Local and systemic factors both required for full renewal of deer antlers, and systemic factors only for generic cutaneous regenerative healing - Cell Regeneration, 2025

... Deer antlers are the only mammalian organs that periodically regenerate from permanent bony protuberances (pedicles)... Different healing outcomes ensued, namely regeneration or formation of a scar, depending on whether the intervention took place during the period of antler regeneration (ARP; spring–summer) or in the period where antler regeneration does not occur (non-ARP; winter)... Topical application of deer blood plasma (a source of systemic factors) from ARP to FTE wounds in rats promoted regenerative healing, whereas, that from non-ARP failed to do so....

New baiting rules and anterless-only season aim to help control disease and manage deer populations for 2025-26 June 12, 2025 Kentucky Fish and Wildlife

... First, baiting is now allowed in all counties within the CWD Surveillance Zone, provided it is not distributed through contact feeders (e.g., troughs, funnels, and gravity feeders without spreading capabilities). This change overrides the previous baiting ban, aiming to give hunters more opportunities to harvest deer while reducing deer densities. A statewide prohibition of feeding is still effective from March 1 through July 31. Also, feeding and baiting is illegal on all Wildlife Management Areas...

Michigan hunters killed more deer during 2024 season as doe harvest jumps June 12, 2025 mlive

... During the 2024 season, Michigan hunters harvested an estimated 373,000 deer, up nearly 8% from 2023, according to Michigan Department of Natural Resources survey estimates ...

Out-of-state couple sentenced for illegally harvesting trophy mule deer in Montana June 12, 2025 NBC Montana

... A North Dakota couple has been ordered to pay $8,000 in restitution plus $600 in fines, and sentenced to a six-month suspended jail sentence ... [baiting and use of trail camera]

A major wildlife crossing project in the Green Mountains is delayed indefinitely June 11, 2025 Vermont Public

... The federal program to fund wildlife crossings was created under the Biden administration and typically caps project funding at $25 million. The state says it doesn't have the money to cover the rest of construction, which would run millions more  ... Over the past decade, dozens of bears, moose and deer have been killed by cars ...

Detection of chronic wasting disease prions in soil at an illegal white-tailed deer carcass disposal site  2025, Minnesota, Prion

... We detected PrPSc in 26 of 201 soil samples across 15 locations within the illegal disposal site and one on the farm that housed the cervids. Importantly, a subset of RT-QuIC positive soil samples was collected from soils where carcasses were recovered, providing direct evidence that environmental contamination resulted from this illegal activity. These findings reveal that improper cervid carcass disposal practices may have important implications for ongoing CWD transmission through the environment...

Production and environmental groups reach agreement to fund wildlife improvements in Southeastern Idaho June 11, 2025 Idaho State Journal

... “Migrating mule deer in Southeast Idaho face a gauntlet of obstacles as they move seasonally between their summer and winter ranges,” said Josh Johnson, Central Idaho director with the Idaho Conservation League. “Anything we can do to make these arduous journeys easier for our native ungulates is money well spent.” ...

TRCP applauds $50 million Investment for New Mexico Wildlife Crossings June 11, 2025 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

... a project identified by the New Mexico Department of Transportation over U.S. 550 north of Cuba where wintertime collisions with elk and deer are so numerous that a section of the highway has earned the moniker, “The Valley of Death.” Including those on U.S. 550, there are around 1,200 wildlife-vehicle collisions reported in New Mexico every year, costing about $20 million in vehicle damage, emergency response, and healthcare expenses...

New Bills Aim to Reduce Wildlife-Vehicle Accidents in Montana June 11, 2025 XL Country

... House Bill 855 focuses on investing in wildlife crossing infrastructure. It creates a dedicated account called the Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wildlife Highway Crossings and Accommodations Account Plus, a new specialty license plate could bring in up to $160,000 a year to help fund the effort...

California Native Wildlife Rehabilitation 679 Regulations Manual June 2025 CDFW

     The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (department) oversees the permitting of wildlife rehabilitators in the State through its Native Wildlife Rehabilitation Program (hereafter program). The purpose of wildlife rehabilitation is to restore a native wild animal to a condition of good health for its release to suitable habitat in the wild, or to relieve its suffering through humane euthanasia as appropriate ..,

Mountain lions with kittens spotted for the first time in Oklahoma June 10, 2025 CBS19.tv on MSN

...  two mountain lions were spotted on opposite sides of the state, each with kittens. ODWC provided photos of the sightings in Osage and Cimarron counties taken in late 2024..,

Answers About Elk June, 2025 North Dakota Game and Fish Magazine

...  a young bull that zigged and zagged his way about 550 miles, crossing Lake Sakakawea multiple times, before continuing south to new, permanent digs where a small elk herd was already established in the Slim Buttes area near Reva, S.D. The young bull’s walkabout took 122 days... Out of the 27 mortalities that we documented, 24 were related to hunting ...

