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Idaho data show high winter survival for collared mule deer fawns, elk calves March 12, 2026 KBOI on MSN
... By the end of February, 89% of collared mule deer fawns and 99% of collared elk calves were still alive statewide ... "this is exactly what we were hoping for — back-to-back mild winters to help get herd numbers, specifically in southeast Idaho, back on track.” ..,
Chronic wasting disease found in another deer in Louisiana; four parishes now affected March 12, 2026
Yahoo
... An adult doe caught in January by a hunter in Ouachita Parish tested positive ... The count of confirmed infections in Louisiana is now up to 55 ..,
Mild Winter Leaves Wyoming Predators Hungry While Big Game Thrive March 12, 2026 Cowboy State Daily
... the winter of 2025-2026 was the polar opposite of the 2022-2023 winter, with its brutal weather that killed deer, elk and antelope by the tens of thousands... There’s been less winterkill, and many of the deer and other prey animals are in great shape, making them more difficult to catch and kill..,
Coalition Files Lawsuit Challenging Approval of Catalina Island Mule Deer Eradication Plan March 12, 2026 California, Outdoor Wire
... a coalition of hunting, conservation, and sportsmen's advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's approval of a plan to exterminate all mule deer on Catalina Island... The lawsuit alleges that the Department's approval fails to meet the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), lacks adequate scientific evidence, and does not properly consider other and better alternatives ...
Three men accused of illegally transporting live deer across state lines March 12, 2026 West Virginia, WCHSTV.com
... Poling, who manages Dream Mountain Ranch in Preston County, is accused of working with Weaver and Miller to transport deer without health certificates required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Origin Park deer reduction 'suspended indefinitely' March 11, 2026 Indiana, Louisville Public Media
... “We are aware of the concerns that have been raised within the community and can confirm that the previously discussed deer reduction has been placed on an indefinite pause,” RHC said in the letter ... Some criticized killing deer at all and asked about why it was needed...
Keep Deer Out Of Your Yard With The Help Of A Spice Cabinet Essential March 11, 2026 AOL
... cloves very well may be the unexpected solution ... The simplest method is to sprinkle dried cloves around the base of plants and trees or around the perimeter of your yard and garden. When ground into a powder, cloves can also be sprinkled onto leaves and branches on which deer have been munching ...
State's positive CWD cases nearly doubles March 11, 2026 Alabama Franklin County Times
... the state had nine new positive cases this past hunting season...eight positive cases in Lauderdale County and one in Colbert County..,
What's happening to Maine's deer wintering areas — and why it matters March 10, 2026 Bangor Daily News
... Deer often travel 20 miles or more from their summer range to the same wintering areas year after year. They depend on thick stands of cedar, hemlock, fir and spruce for shelter and winter food. These forests also create shallower snow conditions that allow deer to move more easily, reach food and evade predators such as coyotes ...
Medina leaders, lamenting lackluster bow-hunting program, mull sharpshooters to cull deer herd March 10, 2026 Ohio, Cleveland.com
... The city chose the archery program to address its growing deer population, with council approving it 2022 and 58% of voters approving a similar ballot measure in 2023... “[Bow hunting] is not working, in my mind,” Councilman Bill Lamb said...
Ashland Considers Public Education to Address Deer Conflicts March 10, 2026 Oregon, National Today
... a public awareness campaign to educate residents on the importance of not feeding deer, which can lead to the animals becoming more comfortable around humans and losing their natural fear. The campaign will also encourage residents to use hazing techniques, such as making loud noises or using motion-activated sprinklers, to deter deer from entering residential areas. If these efforts fail to curb the problem, the city may consider lethal removal of aggressive deer as a last resort...
Ashland, What deer crisis? March 10, 2026 Oregon, Ashland News
... I’ve lived in Ashland for more than 15 years, on both the south and north sides of the city, long enough to have witnessed this “crisis” before. Back in 2015 Mayor John Stromberg convened a “deer summit” to resolve this crisis. Experts noted then, as they do now, that we cannot kill our way out of a long-term solution. So perhaps we should stop talking about killing deer every time this issue rears its head and instead learn how best to live with them within their own home territory..,
Why do hunters choose lead ammunition? March 10, 2026 New York, The Wildlife Society
... In both wildlife and people, exposure to high amounts can cause lead poisoning and death ... Although more aware and concerned licensed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) hunters in New York state use lead-free ammunition, some aware yet unconcerned hunters used lead ammunition, showing that awareness does not always drive changes in behavior ... study published in Human Dimensions of Wildlife...
