Help the DNR track hemorrhagic disease July 26, 2024 Iowa DNR

... Hemorrhagic disease, commonly referred to as EHD or Bluetongue, has been impacting deer in Iowa for over a decade, with severe outbreaks occurring in 2012, 2013, 2019, and 2023 ... The new reporting tool, plus an annual dashboard, is linked off the Deer Hunting and Deer Health Webpage (www.iowadnr.gov/deer)...

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission updates hunting regulations for nonresidents July 26, 2024 KATV

... Nonresidents using dogs to chase deer may only do so during the final nine days of regular modern gun deer season in private and public land zones where hunting with dogs is allowed...

Los Banos, North Grasslands deer hunting opportunities July 25, 2024 California, Escalon Times

... Recently, CDFW requested the California Fish and Game Commission make deer a huntable species on the Los Banos Wildlife Area and the China Island and Salt Slough units of the North Grasslands Wildlife Area. This new designation allows CDFW for the first time to offer limited access to hunt these areas ...

City Of Norwich Deer Survey Results July 25, 2024 New York, The Evening Sun

... The survey was open for approximately six weeks ... , 65 percent saw no problem with the deer, and 35 percent felt deer presented a problem. In reviewing the results, the committee has determined there was not enough response to continue...

Headless deer carcasses lead to charges for 3 Bedford men July 25, 2024 Pennsylvania, WTAJ Altoona on MSN

...  The game commission said they were called about seven dead deer, three without heads, on Nov. 27, 2023... photos on the social media app Snapchat as evidence....

Wildlife study on I-64 corridor to begin July 25, 2024 Kentucky, pmg-ky1.com

...two deer population surveys this summer as part of a study to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions  ... Surveys will be conducted on the ground and by air using drones with infrared cameras, which will fly during twilight hours to locate and track deer movements...

Colorado voters to decide on anti-trophy hunting measure in November July 24, 2024 The Sopris Sun

...If passed, the initiative would establish as a class one misdemeanor the intentional killing, wounding, pursuing, entrapping, discharging or releasing of a deadly weapon at mountain lions, lynx and bobcats. Fines and hunting license suspension are also potential consequences ...

Sika Deer Velvet Antler Peptide Exerts Neuroprotective Effect in a Parkinson's Disease Model via Regulating Oxidative Damage and Gut Microbiota - Pharmaceuticals, 2024

... this research was aimed at evaluating the neuroprotective effects of Sika Deer velvet antler peptide (VAP) ... , the administration of the VAP effectively reduced the dopaminergic neuron damage and reversed the neurobehavioral deficits. They also diminished microglia activation and apoptosis, all without any noticeable adverse effects. Additionally, the VAP was observed to beneficially alter the gut microbiota ...

Summary of Iowa’s deer population trends [Youtube Video] July 24, 2024 Brownfield Ag News

...  if you're in Western Iowa right now we've got some pretty good concerns about what's happening along that Missouri River area and those numbers have been dropping for several years, but in the central part of the state in the southeast part of the state our deer numbers are probably hate to say it but a little too good ..,

Roanoke City leaders approve $40,000 to reduce deer population July 24, 2024 Virginia, WSLS 10

... “We’re really making an effort to implement more native plants. Plants that tend to be more deer resistant. So, it’s hard to go back and fix the plants that we’ve already planted but moving forward we’re really trying to be mindful about things that are more resistant, and that deer just don’t find as tasty,” ...

Indiana DNR seeks public feedback on proposed otter trapping and deer hunting changes July 24, 2024 ABC57 News

... A statewide bag limit of six antlerless deer as well as a newly created county antlerless bag limit instead of season antlerless bag limits... Read the rule or comment

ncreased tourist numbers in Nara Park are affecting size of its deer population July 22, 2024 Japan Today

... the star attraction of Nara Park is the deer ... Over the two days, the team visually confirmed 1,325 deer, 92 more than they spotted in 2023. In terms of deer demographic distribution, the foundation counted 313 stags, 798 does, and 214 fawns ...

Habitat growth fosters wildlife use at North Star, study shows July 22, 2024 Colorado, Aspen Journalism

.. A report,  ... the percent cover of willows and cottonwoods, and secondary shrubs like alders, along the Roaring Fork and its various oxbows, has grown exponentially,” Lowsky said. “The benefit of that is it’s created orders of magnitude more habitat for songbirds and small mammals, cover for deer and elk ...

