
Michigan third in the country in CWD spending
A peer-reviewed report recently published in The Wildlife Professional revealed 16 state agencies with CWD-positive deer spent an average of $773,000 annually on efforts to address the disease.

A peer-reviewed report recently published in The Wildlife Professional revealed 16 state agencies with CWD-positive deer spent an average of $773,000 annually on efforts to address the disease.

Either you believe in the full moon as a photo-periodic timing mechanism driver on wildlife or you don’t.

The classic runs Friday through Sunday, March 3-5, and includes events such as a big buck contest, a shed antler contest, and an archery tournament. A host of seminars will cover deer hunting, elk and

Hunters in Minnesota harvested about 170,000 deer during the 2022 deer-hunting seasons, a lower total harvest than in recent years.

A look at what some of the numbers show from the first year that Michigan hunters had to report their deer harvest within 72 hours.

Michigan led the country averaging 4.0 bucks harvested per square mile, followed by Delaware at 3.5, South Carolina and Pennsylvania at 3.2, and Louisiana at 3.0. The national average is 1.6 bucks per square mile.

Chronic wasting disease – an always-fatal and untreatable neurological disease affecting white-tailed deer and elk – continues to expand across Pennsylvania.
But it’s not going unchallenged. Several research initiatives launching this year aim to

The number one question that gets asked after deer season wraps up is: Was it a good season or not?
Of course, the answer depends on whom you ask. For some, it probably was

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