HB2147 is bad news for Arizona's hunters March 9, 2026 Arizona Capitol Times
... HB2147, fundamentally alters the way that deer hunting works in the Grand Canyon State by creating landowner deer tags. It removes opportunity from hunters, takes Arizonans’ resources away from the public trust, commercializes wild game resources, and removes strong science from the management of wildlife...
Minnesota deer farmers are holding out hope for a reprieve from fence requirement March 9, 2026 Agweek
... for many of the about 80 deer farmers remaining in the state, the deer farms they have built may not be able to continue as is and most likely will end with the current owner... A group of 10 Minnesota deer farmers is still embroiled in a case before an administrative law judge concerning their failure to meet requirements that stop contact between farmed and wild deer ... Video Below
Plan to kill all the deer on Catalina Island challenged by LA County Counsel, Supervisor Hahn March 9, 2026 California, Los Angeles Daily News
... Without at least some deer eating vegetation from hillsides, it would “elevate wildfire risk to developed areas, particularly in Avalon and other locations where heavy fuels are present within 200 feet of structures,” he wrote. The island is listed as a “Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone,” by CalFire, the highest risk category...
'Prolific poacher' is going to prison in Washington state March 9, 2026 Elkhorn Media Group
... an almost 20-year history of animal abuse and illegal hunting ... a guilty plea to seven felonies and a sentence of 43.5 months in prison ... One count of unlawful hunting of big game in the first degree committed while armed with a firearm ... One count of unlawful hunting of big game in the first degree ...
Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003–2022) - PLoS One, 2026
... We identified a significant increase in the proportion of cervid cases diagnosed with CWD in Saskatchewan that was consistent across species, with the odds of an individual cervid in Saskatchewan being CWD positive increasing by 22% per year. We also detected a significant increase in the proportion of moose (Alces americanus) cases diagnosed with P. tenuis, and this trend was consistent across endemic regions in Canada. Emerging diseases were also detected for the first time through our surveillance approach (e.g., the first Ontario cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, detected in white-tailed deer ...
The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife March 7, 2026 Washington, Yahoo
... A 2022 study by researchers at the University of Washington concluded that permanently switching to DST could save roughly 33 human lives per year, prevent about 36,000 deer deaths from car crashes and reduce some of the $1 billion in costs associated with these collisions...
Maternal chronic wasting disease infection restricts fetal head size in white-tailed deer 2026 Prion
... In this study, we addressed the impact of maternal CWD infection on foetal head development (as a proxy for brain growth) in wild white-tailed deer using data from CWD management efforts in northern IIlinois, U.S.A... These findings suggest impeded brain development in the offspring of CWD-infected female deer, which could reduce fawns’ survival and success after birth and lead to a decline in population fitness over time ...
California Mountain Lion Protections Spark Urban–Rural Conflict Over Conservation March 6, 2026 State Affairs
... Ranchers like Fontana contend ... “It’s been very hard to work with these agencies because they are elusive about the facts... the California Deer Association, in a report last year, noted that "while our deer herds continue to crumble, the populations of two apex predators – mountain lions and black bears – are healthy and growing. Our growing mountain lion population is having an increasingly devastating impact on California’s struggling deer herds." ...
New contraceptive vaccine sharply reduces fertility enabling humane wildlife management March 6, 2026 Indianam, Yahoo
... the goal is a humane tool for animal overpopulation in species such as feral horses, deer and swine... an immunocontraceptive vaccine built around a sperm protein called IZUMO1. In early tests in mice, their formulations cut fertility sharply ...
Fort Meade announces annual deer herd reduction measures March 5, 2026 Maryland, Army
... Since 2014 the Directorate of Public Works has worked with the U. S. Department of Agriculture to reduce herd size and increase the health of the herd here through an annual cull of up to 150 mature deer....
Too many deer in your area? Birth control could help March 5, 2026 Massachusetts, Phys.org
... The idea of using birth control to keep wildlife in check is still novel, and many locations have been slow to adopt the approach. The EPA also has yet to register PZP-22 as a method for managing deer, which limits state wildlife agencies to issuing permits for experimental use. Rutberg also stresses that PZP-22 is a solution only for suburbs with dense deer populations, not for the rural areas where most hunting takes place...