Study shows deer population is long in the tooth July 21, 2024 Idaho, Lewiston Tribune

... The Idaho Fish and Game study pulled data from the teeth of 605 hunter-killed whitetail deer in hunting units 8A and 10A to determine the age structure of harvested animals. It included a doe that was 15½ years old and eight bucks that were 9½...

California’s bears are thriving. Here’s the case for letting hunters kill more July 21, 2024 California, Los Angeles Times on MSN

... The Fish and Wildlife Department issued a draft black bear management plan in April that estimates California’s black bear population to be about 65,000, up from around 20,000 in 1998, when the last such plan was adopted... From 2012 to 2022, black bear hunters paid more than $27 million in licensing fees that funded the salaries of state biologists and game wardens ..,

Wildlife-friendly fences July 19, 2024 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

... Much of Utah's public and private lands have been used historically as wildlife migration corridors; routes that wildlife follow between summer and winter habitat that are based on learned patterns... Fences not designed with wildlife in mind can have negative effects on wildlife populations...

DNR Studying Ways to Increase Deer Population in Southwest Iowa July 19, 2024 Western Iowa Today

... not due to habitat, and it’s not coyotes, but rather a combination of liberalizing the doe harvest and disease... from 1999 to 2023; vehicle incidents involving deer are down 59 percent, spotlight surveys showed a 36 percent decline from 2008 to 2023, bow hunter surveys showed a 25 percent drop from 2008 to 2023, and harvest of antlered deer is down 52 percent since 2008 ..,

Comparing camera‐based ungulate density estimates: a case study using island populations of bighorn sheep and mule deer

July, 2024 - The Journal of Wildlife Management

 ... While camera-based methods theoretically provide an alternative way to estimate density when traditional methods are impractical, our results suggest that more work is needed to ensure density estimates are accurate and precise enough to inform population management... Using 15-m viewsheds and the IS estimators, mule deer density estimates came with a 26% CVmean ...

Southeast Idaho Mule Deer Advisory Committee efforts are underway July 19, 2024 Idaho Fish and Game

... Mule deer herds are challenged by hard winters, increasing human development, decreasing habitat quality, improved hunting technology, changing hunter values, and an increased demand for hunting opportunities. As an example, the 2022-2023 winter in southeastern Idaho was one of the most severe on record, resulting in significant population declines for mule deer... The committee met for the first time on July 1 and will meet monthly through the fall leading up to big game season setting this winter...

B.C. brings in more restrictions to limit spread of chronic wasting in deer, elk July 19, 2024 British Columbia, Toronto Star

... updated hunting regulations will see mandatory testing for the disease in deer, elk and moose in certain zones in the Kootenay region.  Two deer in the Kootenay region were confirmed with the disease in January ..,

Iowa City adopts new deer management plan July 19, 2024 Iowa, The Gazette

... a new five year deer management plan that will continue the city’s urban bow hunt program but delays the possibility of a sharpshooting season until 2026... aims for a population density of less than 25 deer per square mile...

Biodetection data: Using odor signature in white-tailed deer associated with infection by Chronic Wasting Disease prions 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture

...  This study involved training canine biodetectors in 2021-2022, to identify populations and/or individuals infected with CWD via detection of feces odors. Dogs were trained to detect and discriminate CWD infected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from non-infected white-tailed deer, obtained from targeted removal events conducted throughout the United States and several counties in western Tennessee, in a laboratory setting at the National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, Colorado...

Hunting, Fishing, and Conservation Organizations Applaud BLM's Decision to Align Big Game Management with the State of Colorado July 18, 2024 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

... “As ungulate herds face daunting challenges from an array of uses on Colorado’s public lands, it is vital that BLM take these additional management actions to address oil and gas siting and development and lessen the pace of fragmentation to crucial habitats,” said Suzanne O’Neill, Executive Director of the Colorado Wildlife Federation...

BLM proposes plan to conserve wildlife and manage oil and gas in Colorado July 18, 2024 Bureau of Land Management

... Under the preferred alternative, where lands are open to oil and gas leasing under existing Resource Management Plans, the BLM would prescribe measures consistent with the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Regulation to conserve seasonal habitats and connectivity within big game high priority habitat in support of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s big game population objectives...

Moose Management Report and Plan, Game Management Unit 20A 2024 Alaska Department of Fish and Game

... The 2019 Unit 20A population estimate of 11,770 (after applying a SCF) moose falls within the IM population objective of 10,000–15,000 moose. All completed surveys in the past 10 years (RY10–RY19) have also been within the IM population objective. Similarly, the bull-to-cow ratio has also been above the current management objective of 25 bulls:100 cows over that same period...

