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.WATERBURY, Vt ?Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) remains a serious threat to Vermont?s deer population, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. CWD is a contagious neurological disease affecting deer, elk and moose. It causes a characteristic spongy degeneration of the brains of infected animals resulting in emaciation, abnormal behavior, loss of bodily functions and death.
DNRE Enters Agreement With Quality Deer Management Association - Feb. 04, 2010
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Quality Deer Management Association and its Michigan chapters and branches establishing a framework for cooperation on mutually beneficial projects and activities that maintain and enhance the state's natural resources.
Hunters donate 3,921 deer to feed the hungry - Feb. 02, 2010
MADISON - The results are in, and once again Wisconsin hunters demonstrated their generosity toward families and individuals by donating 3,921 deer to the Wisconsin Deer Donation Program in 2009. This number of deer yielded about 176,000 pounds of ground venison which was distributed by volunteers to food pantries around the state.
Feedback sought on Delaware's new deer management plan - Feb. 01, 2010
DOVER - DNREC's Division of Fish & Wildlife has just completed a draft version of Delaware's Deer Management Plan, the first plan ever produced for formally addressing the future of a deer herd that has grown into a state success story of wildlife restoration.
Mentored youth deer hunt a success - Feb. 01, 2010
Last fall the Idaho Department of Fish and Game once again joined forces with local Salmon Region landowners to host the second annual mentored youth deer hunt.
It's Official- Highland County Deer is a New State Record - Feb. 01, 2010
DAYTON, OHIO - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife announced that another record-setting deer has been harvested in southwestern Ohio. On Saturday, January 30, the 18-point non-typical (non-symmetrical antlered) deer, taken by Brian Stephens on November 30, 2009 with a muzzleloader in Highland County, was officially scored.
FOUR MORE CWD PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE TESTS IN - Jan. 27, 2010
PRATT- It's likely that four more deer taken in northwest Kansas will be confirmed to have had chronic wasting disease (CWD). So far, a total of 10 samples taken from deer killed by hunters this fall have shown presumptive positive results for CWD at the K-State Diagnostic Veterinary Lab in Manhattan. Those presumptive positives have been sent to the National Veterinary Services Lab (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa for confirmation. Six samples that showed presumptive positive results in December were recently confirmed positive by the NVSL.
UNDERCOVER OPERATION NETS ANOTHER FOR SELLING DEER - Jan. 27, 2010
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited a Bayou Pigeon man for his connection to an illegal deer market.
MDWFP Supports Deer Season Structure Change - Jan. 27, 2010
JACKSON - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) is in full support of HB 1282 and requests your assistance changing the deer season structure in Mississippi.
White-Tailed Deer Tests Positive for CWD in Virginia - Jan. 26, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. (January 26, 2010) - The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is warning citizens that a white-tailed deer in Virginia has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). As a result, North Carolina taxidermists can no longer accept full heads for mounts from Virginia and must inform wildlife officers if they receive one.
