EHD/BTV cases reported in deer/antelope in eastern Montana, northern Idaho September 17, 2025 NBC Montana

...  Wildlife authorities in eastern Montana and northern Idaho are alerting the public after recent cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) and blue tongue virus (BTV) in deer and antelope... Both viruses are spread by tiny flies called midges and tend to show up during warm, dry conditions..,

Ending the 'roadless rule' could affect wildfires, wildlife in Oregon, Washington federal forests September 17, 2025 OPB

... the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule ... that policy has blocked most new road construction and logging in almost 59 million acres of federal forests across the country, including about 2 million acres in Oregon and 2 million acres in Washington...  protecting these wildlands from roadbuilding helps ensure animals like elk have large expanses of intact habitat where they can roam freely...

Wildlife crossing groundbreaking set for Thursday in Kemmerer September 17, 2025 Wyoming, Torrington Telegram

... a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the U.S. Highway 189 Kemmerer South Wildlife Crossing Project ... Officials expect the crossings to eliminate 80% to 90% of wildlife-vehicle collisions ... will benefit the Wyoming Range and Uinta deer herds and the Carter Lease pronghorn herd...

Hunting in deer reduction zones September 16, 2025 Indiana,  ABC57

...“In these urban areas, it's harder for hunters, maybe, to find a place to hunt ... So, a hunter can take up to 10 deer in a deer reduction zone. And to provide an incentive for actually getting out and hunting, we let hunters actually take a second antler deer.” ...

New way to support wildlife conservation could reward hunters  September 16, 2025 Messenger-Inquirer

... selling entries for a limited number of special agency fundraising permit packages.  Two of the available packages include exclusive elk hunting privileges not offered through the standard Kentucky Elk Hunt Drawing ...

AgriLife Extension publishes wildlife-focused New World screwworm resource September 16, 2025  Texas, AgriLife Today - Texas A&M University

... The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released a new fact sheet, “Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm,” to help Texans protect wildlife from the threat of this potentially devastating parasite...  in addition to iconic mammals such as white-tailed deer, mule deer and black bear, other warm-blooded wildlife, like birds, are also vulnerable...

Washington wildlife officials urge hunters to help stop spread of chronic wasting disease September 16, 2025 KXLY.com

... The department operates hunter check stations Monday through Thursday around the state, including one in Spokane Valley. Hunters can submit samples and receive results within four to six weeks. The testing process uses lymph nodes from elk and deer to detect the presence of chronic wasting disease...

[PDF] Using large language models to investigate the origin of chronic wasting disease 2025 Issues in Information Systems

... The collected information supports the common theory that chronic wasting disease (CWD) in North America originated in 1967 at a research facility in Fort Collins,

Colorado, where deer were reported to have been exposed to sheep with a similar disease, scrapie ...

What to Expect in the 2025 Season September, 2025 Washington Department of fish and Wildlife

     Harvest remained low in 2024, an expected trend given the large-scale epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD).  Bluetongue outbreak throughout eastern Washington in 2021. Some GMUs seemed to be hitharder than others, including GMUs 121 and 117 being the hardest hit by the outbreak. However, the 2024/25 winter was mild in the valley bottoms, and over-winter survival was likely high. Therefore, if no large-scale disease outbreaks occur prior to the hunting seasons in 2025, we expect the harvest trend to keep slowly increasing and to observe a moderate increase to harvest again this season. In 2025, hunters of any user group or weapon type will not be able to harvest a doe. This regulation change was enacted in 2019 to protect the reproductive component of the population.  The 2025 Outlook

New Indiana deer hunting laws take effect September 16, 2025 ABC57

... A new antlerless bag limit of six across all deer seasons and the use of crossbows are now allowed with an archery license... Hunters can also now use rifles with a centerfire cartridge that has a bullet diameter of 0.219 inches or larger on both public and private land.  With these extended distances, Tevin Tomlinson, a Conservation Officer, advises you need to watch where your bullet goes ...