Two Deer Test Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease At Pennsylvania Parks March 5, 2026 National Parks Traveler
.... Two deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease during recent white-tailed deer reduction operations at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site in Pennsylvania. This is the first confirmed case of CWD at Gettysburg..,
Iowa DNR limits antlerless deer hunting amid population concerns in western counties March 4, 2026 weareiowa.com
... The eight counties with the lowest deer population will be put in their own zone known as Zone B. This zone will have a special hunting license, and even further regulations...
Ohio proposes changes for 2026-27 deer hunting seasons. See what's new March 4, 2026 AOL
... As in years past, only one antlered deer may be harvested, regardless of where or how it is taken... Increasing bag limits in Defiance, Paulding and Warren counties ... Expanding the Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance area ...
Hunters Harvest 92,553 Deer During '25-'26 Seasons March 4, 2026 West Virginia, Connect Bridgeport
... The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced that hunters harvested 92,553 white-tailed deer during the 2025-2026 seasons, which is a 17 percent decrease from the 2024 deer harvest of 111,646 and 14 percent below the 5-year average of 107,434. This year’s decreased harvest was caused by an increase in hard mast production ..,
DNR Releases Summary Of 2025 CWD Sampling Efforts March 4, 2026 Wisconsin DNR
... In total, 17,759 deer were sampled throughout the state during the 2025 hunting seasons with 2,006 samples testing positive. Most (87%) of these detections were in the Southern Farmland Zone...
Chronic wasting disease confirmed in deer for first time near Scofield, new areas of Uintah County March 4, 2026 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Utah.gov
... Chronic wasting disease was first detected in Utah’s mule deer in 2002, in northeastern Utah, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently confirmed it has now spread to deer in the Scofield area of Carbon County, as well as new areas of Uintah County...
Video Below: Idaho Fish and Game said animals are using the overpass, which was created to help migratory animals move freely over I-90 in Osburn. March 3, 2026
LA County Counsel calls Catalina Island's plan to eradicate mule deer 'unnecessarily violent' March 3, 2026 California, NBC Los Angeles
... In her letter, LA County Counsel Dawyn Harrison called the plan “inhumane and deeply distressing,” urging the conservancy to sterilize the animals instead of killing them... “Proceeding with a five-year mass slaughter without a definitive, peer-reviewed population survey is scientifically reckless and erodes all public trust.” ...
Some Baltimore residents oppose city's deer management program by use of sharpshooters March 3, 2026 Maryland, CBS News on MSN
... more than 100 deer will be targeted at Leakin Park.... "If you're able to bring it down to that 20 deer per square mile, and if you basically go hands off for a little while, you'll have an increase back in the population. So we have to do constant management," Boehne said...
Wolves are stealing cougar kills in Yellowstone, study finds March 3, 2026 Science Daily
... researchers found that wolves often muscle in on cougar kills—sometimes even killing the cats—but cougars never return the favor. Instead of fighting back, cougars adapt. As elk numbers dropped, they shifted toward hunting more deer, which they can eat quickly and in safer terrain, helping them dodge wolf encounters...
How Many Mountain Lions Are in Wyoming? March 3, 2026 K2 Radio
... The Wyoming Game and Fish Department does not publish an official population count, but current estimates suggest there are approximately 2,000 adult mountain lions in Wyoming... They prefer habitats with dense brush, canyons, and steep ridges that provide cover for hunting prey like deer and elk ...
High-Fence Ranches in Idaho Promised Biosecurity. Then Elk Started Escaping, and Wild Deer and Moose Broke in March 2, 2026 Yahoo
... Idaho Fish and Game culled 82 wild mule deer that wandered into a high-fence ranch near Rexburg due to fears of chronic wasting disease.bbRecent incidents in Idaho have shown ongoing problems with intermingling between wild and captive cervids, with wild animals entering high-fence ranches and domestic animals escaping ...
Ohio lawmaker wants to examine reintroducing elk in the state March 2, 2026 WOWK-TV
... Elk ... could once be found across Ohio, but were extirpated from the state in the 1800s due to overhunting and deforestation... The proposal would require the study to include identifying potential suitable habitats for elk in the state ...
