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100 Miles of Derelict Fencing Removed by Rewilders Across the Great Plains in Montana January 7, 2026 Good News Network
... With free-roaming animals like mule deer, elk, and pronghorn, the idea is to completely free them to move about as they please, as if it were the year 8,000 BCE...
Suspected case of chronic wasting disease in Ferry County mule deer found 'inconclusive' by WDFW January 7, 2026 Washginton, KREM
... the department received reports from a private testing company regarding a positive CWD test ... additional testing done by the department found that the positive case found in the deer was 'inconclusive.' ...
Iowa City continues deer management efforts amid population growth December 7, 2026 Iowa, The Gazette
... A year and a half into its five-year deer management plan, Iowa City is continuing to work toward a target deer population of 25 animals per square mile. But a drone survey — and reports from residents — on the north side of the city shows there are nearly 100 deer per mile...
Minnesota #Deer Harvest Increased In 2025 January 6, 2026 KFGO
... Hunters harvested 186,203 deer during the 2025 hunting season, which is a statewide 9% increase from the 2024 hunting season, according to preliminary figures from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The statewide harvest was 5% higher than the five-year average...
Native and Alien Ungulates in North America: Potential for Restoring Herbivore Diversity and Functions 2026 Global Ecology and Biogeography
... Large herbivores play key roles in ecosystems by promoting plant diversity, dispersing seeds, regulating nutrient cycling, and shaping vegetation structure. Since the Late Pleistocene, their declines have led to profound ecosystem changes. While often viewed as problematic, alien herbivores may partly compensate for these losses; yet their spatial contributions remain poorly understood. We provide the first spatially explicit assessment of native and alien large herbivores in North America (NA), evaluating their potential to restore herbivore diversity and functions relative to a present-natural baseline...
Worthington residents push back on deer removal program at city council meeting January 5, 2026 Ohio, 10tv.com on MSN
... About a dozen residents said they were alarmed by how close removal activity could occur to homes and were troubled that they would not know when and where exactly the operations would occur... "We did not volunteer to be within 200 feet of the discharge of high-powered firearms, literally at any time in the next 60 days after dark...
When Elk Start Ordering Off the Deer Menu January 5, 2026 Montana Outdoor Radio Show
... deer browse on shrubs and twigs, while elk prefer grazing on grasses... When the snow piles up and food gets scarce, elk switch to browsing too, and that’s when things get lopsided. Elk are much bigger, and without much fuss, they tend to push deer out of the best spots to eat...
DNR confirms CWD in wild deer in Clark County January 5, 2026 Wisconsin, WSAW
... the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease, or CWD in a wild deer in Clark County. The deer was a hunter-harvested adult doe and was not taken within 10 miles of any other county..,
New West Virginia law allows thermal drones to recover lost pets and wounded wildlife January 4, 2026 WV News
... The West Virginia Legislature made it legal for licensed drone operators to search for animals such as deer, elk, or turkeys believed to be mortally wounded...
Hunters needlessly fret about hunting's impact on buck fawns January 4, 2026 Wisconsin, Janesville Gazette
... the DNR compressed over 36 years of research into a four-page brochure to assure hunters that we can’t kill too many of the little princes. The “Wisconsin Buck Fawn Harvest Fact Sheet” showed harvest data from 1964 through 2000. During those decades, buck fawns made up 21.6% of the antlerless kill, while adult does accounted for 59.4%, and doe fawns, 17.4%...
Special, rare deer hunt being held in Cranbrook to reduce chronic wasting disease January 2, 2026 British Columbia, Global News on MSN
... there have been six confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease in B.C. after it was first detected in the Kootenay region in 2024... Cranbrook has become the centre of the disease cases, according to the B.C. government, which puts surrounding deer and elk populations at risk...
As deer populations rises in Maine, officials set new management goals January 2, 2026 Penobscot Bay Press
... Milder winters and an increase in development have led to higher deer numbers along the coast of Maine in recent years, according to Steve Dunham, state biologist ... they’ve increased the number of antlerless permits from about 4,000 to 6,000 in district 26 ... Despite a record harvest statewide, and increased deer numbers along the coast, Trahan said they are still trying to increase the number of deer in western, eastern, and northern Maine..,
Worthington, Sharpshooters to begin reducing deer population in Ohio city January 1, 2026 FOX 8 News on MSN
...one resident is temporarily protected from it happening on their property... He filed a lawsuit against the city after receiving a letter that his property may be used for culling deer. Callinan cited safety concerns and not wanting his two children to have to see the deer be killed... [Video below]
Illinois just made a deer recovery mistake a lot of hunters still risk January 1, 2026 The Avid Outdoorsman on MSN
... you cannot use drones or any unmanned aircraft for any aspect of hunting or for recovery of wild animals, and if you do, you risk not only fines but forfeiture of the equipment you used .... the way you use mapping apps, group texts, and live location sharing to coordinate pressure on deer during the fall and winter hunting periods....
Deer Are Shedding Antlers Early This Year In Minnesota December 31, 2025 WJON
... deer usually shed their antlers in January or February but he's noticed numerous bucks shedding their antlers already. Schmitt believes the cooler and snowier than normal winter in December is a contributing factor...
Inside the ‘complex’ and ‘tremendous’ second year of wolves in Colorado December 31, 2025 Glenwood Springs Post Independent
... Just over a week into the new year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s commission rejected a request to halt wolf releases, which was requested by Western Slope agricultural producers, towns and elected officials. Ten days later, the state’s population of gray wolves tripled with the release of 15 gray wolves from Canada and the re-release of five members from the Copper Creek Pack...