Backyard deer hunt sparks controversy in Saddle River, New Jersey September 15, 2025 ABC7 New York

... The program allows people with proper permits to bow hunt in Saddle River, the only town in Bergen County that allows residential backyard hunting...  animal rights groups oppose the program, and some residents are concerned about allowing hunting in residential areas...

Strong acorn crop a good sign for wildlife September 15, 2025 Iowa, KGAN

...  Oak trees are having a good year in eastern Iowa ...  the white oaks that have done pretty well overall.... the crop is variable ... really good in some places, average and others ... "These are great for wildlife; the squirrels, the turkey, the deer," ..,

MDHHS reminds hunters near Clark's Marsh to not eat deer taken within 3 miles September 15, 2025 Michigan, WNEM

.... from within three miles of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda Township.  A do not eat advisory is in place for the area due to evidence that the deer were more likely to have per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) ....

HD Disease in white-tailed deer confirmed in 8 TN counties September 15, 2025 Tennessee, WSMV on MSN

... The TWRA found hemorrhagic disease (HD) in deer ... “These viruses are transmitted by a biting midge (known as no-see-ums), not directly between deer. HD is not known to cause disease in humans ..,

Temporal analysis reveals loss of genetic diversity and increasing differentiation in South-west German red deer populations - Conservation Genetics, 2025

... In the German federal state Baden-Wuerttemberg, the distribution of red deer (Cervus elaphus) is restricted by law to five spatially separated management units, and it is mandatory to harvest deer moving outside of these units. This practice could severely reduce gene flow among management units ... during approximately 15 years (i.e., less than three red deer generations), allelic richness declined by ca. 16.7%, genetic differentiation (measured via fixation index FST) increased by ca. 17.2%, and Ne dropped by ca. 19.8% on average across management units in the state. Current Ne values are below recommended thresholds to prevent further genetic erosion ...

The Ministère encourages hunters to contribute to the surveillance of chronic wasting disease of cervids September 15, 2025 Quebec, Cantech Letter

... Hunters who harvest a white-tailed deer over 12 months old within a 45 km radius of the cervid farm infected in 2018 are strongly encouraged to have their game analyzed to detect CWD...  The efforts of everyone involved have made Québec one of the few places in North America where the disease has been detected in an enclosure, but not in the surrounding wildlife...

‘Hunting Influencer’ Hit With Felony Charges, Raises Questions About Social Media & Hunting September 14, 2025 Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily

... known as the StHealthy Hunter... faces two felonies for alleged grand theft by deception and the unlawful killing and possession of a trophy-class mule deer buck ... has sparked an ethics debate in the Wyoming outdoors community, and beyond...

Archery deer season September 12, 2025 Minnesota DNR

.. In 2024, 52% of archery-harvested deer were antlerless, and archery hunters were responsible for one-fifth of all antlerless deer harvested in Minnesota. The number of archery hunters also rose from approximately 99,000 in 2008 to 110,000 in 2024. In that time, the percentage of deer harvested by archery hunters also rose from 10% to 16%...

Three men connected to 2023 Shannon County elk poaching sentenced on wildlife charges September 12, 2025 Missouri Department of Conservation

... The $10,000 fine was made possible by the 2019 enactment of Missouri House Bill 260, which authorizes judges to impose additional penalties for poaching wildlife. All fines collected go to the school districts in the county where the violation occurred. The passage of House Bill 260 reflects Missourians’ commitment to protecting their wildlife resources.  The two men not directly responsible for the elk poaching, Kevin B. Click and Travis R. Wadlow, both of Bonne Terre, each received a $500 fine plus court costs, and a mandatory $750 contribution to the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation ...

Cloud of disinformation hovers over deer season September 12, 2025 Missouri, Leader Publications

...  The presence of chronic wasting disease is not the cause for the overwhelming concern. It is a virulent misinformation campaign that is dividing hunters, friends and families... 

Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these animals to prevent disease spread September 12, 2025  Tennessee, SFGATE

... Commonly known as the brain worm, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis is a parasitic nematode ... When a moose or elk has a brain worm, its cells produce antibodies, which are a type of protein in the blood that try to defend against the parasite. Our serological test looks for these antibodies in an animal’s blood...

