The DNR will expand deer feeding bans in central Minnesota starting today due to additional discoveries of chronic wasting disease in captive deer in late 2019.
Do camaraderie and tradition help drive Wisconsin gun deer hunting interests?
Jerry Davis
February 14, 2020
And isn’t there something gun deer hunting can take from sturgeon spearing to at least attempt to hold interest, anticipation, camaraderie, excitement, and traditions?
Iowa deer kill numbers take a tumble
Iowa DNR
February 12, 2020
Hunters take about 14,000 less whitetails in 2019 than the previous year. Wildlife experts say that while there are a number of factors that likely contributed to the decline, the most prominent is the outbreak
QDMA 2020 Whitetail Report: record-low yearling buck harvest
Staff and News Reports
February 11, 2020
National percentage of yearling bucks in the total antlered buck harvest fell to 30%, the lowest ever recorded.
In Iowa, CWD found in four new counties
Iowa DNR
February 11, 2020
New test results bring the total number of counties in Iowa where wild deer have tested positive to eight.
Two weeks of concurrent deer season on the horizon in Pennsylvania
Mark Nale
February 5, 2020
Concurrent deer seasons give hunters a choice and increase the odds for success for those with limited time to hunt.
Thoughts on neighboring Pennsylvania’s Saturday deer opener
Mike Raykovicz
January 26, 2020
A Saturday opening day has its merits as well as its drawbacks, but if more hunters can get to go, then why not? For this hunter, keeping it to a Monday would prove far less
DNR extensive sampling of wild deer in ’19: CWD remains biggest concern in S.E. Minnesota
Minnesota DNR Reports
January 22, 2020
But CWD was not detected in wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota.