ADF&G plans to increase food security by relocating deer to Kenai Peninsula June 10, 2025 Alaska's News Source

...  plan to bring Sitka black-tailed deer back to the southern Kenai Peninsula ... The goal of the project is to evaluate how well an introduced deer population in a new area ...

Another screwworm incursion inevitable, experts warn June 10, 2025 The Wildlife Society

... Adult flies lay their eggs on the open wounds of animals—usually mammals. The eggs hatch into maggots—the screwworms—which proceed to gorge themselves on the healthy flesh of the unfortunate creature... Screwworm flies often target the areas around the antlers of deer... some estimates project a localized loss of a quarter of the population ...

3 Metro Detroit Communities Plan to Use Sharpshooters To Reduce Deer Population. Not All Approve June 10, 2025 Michigan, Deadline Detroit

...  there is opposition from some Farmington Hills residents and the nonprofit Advocates for Michigan Wildlife, who contend that deer aren’t a problem. They are advocating for alternative solutions such as sterilization and planting deer-resistant plants ...

Rock County deer farm quarantined after CWD found in doe June 10, 2025 Wisconsin, Yahoo Sports on MSN

... Wisconsin was the first state east of the Mississippi River known to have CWD-positive deer. The first CWD detections in Wisconsin were reported in 2002 both in wild deer near Mt. Horeb and in farmed deer at a facility in Portage County... The DATCP information also shows 23 CWD-positive captive cervid facilities (15 deer shooting preserves and eight deer farms) remain open for business in the state. The information is dated Jan. 2025..,

Pregnant moose struck and killed on Summit County highway, nonprofit says June 9, 2025 Utah,  ABC4 Utah

... “She was dragged out of sight of the road and discarded like trash,” a post from the nonprofit said. “Let’s work together to change our optics and improve safety for all road users by implementing evidence-based solutions to the wildlife vehicle collision problem on this roadway.” ...

Immune cells can make female deer grow antlers June 9, 2025 Science | AAAS

... scientists have spurred female deer to sprout antlers (pictured) by injecting their foreheads with immune cells known as macrophages, or molecules that recruit the cells. The findings, reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest macrophages, best known for killing invading bacteria, also help orchestrate formation of the bony structures ...

Join MDC and NDA June 24 for “Forests, Woodlands, and Whitetails” June 9, 2025 Missouri  Department of Conservation News

... The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the National Deer Association (NDA) invite landowners and others interested in managing deer on their properties to join them online for a free webinar on forest and woodland management and how hunters and landowners can incorporate this into their deer management efforts... Save this link for the free Zoom webinar on “Forests, Woodlands, and Whitetails” and click on it on June 24 at 6 p.m.: short.mdc.mo.gov/4ya. 

It's a thirsty world for Arizona's wildlife June 8, 2025  PressReader

... Built to boost game numbers for hunting and compensate for habitat fragmentation, the watering points have satisfied thirsty animals since the 1940s.

When they were built, many of the catchments thrived on more consistent rains  ... Teddy Bear, or catchment No. 436, is one of the “easiest” watering points to access ... Built to draw deer away from the Central Arizona Project Canal ...

No more over-the-counter deer and elk tags for nonresidents June 8, 2025 Idaho, The Lewiston Tribune

... Starting next year, nonresidents won’t be able to purchase over-the-counter tags for general season deer and elk hunts. Instead they will have to enter a lottery, similar to a controlled hunt drawing, to get the tags...

First wolf crosses into the San Juans June 7, 2025 Colorado,  Telluride Daily Planet

... Eighteen months after the first wolves were released in Colorado, a lone female wolf... The data from this wolf’s collar shows that she has walked almost 2,000 miles around Colorado ... wolves are released on state or private land in Colorado, ideally close to elk and mule deer populations and not near livestock ...

Wyoming’s Golden Age Of Mule Deer Is Gone, With Fewer Than Half Of Peak Numbers June 6, 2025 Cowboy State Daily

... from 2024 counts, Wyoming has about 213,000 mule deer scattered across the state. 