Study Tells The CWD Story: Large-Scale Research Project Illustrates Impacts In Wisconsin September, 2025 Wisconin  Natural Resources Magazine

... this deer starved during a time of plentiful food, so we’re confident that the starvation was driven by CWD, not food availability.”  Sadly, #7202 was also found to be carrying a mummified fetus, meaning she had been healthy enough to get pregnant about seven months before her death...

Deer rutting season in Oklahoma increases risk of road accidents September 11, 2025 KOCO

... Deer activity in Oklahoma is increasing due to mating season ... In 2021, Oklahoma reported over 800 deer-related crashes ... Almost 90 percent of these incidents occur in rural county areas... 

Pennsylvania’s elk herd: Once nearly wiped out, now a thriving wildlife attraction September 11, 2025 Lehigh Valley Live on MSN

...  four hours northwest of the Lehigh Valley, the largest free-roaming elk herd in the northeastern United States ... more than 1,000 animals   ... Originally native to Pennsylvania, elk were eradicated from the state by the 1870s... efforts to reintroduce ... between 1913 and 1926 by bringing in Rocky Mountain elk ... a continued decline in the population resulted in only 14 animals remaining in the state by 1936 ...

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease sweep through Ohio's deer population September 11, 2025 WHIZ News

... The ongoing lack of rain has led to an epidemic in Ohio’s deer population called Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD)... over 5,000 reported cases throughout Ohio and mostly in the Southeastern region ...

Land Bank considering new tool to reduce deer herd September 11, 2025 Massachusetts, The Inquirer and Mirror

... deer damage permits ... first introduced last year, are a more flexible alternative to older laws that have allowed lethal removal of deer damaging crops or habitat.  The program is not considered hunting and can occur outside the state’s regulated dates of late fall and early winter. It also allows methods not permitted under hunting law, including the use of rifles, nighttime shooting and baiting...

Reminder to hunters, Chronic Wasting Disease Checks begin next month September 11, 2025 Oregon, Elkhorn Media Group

... To help track and prevent the spread of CWD, ODFW encourages hunters to get their animals tested, either at check stations, ODFW field offices, or at cooperating taxidermists and meat processors. For hunters out in the field, stopping at CWD check stations is mandatory when passing by with an animal harvest...

Feds Say Lower Columbia Whitetails Meet Recovery Criteria, Recommend Delisting September 10, 2025 Oregon, Northwest Sportsman Magazine

... They recently completed a five-year status review and say that a population viability assessment “found that the risk of extinction for the Columbia River population is extremely low, further supporting the recommendation to consider delisting.” ...  from a low of just 300 to 400 in the 1970s, there are now an estimated 1,354 ...

'Death Is in the Air.' This Drone Pilot and Deer Tracker Is Uncovering Mass Whitetail Die Offs September 10, 2025 Outdoor Life

...  longtime deer tracker and drone pilot Shon Butler says that EHD-caused dieoffs in southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia are much worse than many folks realize. “It’s an extreme kill over in Ohio,” ...

Council approves rules for deer hunting in city limits September 10, 2025 Central Wisconsin News

... Under the ordinance, hunting is allowed during the archery season which begins this coming weekend and goes until January ... Liske said it is important that people shoot their arrows in a safe direction... if a wounded animal goes into another person’s property. As with any other hunting, the hunter will need the property owner’s permission to come and retrieve the deer ...

Deer depredation is a row crop concern September 10, 2025 Mississippi State University Extension Service

... Deer crop depredation is when deer eat an item to the point that it causes damage. Examples may include deer eating landscape shrubs and flowers or grazing home vegetable gardens, and on a larger scale, feeding heavily on row crops...  it is widely assumed that soybeans are deer’s favorite row crop...

