Connecticut Deer News
New Regulations for the Tagging and Reporting of Harvest
Sep. 08, 2009The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced new regulations that will affect deer and turkey hunting this upcoming season. The regulations concerning the tagging and reporting of deer and turkeys harvested by hunters have undergone significant changes.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that with the close of 2010, Connecticut sportsmen enjoyed another safe and productive deer hunting season. More than 64,000 deer hunting permits are issued annually and deer hunters spend nearly 450,000 days afield each year. Two minor incidents were reported, one involving the discharge of a firearm. No firearms-related injuries were reported during the 2008 and 2009 deer hunting seasons.
Deer Hunting with Revolvers New Law Provides Option for Firearms Deer Hunters - Oct. 12, 2010
The Department of Environmental Protection today announced that beginning this fall hunters will have the option to use a revolver to hunt deer on private lands of 10 or more acres. The change was made possible by a new law (PA 10-99) enacted during the 2010 legislative session and subsequent agency regulations which were approved on September 28, 2010.
Chronic Wasting Disease not found in Delaware deer for seventh straight year - Jun. 21, 2010
Nearly 600 brain and lymph node tissue samples taken from white-tailed deer in all three counties of Delaware in 2009 showed no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife announced today.
2009 Connecticut Firearms Deer Season Closes One of the Safest on Record - Jan. 20, 2010
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that with the close of the 2009 firearms deer hunting seasons on December 31, 2009, hunters in Connecticut enjoyed a second consecutive deer season without a firearm-related injury. More than 64,000 deer hunting permits are issued annually and deer hunters spend nearly 450,000 days afield each year. The only injury reported in 2009 involved a fall from a tree stand.
CT DEP Increases Deer Harvest Quotas to Control Deer Population Growth - Nov. 12, 2009
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that the deer hunting season bag limit has been increased in some parts of the state for the upcoming 2009 deer hunting season.
New Regulations for the Tagging and Reporting of Harvest - Sep. 08, 2009
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced new regulations that will affect deer and turkey hunting this upcoming season. The regulations concerning the tagging and reporting of deer and turkeys harvested by hunters have undergone significant changes.
DEP Environmental Conservation Police Arrest Four In Poaching Ring in Kent - May. 18, 2009
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police arrested four New York residents this weekend on several charges related to illegal wild turkey hunting in the area around Cobble Rd. in Kent.
DEP Announces Deer Reduction at Bluff Point in Groton - Jan. 05, 2008
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that eleven deer will be culled from the Bluff Point Reserve (BCPR) in Groton by biologists from the DEP’s Wildlife Division as part of the ongoing efforts to maintain the ecological balance at the Reserve.