 ... Mule deer are declining across the West due to a variety of factors, he said. Those include weather-related problems such as drought and winterkill, deer getting hit on highways, habitat loss, competition with other species, disease and predation..,

FWP seeks proposals from conservation organizations for license auction June 6, 2025 Montana Outdoor

... asking for proposals from conservation organizations interested in conducting a competitive auction or lottery for 2026 mule deer, elk, mountain goat, antelope and swan licenses, or a competitive auction for 2026 bighorn sheep and Shiras moose licenses...

Nevada wildlife officials look to limit hunters' use of “thermal imaging” technology June 6, 2025 FOX5 Vegas

... a proposal “would prohibit the use of any thermal imaging devices from July 1- December 31 for any wildlife,” according to NDOW documents.  The proposal also limits use of trail cameras during the same time period, documents state...

Wyoming Eyes Higher Predator Quotas June 5, 2025 Mountain Journal

...  Game and Fish Large Carnivore Supervisor Dan Thompson said the proposed increase in mortality limits in the southeast part of the state largely reflect public sentiment that there are too many mountain lions and they have a potential to impact mule deer populations...

Anterless deer added to some deer seasons June 5, 2025 Michigan, The Daily Mining Gazette

... In 2015 the Natural Resource Commission removed the option to harvest does during the archery season in the Lake Superior watershed following concerns of the population decline due to harsh winters in 2013 and 2014 ...   Stewart said only harvesting bucks have skewed the sex ratios and some of the does that were not bred will come into estrus a second or third time. Delayed breeding leads to later births which limits their growing period during the summer, which will leave those fawns to be smaller and ill prepared to survive their first winter...

State biologists warned of wildlife conflicts at proposed shooting complex site. Wyoming approved the location anyway June 5, 20225 Wyoming, WyoFile on MSN

... even days before the 12-member task force voted 8-4 in favor of the location, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department issued a memo that effectively recommended the complex go elsewhere... outside of “core” sage grouse habitat and “crucial” range for struggling mule deer, which exhibited “high use” of the site throughout the year according to GPS collar data ...

A regional analysis of antlerless deer harvest regulations in the Midwestern United States of America [Downloads PDF] June, 2025 PLOS

... increasing antlerless harvest permits increased antlerless harvest; however, this effect plateaued 

as the number of available permits increased. Providing unlimited harvest permits increased harvest, but the same increases were achieved by minimally increasing  the number of limited harvest permits. Increasing the length of hunting season had a generally positive effect on antlerless harvest but the effect was non-linear and state dependent. The earn-a-buck incentive program resulted in the largest estimated  increase in harvest. Finally, the number of licensed deer hunters in a state had a strong positive effect on the number of antlerless deer harvested...

Drought-linked resource limitations on the body condition of a large ungulate June, 2025 Oregon - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

... Higher precipitation during the growing season significantly increased body fat for all groups of elk. These results collectively support the importance of the indirect, bottom-up effects on female elk nutrition. If summer drought continues to increase in duration and intensity in the Pacific Northwest, USA, we expect to see declines in elk body condition with potential impacts to population-level performance...

The Southwest Wisconsin CWD Study: How Specific Deer Illustrate Results June, 2025 DNR News

...  This study conclusively demonstrated that CWD reduces deer survival, and it corroborated what studies from other states have found, which is also occurring in Wisconsin. Of course, CWD can reduce survival by killing deer outright, aka "dying of CWD," but it can also do so by making them more vulnerable to hunters, cars, coyotes and so on...

Dubois wildlife crossing project faces hurdles with federal funding sources on pause June 4, 2025 Wyoming Public Radio

... State agencies want to build wildlife crossings on a stretch of highway around Dubois, to make it safer for drivers and deer alike. But federal grant freezes have created a bit of a roadblock for the potential project, which has a $28 million dollar price tag...

Spatial Ecology and Predator-Prey Interactions of Mountain Lions in California's San Francisco North Bay June, 2025 Jacob A. Harvey.  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

... Our work highlights the significant overlap between mountain lions and people in the North Bay as mountain lions killed and consumed their primary prey surprisingly close to buildings (mean = 373 m)...

Colorado Officials Forced To Euthanize Wolf After It Continuously Killed Livestock June 3, 2025 Wide Open Spaces

... This comes after the same animal had to be relocated for previous concerns. The repeat offenses forced officials to euthanize the wolf. It's the first time that officials have euthanized one of the animals since they were reintroduced in the state in 2023...

