Ultimate Deer Hunting News
State antler records remain at high level this year
The most recent round of white-tailed deer antler scoring conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources revealed 213 new records, including three Boone and Crockett qualifiers.North Dakota?s 2010 deer season has been set with 116,775 licenses available to hunters this fall, a decrease of 27,625 from last year and the fewest since 2001.
Spotlighting deer in the name of science - Apr. 29, 2010
Creeping slowly along the back roads of Redwood County, spotlights slicing through the darkness from either side of the pickup cab, the man and woman were on a mission: Find deer.Last night we counted 54 deer, but the night before we only saw eight, the woman noted. The weather is better tonight so we hope to see quite a few more.
No CWD detected in Arizona deer and elk testing - Apr. 23, 2010
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.
CWD Found in Southwestern North Dakota Deer - Mar. 31, 2010
North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials were notified this morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Services that a sick-looking mule deer taken last fall in western Sioux County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. This is the first time CWD has been detected in a North Dakota animal.
Game and Fish Summarizes 2009 Deer Gun Season - Mar. 29, 2010
North Dakota deer hunters took nearly 75,000 deer during the 2009 deer gun hunting season. Overall hunter success was 59 percent, down from 70 percent in 2008.
CWD Test Results Negative in White-Tailed Deer on Property in Linn County - Mar. 19, 2010
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) ? Today the Missouri Departments of Agriculture and Conservation announced that tests of 50 captive deer sampled in Linn County showed no signs of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Tests were conducted by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. The Department of Conservation continues to test a sampling of free-ranging deer within a five-mile radius of the 800-acre tract where the initial CWD-positive white-tailed deer was located.
Chronic Wasting Disease Not Detected in New Hampshire's Deer - Mar. 19, 2010
CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire's white-tailed deer population once again showed no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), based on monitoring data gathered during the 2009 hunting season. New Hampshire Fish and Game Deer Biologist Kent Gustafson recently received results from a federally certified veterinary diagnostic laboratory that indicate that all the deer tissue samples taken during last fall's hunting season tested negative for CWD. A total of 439 tissue samples were tested.
Shed antler gathering on the Henrys - Mar. 19, 2010
Hanksville - The deep snow on the Henry Mountains is making it difficult for deer to flee from people who are collecting shed antlers.
GFP Commission Sets Increase in Special Buck Licenses and New Falconry Guidelines - Mar. 12, 2010
PIERRE, S.D. -The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has decided to increase the number of Special Buck licenses available for the 2010 firearms deer season.
TEN KANSAS DEER CONFIRMED POSITIVE IN CWD TESTS - Mar. 10, 2010
PRATT- On March 2, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) announced that 10 white-tailed deer from northwestern Kansas had tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). These were animals taken by hunters in the 2009 hunting seasons. The agency is still awaiting the result from another deer sample that was presumed to be positive after preliminary testing at the K-State Diagnostic Veterinary Lab in Manhattan. That "presumptive positive" has been sent to the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa, for confirmation.
