90-year-old Ohioan still hunts deer
Maxine Kelly spent gun season in Gallia County.
Whitetails
CWD confirmed for first time in Douglas County
8-year-old white-tailed doe tested positive for chronic wasting disease after its white-tailed buck pen-mate killed it in a small, two-deer, hobbyist herd.
Wisconsin shop ushers in new era of deer processing
Outdoor Addiction – a one-stop shop that offers up free CWD testing, butchering, sausage-making and taxidermy – was abuzz during the recent nine-day gun deer season.
Pondering the end of deer season
As I write this, the end of deer season across New York is fast approaching. This year the Northern Zone and Southern Zone rifle seasons end on the same day, Dec. 8, with the late muzzleloading seasons following. They end Dec. 15 and 17, respectively. For those who hunt the Southern Tier, that’s business as usual. But for Northern Zone…
It’s not the size of the deer, it’s the size of the memory
Let’s face it. Deer season is about memories, both good and bad. I can vividly remember the morning a beautiful 10-point cautiously walked across an overgrown gas line that bisected the farm on which I was hunting. I was about 100 yards above him and the shot was easy. His antlers now grace a wall in my office. On the flip side, I still remember last deer…
Amateur photographer captures photo of rare three-antlered buck
The 9-point buck has three antlers growing out of its head, from what appears to be three different pedicles.
State Department of Agriculture offers advice to deer hunters, processors
Best management practices to help protect hunters and their families against chronic wasting disease.
The distinctive character of archery season
Deer hunting during archery season combines challenge, work, beauty and a different animal compared to later gun seasons.
Save your deer for the hunt
Be aware of bucks, does crossing the highways, byways of Ohio.
Carcass disposal locations available for firearms deer hunters
Hunters who harvest deer in north-central and southeast Minnesota during firearms deer season will have 26 dumpsters available in a variety of locations to dispose of carcasses after completing deer registration, chronic wasting disease sampling and removing the meat.
Wrath of Mother Nature impacts hunters
For the second year in a row a significant weather event put a dent in the plans of deer hunters, especially those in and around the southern and eastern Adirondacks and beyond – this writer included.
Seems like the whitetail population in Pennsylvania is growing
Reports across the state speak of more sightings of white-tailed deer.
North Dakota sees major hike in available deer hunting licenses
Increases in all categories add up to 65,500 licenses available to hunters this fall, 10,350 more than last year.
North Dakota deer gun hunters find success at 64% clip
And mule deer buck success was 81 percent, and antlerless mule deer was 83 percent.
All deer ‘depopulated’ from CWD-positive Crow Wing County deer farm
All CWD-positive deer farms in the state are now empty.
Wisconsin Senate takes no action on deer carcass removal
The measure would erase a DNR rule that angered hunters who wanted to bring their kills home to a different county.
2018-19 New York state deer hunt: Harvest up 12 percent, no new CWD detections
Twenty-percent increase in antlerless harvest comes after a lower-than-desired antlerless harvest in 2017.
Planting natural vegetation, improving habitat best way to feed deer in winter
Now is a good time to consider species to be planted this spring.
After rare CWD-positive whitetail in North Dakota, a whole lot of negatives, too
Following the positive detection, Game and Fish removed an additional 52 deer for testing. All tested negative.
DNR investigating deer carcasses dumped in Wabasha County
At least seven of the eight deer were bucks; all had their antlers or their antlers and skull plates removed.
Overall Pennsylvania deer harvest largest since 2004-05
The 2018-19 deer harvest topped the previous year’s harvest of 367,159 by about 10 percent.
Shed hunting is a rite of spring
Blogger recounts thrill of discovering a perfect set of whitetail antlers.
Why and when do whitetail bucks shed their antlers?
A chance antler find causes this blogger to investigate the variables affecting antler drop.
Wisconsin hunting ranch deer tests positive for wasting disease
MADISON, Wis. — A deer on a Forest County hunting ranch has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. State agriculture officials issued a news release Monday saying tests confirm the six-year-old whitetail buck was infected. The deer was born on a Marinette County breeding farm and moved to the ranch in 2014. Both the farm and ranch have been quarantined…
Minnesota lawmaker seeks tougher action against deer disease
Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn is sponsoring several bills that target deer farms to try to stop the disease from spreading from captive to wild deer. Another would give the University of Minnesota $1.8 million to develop faster and more sensitive diagnostic tests that farms and regulators could use on live deer and hunters could use to make sure their venison is safe to eat.
Reducing deer numbers won’t be part of CWD pilot project
Too few landowners give permission in Bedford, Blair counties.
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