New York 2024-25 CWD Report June 3, 2025 New York DEC News

... A case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was confirmed in a captive red deer herd in the Town of Columbia, Herkimer County during the 2024-25 deer season. In response, DEC increased its CWD sampling efforts, with no wild deer testing positive for CWD... With the assistance of local hunters, landowners, and highway departments, DEC sampled over 200 wild deer within the six towns surrounding the captive deer facility where CWD was confirmed in 2024. None tested positive ... With the assistance of local hunters, landowners, and highway departments, DEC sampled over 200 wild deer within the six towns surrounding the captive deer facility where CWD was confirmed in 2024. None tested positive ..,

Ninth Circuit affirms pandemic-induced emergency moose hunt for Alaskan tribe June 3, 2025 Courthouse News Service

... A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a federal board’s emergency decision to let a Native American tribe hunt moose and deer amid foot shortages during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic... the Federal Subsistence Board authorized the Organized Village of Kake ... to hunt two bull moose and five male deer on federal land....

Warning as 'exhausted' deer dies after beach chase May 14, 2025 United Kingdom, BBC on MSN.com

... A deer has died after being chased by people ... the roe deer - one of several spotted on the beach on Monday, succumbed to exhaustion... despite the efforts of the local beach safety team asking people to keep their distance, members of the public were seen chasing the deer...

Deer extinct in wild since 1939 welcomed at California zoo. See ‘wobbly newborn’  May 13, 2025 The Sacramento Bee on MSN

... The Pere David’s deer is the first in the last 22 years to be born at the San Diego Safari Park  ...  Père David’s deer have been extinct in the wild since 1939... 

Police officer delivers fawn after car hits pregnant deer in Oakland County May 7, 2025 Michiganm, MLive.com

...Upon his arrival, he found that a pregnant doe was hit by a vehicle and was about to give birth. As the mother died, Wright was able to remove the fawn, warm it up, and get it breathing ... will be taken in by a wildlife rehabilitation center ...

Sweet potato-loving Western tufted deer joins Minnesota Zoo May 6, 2025 Yahoo on MSN

... primarily found in China's forested mountainsides ... still growing and his adult tusks will be about one-inch long ...

Rare all-white albino deer, spotted in Farmington Hills May 6, 2025 Michigan, Yahoo on MSN

... It is not, however, the first white deer to be spotted in the city. Nearly two years ago, a young couple saw one ... once illegal to hunt in Michigan. But in 2008, the state lifted the protection ...

Shed hunting in North Dakota Apri 30, 2025 KFYR

... Hunting for deer antlers that have been dropped in the spring of the year is almost as popular as deer hunting itself... “A dead head would be something that, it’s the full skull and the antlers. In North Dakota, there’s a law that you cannot take a dead head without a tag from the Game and Fish,” ...

Porcupines, camelids and decades of fun: Deer Farm thrives in 2025 April 29, 2024 Arizona, Williams-Grand Canyon News

...  tranquil and alluring the free-roaming deer ... The facility itself is impressively well-kept. The animals appear calm and content in the company of human visitors. And it’s not just deer here...

Researchers thrilled after trail cameras capture critically endangered creature for first time in decades: 'We've found it'  April 21, 2025 Vietnam, The Cool Down on MSN

... Trail cameras have helped researchers spot the endangered forest musk deer in northern Vietnam. This is the first time the forest musk deer has been spotted in Cao Bằng Province in decades ...

The Irish Elk: The Extinct Giant Deer That Once Roamed the Emerald Isle April 21, 2025 Discover WildScience on MSN

... The Irish elk, scientifically known as Megaloceros giganteus, was not just another deer—it was the largest deer to ever walk the earth. Standing up to seven feet tall at the shoulder, this animal dwarfed today’s largest deer species. Its most striking feature was the enormous antlers, which could span up to twelve feet from tip to tip...

Driver makes gut-wrenching roadside discovery that sparks emotional rescue April 20, 20225 New York, The Cool Down

... some deer — around 60,000-70,000 in New York annually — will find their way into the pathways of unsuspecting motorists ... She saw a doe lying in the middle of the road, clearly in shock ... With help from Smith, she got up and began walking...

These Jackdaws and Sika Deer Provide the Perfect Illustration of Wildlife Symbiosis April 19, 2025 United Kingdom, AOL

... these sika deer get help losing their winter coats and have professional tick-eaters at their disposal. The jackdaws are happy with the meal they’ve scavenged from the deer, while the deer are likely happy to be pest-free. The balance of this relationship proves that animals can evolve together, specifically when each one benefits...