Maryland Experiencing Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak in White-tailed Deer September 10, 2025 Maryland News - Maryland.gov

... This year, confirmed or suspected cases of EHD have been documented in counties in central and southern Maryland. The largest outbreak in the state appears to be in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties ..,

CWD is Ravaging My Family’s Land, But It’s Not Too Late for You September 9, 2025 Wisconsin, National Deer Association

... We began testing every deer taken on our farm in 2019, and with 72% of them testing positive ... Research has now confirmed what I’ve seen occurring on our hunting land in the last five to six years: CWD is beginning to reduce deer populations in high-prevalence areas like mine...

WDFW Reports Outbreak of Deer Diseases in Eastern Washington September 9, 2025 Source ONE News

...  Eastern Washington wildlife officials are warning hunters and landowners about an outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and Bluetongue ... Stevens and Spokane counties appear to be hit hardest ..,

EHD outbreaks confirmed in Pa. deer: Public urged to report cases September 9, 2025 Pennsylvania, WGAL on MSN

... Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), a viral illness often fatal to white-tailed deer, has been confirmed in several counties in northwestern Pennsylvania this year. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is also investigating reports of dead deer in the southwestern and southeastern parts of the state, with test results pending..,

Granite Geek: Roads and wildlife don't mix. Can anything help? September 8, 2025 New Hampshire, Concord Monitor

... hot spots tend to exist at wildlife corridor bottlenecks: places where development has fragmented local wild areas ... “we didn’t record a single deer using any of the culvert crossings,” not even culverts that are more than 5 feet tall...  one thing that does work with big animals, Moll said, is putting up roadside fences at hot spots to shift road crossing to less-dangerous locations...

Study showing doe-to-fawn CWD spread may have implications for deer herds September 8, 2025

CIDRAP - University of Minnesota

... Samuel said that CWD-positive fawns may die of infection soon after they're born, although CWD clinical signs typically don't develop until 1.5 to 2 years after infection... the study ...  demonstrating for the first time that chronic wasting disease (CWD) can be transmitted in utero from adult does to their fawns (vertical transmission) may require rethinking susceptibility and risk in deer populations ...

Deer farm herd killed to stem spread of 'zombie' deer disease in Kentucky. Now what? September 8, 2025 News From The States

... A disease outbreak on a Kentucky deer farm is renewing questions about whether stronger rules are needed for the more than 100 “captive cervid facilities” the state has permitted... State and federal agencies recently confirmed eight cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) at a deer farm in Breckinridge County where the illness had first been detected in a single deer in October 2024..,

Fewer deer killed by Connecticut hunters and drivers in 2024, report shows September 8, 2025 Connecticut Post

... according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's 2024 Deer Program Summary ... DEEP's estimate of the deer population peaked at 152,000 statewide in the early 2000s, then declined to about 110,000 and has remained fairly stable, with a slight decline since 2020, according to the report. In the past three years, the number of harvested deer (excluding roadkill) has declined by 10.7% ...

Accidents, complaints spur Pascack Valley deer forums September 7, 2025 New Jersey, Pascack Press

... Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali said the council will consider authorizing a thermal drone scan this fall to measure the borough’s deer population... the technology would provide accurate counts even in dense vegetation or low light ... He stressed the borough does not support culling and will instead seek “humane and sustainable alternatives.” ...

Deer killed with arrow found near N.J. preschool, police investigating September 8, 2025 New Jersey, Yahoo on MSN

... Police are looking for the person responsible for killing a deer with an arrow after the carcass was found on an athletic field near a public preschool school in Hudson County ... determined the buck was shot by an arrow at another location and died on the athletic field ...

Chronic wasting disease is becoming more prevalent among deer in Pennsylvania. What you need to know September 7, 2025 The Morning Call on MSN

... According to Penn State University, the state averages about 30 deer per square mile of land. However, an infectious disease poses a growing threat to Pennsylvania’s deer herds ... The first confirmed cases of CWD in Pennsylvania were among captive deer, and the disease appears to arise most commonly in captive and livestock populations before first spreading to wild deer..,

Major changes in mule deer hunts could start in 2026 September 6, 2025 Oregon, La Grande Observer

... The agency’s proposal is to set tag numbers and hunting area boundaries based on what biologists call “herd ranges” — where mule deer actually live during hunting seasons — rather than on the traditional units.  Biologists mapped 22 herd ranges east of the Cascades ...

