Arizona Deer News
Hunters can assist CWD monitoring
Oct. 10, 2008Deer and elk hunters: Your assistance is needed again this season to continue the monitoring efforts in Arizona for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and elk. Currently, there is no evidence that CWD poses a risk for humans.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports no detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in any of the 1,624 testable samples from hunter-harvested or road-killed deer and elk during Arizona?s 2009-2010 hunting season.
Reward offered in deer poaching case - Aug. 28, 2009
The Arizona Game and Fish Department?s Operation Game Thief program is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for illegally killing a doe.
Fall draw results now available for Arizona?s big game and pheasant hunters - Jul. 31, 2009
The 2009 fall drawing process for big game and pheasant hunts is complete, and the more than 106,000 applicants can now find out if they?ve been drawn by visiting the Arizona Game and Fish Department?s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw.
Air gun league offers affordable means to honing your shooting skills - Jul. 17, 2009
Due to current supply and demand conditions, finding ammunition for target shooting can be a challenge. To help recreational shooters ease their troubles and reduce the impact on their wallets, the Arizona Game and Fish Department?s Ben Avery Shooting Facility is hosting an air gun league this fall.
Hunters can assist CWD monitoring - Oct. 10, 2008
Deer and elk hunters: Your assistance is needed again this season to continue the monitoring efforts in Arizona for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a wildlife disease that is fatal to deer and elk. Currently, there is no evidence that CWD poses a risk for humans.
Information Needed to Solve Deer Poaching near Whitehorse Lake - Jul. 03, 2008
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a poacher that killed a large mule deer buck on the evening of June 13 or 14.
Information sought in deer poaching case near Kingman - Jun. 20, 2008
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking information that could help lead to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the recent poaching of a mule deer near Kingman.
