Posts Tagged ‘deer hunting’
Agency moves to curb chronic wasting among Minnesota’s deer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota is taking a three-pronged approach to curbing the spread of a fatal brain disease among the state’s estimated 1 million wild deer, the state Department of…
Read MoreMidwest wildlife officials discuss chronic wasting disease
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Midwest wildlife officials gathered Wednesday to discuss how they might better combat chronic wasting disease, which has been spreading through the region’s deer herds with no…
Read MoreMinnesota DNR proposes new hunting changes to combat CWD
Big changes could come to Minnesota’s $500 million deer hunting industry. Todd Froberg, the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) landowner assistant specialist, said it is asking for public input…
Read MoreWisconsin regulators propose mandatory wasting disease tests
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources is recommending that hunters in parts of western Wisconsin be required to have deer they shoot inspected for chronic wasting…
Read MoreDNR board: No buck-only counties for first time in decade
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources board has approved a 2019 deer hunt framework that doesn’t include any buck-only counties for the first time in a…
Read MoreDNR: No buck-only counties for 2019 deer season
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State wildlife officials’ 2019 deer hunting structure doesn’t include any buck-only counties for the first time in a decade, a sign deer are becoming more abundant,…
Read MoreMinnesota DNR plans two December deer hunts to manage wasting disease
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Special deer hunts are planned for two consecutive weekends in December aimed at limiting the spread of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in southeastern…
Read MoreWisconsin DNR reports larger harvest for nine-day gun deer hunt
There was a big bounce in overall numbers for the just completed nine-day, gun deer hunt in Wisconsin. The state’s DNR said hunters registered 211,430 deer during the hunt…
Read MoreSurge in harvested deer for Wisconsin opening weekend
La Crosse and Vernon counties were among those seeing big percentage jumps in the numbers of deer harvested on opening weekend of the gun deer season this year. Weekend numbers…
Read MoreDNR partnering with several Jackson County taxidermists to halt CWD
Several businesses in Jackson County are volunteering this year to be a collection site for deer heads that will be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The partnership with the…
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