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Wisconsin senator looks to kill CWD regulations
State Sen. Steve Nass, co-chairman of the Legislature's rules committee, has called for a committee vote on suspending regs, saying they're too costly and cumbersome to implement this year.
2018 Outdoor News Print of the Year features artwork by Scot Storm
Plymouth, Minn. — With 22 federal, state, and conservation stamp wins to his name, Minnesota-based Scot Storm’s art clearly contains fine details that breathe life into every image and draw the viewer into the wildlife scenes he creates. Through the…
Counties with highest CWD prevalence should send road-killed deer carcasses to diagnostics lab
With the opening of the bow deer season in September, hunters who want to have their deer tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) but don’t have a close-by sampling location may consider a mail-in possibility. Besides collection of tissue samples…
Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board approves more stringent game farm fencing rules aimed at CWD management
No final decision made yet on possible early closure for Wisconsin’s ruffed grouse season.
Should Wisconsin pay hunters and landowners for CWD-positive deer?
Retired Wisconsin deer biologist Mike Foy has a unique pay-for-performance idea.
First case of CWD reported in Wisconsin’s Marinette County
As of July, baiting and feeding of deer will be prohibited in 43 Wisconsin counties, including the additions of Marinette and Florence.
Officials: Wisconsin deer farm herd put down due to CWD
More than 100 deer in Iowa County were euthanized last month after about 20 tested positive for the disease.
Wisconsin quarantines deer, elk farm after CWD positives
The National Veterinary Laboratory confirmed that a 15-year-old whitetail doe and a 2-year-old elk cow tested positive.
Who is ‘the decider’ on the Wisconsin deer management landscape?
CDACs, DNR, Natural Resources Board, and individual hunters tugging on antlerless deer quota recommendations.
DNR proposes buck-only restrictions in just one county
That's a sign the state's northern herd has regenerated.
Sandhill Wildlife Area offering learn-to-hunt program to first-time deer hunters
Sandhiil offers two programs, one for kids ages 12 to 15, another for those age 16 and older.
Wisconsin researchers: CWD found in soil near mineral licks
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 as an additional transmission route of CWD.
Too little, too late from Gov. Walker on Wisconsin CWD management efforts?
Governor calls for enhanced game farm fencing, limiting game farm deer movement, and wild deer carcass de-boning before movement of harvested venison.
Walker calls for enhanced CWD protocols
Deer farmers would have three options for enhanced fencing, movement of live deer from CWD counties would be banned, and hunters would have to bone out carcasses in CWD counties or take carcasses directly to processors or taxidermists.
Baiting and feeding ban renewed in Oneida County following new CWD detection
The CWD-positive one-year-old doe was harvested on a disease surveillance permit issued within a 10-mile radius of the recent Lincoln County positive detection. It's Oneida County's first CWD-positive wild deer.
First CWD-positive wild deer in Eau Claire County
Discovery renews local 3-year deer baiting and feeding ban; five adjoining counties to see 2-year baiting, feeding ban.
CWD-positive deer found on Washington County farm
The buck was born on the 15-acre farm in May 2015. It was part of a herd of 58 whitetails, along with 13 elk.
Study’s early data shows 75% of Wisconsin deer infected with CWD die in first year
Feb. 28 was the 16th anniversary of the discovery of CWD in Wisconsin.
DNR board members: Use softer CWD terminology or deer hunters may go elsewhere
One board member said that the word "affected'' can be easily mistaken for "infected'' and hunters will look at a map of affected counties, mistakenly assume most of the state is infected and plan their outings in other states.
DNR announces updated CWD Response Plan
Increased surveillance and sampling, carcass movement restrictions and local community involvement are just some the goals.
Study: For hunters hurt in tree-stand falls, most often, it's spinal injuries
"Entering and exiting the tree stand is a very frequent time for people to fall because you're in that transition period."
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