Report: Harrisburg among hotpots for wildlife-vehicle collisions in Pa. July 18, 2024 Pennsylvania, fox43 on MSN

... 2023 ... PennDOT data shows more than 4,800 vehicles hit deer ...The Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee issued a report last month [lots of information] identifying locations with the biggest need and detailing possible solutions...,

Uncommon technique is helping save wildlife — and humans — on Highway 101 July 17, 2024 California, KSBY

... mounds of dirt ... that lead over a fence ... called jumpouts ... successfully used by deer that were trapped in the right of way ... using the jumpout to get safely out of the right of way ...

FWP News:  Guiding Principles for Mule Deer Management Plan Released for Public Comment  July 16, 2024 Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks

... “We know how concerned people are with mule deer numbers across the state,” said FWP Director Dustin Temple...  the guiding principles include but are not limited to:  Increasing mule deer populations.  Using best available science to inform management decisions ... 

Crews to conduct wildlife survey between Louisville, Frankfort to improve highway safety July 16, 2024 Kentucky, WHAS11

... Kentucky field crews will soon begin observing the first of two deer populations ... Survey crews will conduct research on the ground and in the air using drones with infrared cameras...

Gray wolves could fall off Washington state endangered list July 16, 2024  Axios

... Washington's wolf population increased every year for the last 15 years and rose 20% in 2023 over 2022, according to a WDFW report released this year, with a count of 260 wolves in 42 packs... Wolves began repopulating Washington in 2008, crossing first from the Canadian border into the state and later from Idaho, according to University of Washington research published last month...

Two Fairfax County teens are trying to prevent deer-vehicle collisions July 15, 2024 Virginia, WTOP News

... The devices Karan and Jain are developing would recognize vehicles and deer through computer vision and then send out pulses and bio-sound to turn the deer away...The two have received a ... $15,000 grant from the Animal Welfare Institute ...

Here are the particulars on antlerless deer permits July 16, 2024 Maine, Bangor Daily News

... This year about 128,000 permits will be issued, which is an increase of almost 20,000 over last year... No permits will be issued in the WMDs in northwestern Maine...,

Commission adjusts deer rules July 16, 2024 Michigan, Daily Press

... antlerless harvest quotas will be reduced in the “mid-snowfall zone,” a band crossing the middle latitudes of the U.P. ..,

New Jersey Town Advances Plan to Surgically Sterilize Individual Deer to Reduce Herd July 15, 2024 Field & Stream

... But before the plan can take effect, it must be approved by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife—which has twice before rejected Princeton’s requests to start a surgical sterilization program ... The current deer density ... is estimated at 43 to 51 deer per square mile... 

State adopts new deer hunting regulations, rejects antler point restrictions, one buck rule July 12, 2024 Michigan, FOX 17

... Hunters in the Lower Peninsula can expect more opportunity to hunt does ... Deer baiting, for example, won't be expanded in the Lower Peninsula, and neither will antler-point restrictions (which would require hunters to target more mature bucks)...

The History Of Deer Forest: From Thriving Park To Abandonment July 12, 2024 Michigan, WGRD

... Deer were reportedly living in such poor conditions that authorities had to relocate over 150 malnourished deer from the property. Visitors were astonished to see deer so thin you could count their ribs. As a result, the park closed down with many of the buildings and equipment left to decay...

Western Iowa's antlerless deer quotas dropping in effort to increase herd size July 12, 2024 Radio Iowa

... The DNR’s Tyler Harms oversees the state deer populations and told the commission one of the reasons for the big drop in western Iowa’s deer herd is overhunting. “It’s very obvious that overharvest over an extended period of time from really the mid 2000s to the early 2010s contributed to the population decline,” ...

MDC seeking public feedback on updates to deer management plan July 12, 2024 Missouri Department of Conservation - MO.gov

... much has changed for deer managers since the previous version of the plan was completed a decade ago, including ... the continued spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and declines in deer hunter numbers ...MDC invites the public to learn more about deer management in Missouri and to read and comment on its draft Deer Management Plan goals and objectives through Aug. 4 at mdc.mo.gov/white-tailed-deer-management-plan-revision...

Video Below:  Dr. Stephen Ditchkoff of Auburn University Deer Lab is leading some of the top deer research studies in the nation. In today’s podcast, he answers questions about controlled burns, how to create more (and better) food sources for deer, what makes a good mother doe, and more. July 11, 2024

Deer in the News

Video Below:  Two baby deer play in puddle while Mom watches! July 23, 2024

Maryland Cold Case: His pet deer came home, but Bobby never did [Youtube Video] July 24, 2024 WMAR-2 News

... when he didn't come home and his deer came home which he was so attached to ...  the mother had said that she had watched him through the kitchen window walking down the street with his pet deer Pete until she couldn't see him any longer ... 