CSU's new wildlife tracking collar uses biodegradable material March 2, 2026 Colorado, KiowaCountyPress.net
... Kirk McGilvray, associate professor of mechanical engineering, said a polymer used in the new fasteners slowly degrades after exposure to rain, sunlight and animal sweat... Data gleaned from GPS tracking collars on deer have been used to identify where high-traffic migration corridors meet roads and highways in order to site wildlife overpasses...
Dig this: Replanting sagebrush in the wake of wildfire is the perfect way to give back to Idaho’s wild critters and places March 2, 2026 Idaho Fish and Game
... Last year, an army of volunteers helped replant thousands of acres with 40 million sagebrush and bitterbrush seeds after the Paddock Fire torched a huge portion of mule deer winter range near Emmett in the summer of ’24... That’s why Idaho Fish and Game is seeking volunteers to come spend a day or a weekend helping our habitat biologists and various partners help plant sagebrush seedlings....
Connecticut researchers now know why COVID is no longer infecting animals March 1, 2026 Yahoo
... their study, the results of which were published in the journal Nature late last year ... they learned that while COVID-19 was prevalent in wild animals during the height of the pandemic, later variants such as the omicron strain were less suited to animal hosts...
Assessing Forest Habitat Structure with LiDAR Across Ungulate Management Gradients, 2026, Forests
... LiDAR studies have previously demonstrated potential for linking high-resolution structural data to ungulate habitat use, and our approach extends this by focusing on structural complexity as a habitat indicator. Results show a consistent increase in LiDAR-derived structural complexity between 2019 and 2023 across all regions. This increase occurred across management contexts and was not consistently explained by fencing or hunting regime effects, suggesting that site conditions, forest composition, and successional processes were dominant drivers during the observation period. Hunting regime showed no statistically significant and no consistent effect on structural complexity across regions or years...
Michigan's Apex Predator: 2025 a Record Year for Cougar Sighting March 1, 2026 WKFR
.. biologists logged more than 30 verified sightings, surpassing previous records and marking the third straight year of climbing sightings ... very single one was in the Upper Peninsula ...
Teeth are the key for biologists to understand the health of Vermont’s deer population February 28, 2026 VTDigger
... Understanding the age of the deer population is key to how the regulations are written, and the internal structure of the deer’s teeth produces precise age estimates... Last year, more than 3,000 tooth samples were collected from the stations in the field and mailed in to Vermont Fish & Wildlife...
Battle over deer control drives Sun City neighbors to court, residents ask for jury trial February 27, 2026 Texas, KVUE
... Nineteen homeowners have filed a lawsuit against the Sun City Community Association – their homeowner’s association – alleging the group uses feeders and nets to trap and kill deer as part of a population control effort. On Friday, a couple dozen neighbors and attorneys gathered inside the 395th District Courtroom for the first hearing in the case... [Video Below]
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Around 100 white-tail deer found dead after train spills corn for roughly 80 miles March 12, 2026 Mminnesota, Local 12
... The DNR said the spilled corn can draw deer to the tracks, and rather than jump into deep snow along the railway, deer try to “outrun” the train down the tracks. Porter said train strikes do happen, but the situation is different when food is on the tracks during winter ...
This Tiny Florida Deer Lives Nowhere Else on Earth March 9, 2026 Yahoo
... The Key deer is a subspecies of the white-tailed deer, having evolved in isolation in the lower portion of the Florida Keys. Over thousands of years, limited resources and island life favored smaller bodies, resulting in the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer in North America... With only around 600 individuals left in the wild, the Key deer is one of the rarest deer in North America...
Video Below: A peaceful encounter with mule deer in the winter snow. This ambient 4K video captures the quiet beauty of wildlife grazing undisturbed in the foothills of the Colorado Front Range. This footage was captured on a recent winter hike in Hall Ranch Park near Lyons, Colorado. March 8, 2026
NJ firefighters rescue deer that fell through ice in canal March 6, 2026 New Jersey, NJ.com on MSN
... The jittery deer wouldn’t hold still, though, so firefighters moved to plan B — a combination of rope and an inflatable raft — and successfully removed it from the frigid water...
Bobcat takes down deer in residential area March 4, 2026 Colorado, Colorado Springs Gazette
... The initial online response was disbelief with posters emphatically suggesting it was a mountain lion who made the kill and stashed the deer. But the incident had been witnessed by Woodland Park resident Kelly Ragan, and photos of the bobcat dragging the deer surfaced...