CDFW Seeks Public Input in Developing Statewide Deer Conservation and Management Plan September 5, 2025 California Department of Fish and Wildlife

... The public is invited to participate in a virtual workshop to help guide the development of the management plan. The two-hour session will provide an opportunity for members of the public to learn about the development process as well as the background and outline of the plan ... Date: Tuesday, Sept.16, 2025.  Time: 6 to 8 p.m.  Virtual Platform: Zoom. (https://wildlife-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/88628762826) 

City of Clare holds powerful airport wildlife discussion September 5, 2025  Michigan, Wilcox Newspapers

... solutions were posed ... the removal of some of the surrounding foliage ... culling ... construction of a fence. This option is highly favored among both the board and the community. The fence design could tentatively consist of four gates, with the actual amount varying based on what’s deemed necessary...

Tip regarding 'suspicious deer heads' leads to felony charges in Idaho September 5, 2025 USA Today's FTW

... were caught thanks to a tip regarding "suspicious deer heads," received via the state’s anti-poaching hotline...  eight felonies related to the poaching of seven white-tailed deer bucks ...

Man gets federal prison for organizing 114 illegal hunts in Nebraska September 4, 2025 KLKN-TV

...  for leading more than 100 illegal hunts... 22 months in prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act ... will also pay $179,680 in restitution and spend three years on supervised release after prison...

Commission expands Black Hills area where hunters can use dogs to chase mountain lions September 4, 2025 South Dakota, Yahoo

... A report issued this year by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks says the latest mountain lion population estimate for the Black Hills is 393 ... They said fewer lions would also increase the mule deer population in the southern Hills ... The deer population is trending down ...

Tracking the Deer Population: A New Camera Technique September 4, 2025 New York,  Fordham Now

...  images from 10 cameras fastened to trees throughout the Calder Center grounds, which automatically took photos every 15 minutes at the same time for three weeks... Renault found that the interval-based cameras captured deer that were missed by traditional motion-capture cameras, which she set up for the sake of comparison...

DNR issues multiple PFAS consumption advisories for wildlife in northern Wisconsin September 4, 2025 WKOW

... For deer, new guidance advises consuming only one meal per month of muscle tissue from deer harvested within a 5-mile radius of Stella's town hall. Liver from deer in this area should not be eaten due to significant PFAS levels ...

Michigan DNR links EHD outbreak in deer to warmer weather patterns September 3, 2025 WWMT on MSN

... The uptick in cases seems to be related to warming weather conditions, according to Rudolph, such as warmer winters followed by rainy, wet springs and hot, dry summers.  Those weather patterns allow the midges that spread EHD to become more abundant...

White deer harvesting could be coming to some Wisconsin counties September 3, 2025 WSAW on MSN

... Wood, Marathon, Portage, Winnebago and Jefferson counties could soon be able to harvest white deer. Those counties have what the DNR calls a ‘prevalent’ amount of white deer... there are concerns these rules aren’t specific enough...

Michigan DNR links EHD outbreak in deer to warmer weather patterns September 3, 2025 WWMT on MSN

... The uptick in cases seems to be related to warming weather conditions, according to Rudolph, such as warmer winters followed by rainy, wet springs and hot, dry summers.  Those weather patterns allow the midges that spread EHD to become more abundant...

Invasive Grasses Threaten Mule Deer but Strategic Action Can Turn the Tide, UW Research Suggests September 3, 2025 University of Wyoming

... The study, published this week in the journal Rangeland Ecology & Management, found that mule deer avoid places where invasive annual grasses, such as cheatgrass, are overtaking sagebrush and grassland habitats. If the spread of these weeds goes unchecked, the study predicts that mule deer may lose more than half of their high-quality habitat in northeast Wyoming in the next two decades...