Wildlife Officers Rescue Deer With Rat Trap Latched To Jaw in Colorado July 23, 2024 Unofficial Networks

... The trap likely prevented the doe from eating or drinking and without human intervention could have lead to her death. This type of trap is often baited with attractants like peanut butter ...

Amazing antlers: Differences in deer décor depends on does, diets and DNA July 20, 2024 Pennsylvania, The Citizens' Voice

... deer antlers are the only completely re-generable organ in mammals. Deer have extremely low cancer rates — five times lower than other animals. The gene that allows for rapid antler growth may be related to why they have such low cancer rates...

Video Below:  Hero in canoe rescues baby deer.  July 18, 2024

B.C. conservation officers remove crossbow bolt stuck in deer's back for 4 weeks July 13, 2024 British Columbia, Victoria News

... a resident notified the COS about the deer bedding down in her backyard in the shade and they were able to successfully attend the property and help the deer..

Video Below:  New Rochelle firefighters rescue deer that got stuck in the mud.  July 12, 2024 New York

Feel Good Friday: Fawn receiving care after being hit by a truck July 12, 2024 KBTX

... After a Good Samaritan stopped to assist the baby deer, they took her to Paws and Claws Wildlife Rehabilitation in College Station...

Bethel Park woman pleading with game commission over deer stuck in netting July 12, 2024 Pennsylvania, CBS News on MSN

... The state game warden told KDKA they are aware of this deer and want "to provide relief" to it, "but have not been able to get close enough to the deer to help." ...

Pecatonica,IL Is In a Fawn Frenzy Over a Baby Being Separated From Its Mom July 11, 2024 Illionois, Q98.5

... A female deer in Pecatonica, Illinois who often interacts with neighbors, children, and dogs recently had a baby which she has been separated from ... The Pec police department watched the fawn for a hour, after seeing she was not super responsive they called animal control. [taken to Hoo Haven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, see below]

Officials remind people to keep dogs leashed to protect deer family in Portland July 11, 2024 Oregon, wgme on MSN

... Park official ... say for the safety of the pair, please keep your dog on a leash at all times, because if you get too close, the mother deer, which has very sharp hooves, will try to defend her baby...

Oh Deer! Alberta wildlife facility full of fawns after unintentional deer-nappings July 11, 2024 Alberta, CTV News

... "Fawns that enter AIWC’s clinic are typically orphaned or injured, but three of the current fawns were not in need of rescue and were unintentionally kidnapped from the wild,"...

‘Totally senseless’: East Nashville neighbors react to deer found; appears to shot June 27, 2024 Tennessee, WSMV on MSN

... “They’re wild animals but we’re in the city, they’re as domesticated really as a deer can get in city limits. I cried, I’ll be honest, I was upset about it ...  I came across this crossbow bolt,” ...

Officials remind people to keep dogs leashed to protect deer family in Portland July 11, 2024 Oregon, wgme on MSN

... Park official ... say for the safety of the pair, please keep your dog on a leash at all times, because if you get too close, the mother deer, which has very sharp hooves, will try to defend her baby...

Oh Deer! Alberta wildlife facility full of fawns after unintentional deer-nappings July 11, 2024 Alberta, CTV News

... "Fawns that enter AIWC’s clinic are typically orphaned or injured, but three of the current fawns were not in need of rescue and were unintentionally kidnapped from the wild,"...

‘Totally senseless’: East Nashville neighbors react to deer found; appears to shot June 27, 2024 Tennessee, WSMV on MSN

... “They’re wild animals but we’re in the city, they’re as domesticated really as a deer can get in city limits. I cried, I’ll be honest, I was upset about it ...  I came across this crossbow bolt,” ...

Colorado Elk Caught Tossing a Ball With Kids Looks Like They Just Want to Play June 22, 2024 PetHelpful on MSN

... the boys were mindful not to throw the ball right at the wild animal... the male elk was just as curious and friendly as the boys ... Facebook Video

Video shows deer warning yearling, Oregon family of approaching black bear June 20, 2024 USA Today on MSN

... Video shows the deer, called Ziggy by an unseen narrator, cautiously pacing through the yard and stomping to alert its yearling and the family that a bear is approaching. The black bear emerges from a clearing in the forest ...

Video Below:  Deer survive massive wildfire in New Mexico.  June 19, 2024