Who is ‘the decider’ on the Wisconsin deer management landscape?
Tim Eisele
May 29, 2018
CDACs, DNR, Natural Resources Board, and individual hunters tugging on antlerless deer quota recommendations.
Whitetails
White-tailed deer fawns fare better in farmland than forests — in Pennsylvania and across North America
Jeff Mulhollem
May 24, 2018
Researchers modeled fawn survival relative to the percentage of agricultural land cover. The estimated average survival to six months of age was about 41 percent in contiguous forest landscapes with no agriculture. For every 10
Deer hunting changes, addition of three turkey-hunting counties highlight new Ohio regs
Ohio DNR Reports
May 22, 2018
White-tailed deer hunting changes include modifications to antlerless harvest on public land following the weeklong deer gun season.
Pennsylvania hunting outfitter fined $30,000 for Lacey Act violations
Staff and News Reports
May 22, 2018
Man admits to illegally transporting whitetail deer across state lines to Kansas.
Game Commission expands CWD rules
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
May 18, 2018
Whole deer may not be brought into Pennsylvania from any state with CWD.
New York unveils finalized CWD plan
Staff and News Reports
May 16, 2018
The plan proposes regulatory changes and new actions to minimize the risk of CWD entering or spreading in New York state, the DEC says.
Mostly increases in North Dakota deer license numbers
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
May 15, 2018
Antlered mule deer licenses increased by 150 from last year, antlerless mule deer by 550, antlered whitetail by 150 and antlerless whitetail by 150.
North Dakota city takes step toward deer management bow hunting
Associated Press
May 14, 2018
MINOT, N.D. — The Minot City Council has taken the first step toward allowing bow hunting in city limits to manage the urban deer population. The council has given initial approval to an ordinance creating
Wisconsin researchers: CWD found in soil near mineral licks
Staff and News Reports
May 7, 2018
Research helps confirm longstanding suspicions that prions can accumulate in the environment in areas such as mineral licks or feeding and baiting sites where deer congregate, and scientists believe environmental reservoirs of prions could serve