Wildlife officer shoots off deer antler, saving 2 bucks with 1 shot March 4, 2026 Ohio, FOX 8 News on MSN
... A state wildlife officer successfully shot off the antler of a buck, saving the deer as well as another buck the animal had become entangled with ... The ODNR said one of the bucks had netting stuck in its antlers which entangled the other buck as well...
Rocky Mountain elk seen in the Central Valley
CBS47 and KSEE24 February 26, 2026 California, News from YourCentralValley.com
... A Rocky Mountain elk has been taking a solo trip across the Central Valley for the last few months... “The Rocky Mountain elk are mostly down by Tehachapi. And so that is, that’s a likely source of where he came from,” said Tim Kroeker, Wildlife Biologist for the California Fish and Wildlife...
Albino doe continues to roam Farmington Hills as deer cull looms February 25, 2026 Michigan, USA TODAY
... A rare white deer was recently spotted in Farmington Hills, Michigan, amid a regional deer cull. Residents have expressed hope that the unique animal will be spared by sharpshooters. City officials have not confirmed if the white deer will be protected ...
Video Below: We leave you this Sunday with White-tailed deer foraging in the Genesee Valley near Rochester, New York. CBS Sunday Morning, February 22, 2026
Snowmobilers rescue moose stuck in snow in New Hampshire's North Country February 18, 2026 WMUR
... all you could see, was the hair and her head ... She was unable to move, just couldn't move at all ... the moose was calm but exhausted while the group spent about 20 minutes digging her out with their hands and boots...
Video Below: Workers rescue deer from wastewater treatment tank in Jessamine County. February 11, 2026 Kentucky, WKYT
Michigan State Police rescue deer in East Grand Rapids Februaary 9, 2026 Huron Daily Tribune
... With help from the homeowner, Wehler was able to carefully free the animal... After being released, the deer ran off without issue ...
Firefighter bear hugs terrified deer on icy lake in daring rescue February 8, 2026 Washington, The Washington Post on MSN.com
... at Washington state’s Loon Lake ...A deer was stranded in the middle of it... firefighter Gavyn Gallagher, 26, and his team arrived ... managed to lasso her with a rope, then splayed his body on the ice and hugged her from behind ...
Inside Maine's surprisingly cutthroat shed-hunting world February 3, 2026 Bangor Daily News
... In recent years, shed hunting in Maine has exploded in popularity... stories circulate of stolen spots, sabotaged areas, false online accusations and even threats ...
Video Below: A deer with a plastic bucket stuck on its head has prompted at least a dozen calls to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Rock County. January 2, 2026, WMTV
Hunters Perform CPR on Deer and Save Its Life January 29, 2026 Texas, Newstalk KGVO
... him and his hunting partner stumble upon a partially alive buck stuck in a fence, choking, its neck wound tight in wire... Aldofo begins performing chest compressions ... [Video Below]
Video Below: How white-tailed deer survive in extremely cold temperatures. January 29, 2026
Lapeer County rescue saves fawns, educates locals on wildlife January 29, 2026 Michigan, ABC12
... Short’s Fawn Rescue in Lapeer County is a charity dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned fawns, returning them to the wild... Anyone interested in supporting the rescue can donate on their website or join their annual Run Wild for the Fawns Virtual 5K starting February 23rd...
Video Below: Dramatic video shows a deer smashing through a bank window and running wild as officers try to wrangle it. January 22, 2026
Video Below: Brownville’s Food Pantry for Deer helps provide essential nourishment to the local deer population in Brownville, Maine. The organization feeds approximately 700 pounds of oats daily to 150-200 deer. - January 12, 2026
3 New York Hunters Illegally Kill Trophy Deer, Leave It To Die January 12 ,2026 Q105.7
... men drove through fields in the town of Richford, spotlighting for deer ... shot an 11-point buck from their vehicle ... the landowner found the deer still alive but not moving...
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Seeds, Survival, and Predators: Inside the Relentless Cycle of New Hampshire's Deer January 10, 2025 A-Z Animals
... To the Abenaki people, who are still honored throughout New England today, the white-tailed deer is symbolic of life and community. The Abenaki use deer hunting as a test and coming-of-age ritual, often using every part of the animal so none goes to waste. Deer are also called “animal people,” emphasizing the connection between humans and animals. When a deer is hunted, many bury the animal’s heart where it was slain...
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