Deer baiting bill takes step forward December 31, 2025 Michigan, Sanilac County News
... MFB Policy #90 on Wildlife Management states: “Decisions on baiting and feeding should be based on science with consideration given to impacts on harvest as well as ongoing disease threats. Therefore, we support baiting to increase harvest and oppose feeding outside of hunting season to limit disease transmission.” ...
Controversial deer hunt is returning at 2 Essex County reservations in 2026 December 31, 2025 New Jersey, Patch on MSN.com
... Since 2008, a total of 3,442 deer (2,184 deer and 1,238 unborn deer) have been killed as part of the cull... advocates like the Animal Protection League of New Jersey (APLNJ) have argued that these types of community hunts are “technical failures” that result in resurgent deer and significant taxpayer expense...
Chronic wasting disease found in Idaho Unit 15 south of Grangeville December 30, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game
A white-tailed buck harvested in Unit 15 south of Grangeville has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. It is the first detection in this hunting unit, but near CWD detections in Unit 14. The location where the animal was killed is about 20 miles from Slate Creek where CWD was first detected in 2021 ...
How white-tailed deer, beavers and loggers share a fascinating chapter in Idaho's natural history December 29, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game
... Beavers were among the main reasons for early explorers to travel into Idaho ... Trappers removing a large segment of the beaver population altered that river bottom habitat. Settlers keyed on whitetails as a food source, and also converted those prime river bottoms into agriculture lands, all of which caused whitetail populations in the southern part of the state plummet. That’s in stark contrast to modern Idaho where whitetails are largely associated with the Panhandle and Clearwater regions, but that’s a fairly recent phenomena in Idaho’s history...,
Mild winter eases big game stressors, could set stage for summer challenges December 29, 2025 Colorado SteamboatToday.com
... Big game herds in Northwest Colorado are rebounding from the punishing winter of 2022-23 ... light snow and prolonged mild conditions throughout Northwest Colorado thus far this winter ... De Vergie’s biggest concern lies beyond winter survival, as low snowpack can reduce spring runoff, which can lead to earlier drying of ponds and vegetation during summer..,
Field scientist shares findings that may help control coyote population in Rhode Island December 29, 2025 Rhode Island, WJAR on MSN
... "We found in our study that we could reduce the population of coyotes by 40% if we moved the big food subsidies that they were getting, roadkill deer and farm livestock," ..."We did do a preliminary study on using alkaline hydrolysis digesters ..." said Dr. Mitchell. "In 18 hours it cooks down to sort of a soup, and we called it 'safe cycle',..
California to use helicopters to place GPS trackers on deer, elk, wolves December 29, 2025 KRCR News Channel 7 on MSN.com
... The collars will transmit data to CDFW scientists daily for up to three years and provide detailed information about animal movements, habitat preferences, and locations...All information will be automatically fed into CDFW's online Wolf Tracker mapping tool. ...
New jaguar spotted in Arizona points to progress in endangered species’ recovery December 28, 2025 Colorado Politics
... It’s the fifth big cat over the last 15 years to be spotted in the area after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border... The menu can include everything from skunks and javelina to small deer...
Is killing more deer the solution to controlling CWD? December 27, 2025 Illinois, e-know.ca
... Traditionally, CWD strategies have focused on reducing deer densities to limit contact and transmission. While effective, this approach ignores the underlying genetic makeup of populations. If nearly half of deer in a region carry protective variants, indiscriminate culling could inadvertently remove individuals with the very traits that offer hope for long-term resilience...Dr. Alfred Roca, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois, has spent years studying genetic variation in wildlife ...
Idaho’s domestic elk farms drawing criticism December 27. 2025 Idaho, Moscow-Pullman Daily News
... Over the past 12 months, chronic wasting disease has been detected three times at elk farms in the state’s southeastern corner, ramping up concern that the movement of animals across fences could serve as a pathway for the fatal and persistent disease to be transferred to wild herds there..,
Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources and Deer Farmers Are Locking Antlers Over Chronic Wasting December 26, 2025 RFDTV [video below]
In Minnesota, there is a decade-long debate that is nearing a tipping point. It is between the state's Department of Natural Resources and the private deer farming industry. Roger McEowen with the Washburn School of Law spoke with RFD-TV's Suzanne Alexander about the foundation of the issue, management costs, and the shrinking of white-tailed deer farms. [Gone down in the last 5 years from about 200 to 79]
Florida's Burmese pythons are a bigger problem than originally thought according to study December 26, 2025 Survival World on MSN
...A study ... pythons capable of opening their mouths wider than anyone thought possible..... This unprecedented size allows Bu.mese pythons to consume prey as large as adult deer...
Missouri may remove antler point restrictions statewide — here’s what’s being proposed December 25, 2025 The Avid Outdoorsman on MSN
... The push to revisit antler point restrictions is part of a broader effort to simplify a system that many hunters and landowners say has become too complicated. State officials have heard repeated complaints that the patchwork of special portions, county specific rules and disease related carve outs makes it hard for you to keep track of what is legal on any given weekend...
DNR officer trespassing? Michigan deer hunters sue over property rights December 25, 2025 mlive on MSN
... A couple deer hunting in a blind on private property are suing after a conservation officer interrupted their firearms opener... challenging the “open fields doctrine” that provides a basis for state conservation officers to widely patrol private land...
Sharpshooters to target deer in Worthington residential neighborhoods in January December 24, 2025 Ohio, WSYX ABC 6 on MSN.com
... 27 locations where professional marks people from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct the culling, but residents have not been informed of specific times or addresse ... Shearer, who moved to the area for its wildlife, is now worried about the safety of her family and neighbors...
The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer December 24, 2025 The Conversation on MSN.com
... Archaeological evidence suggests that white-tailed deer abundance only began to increase after the extinction of megafauna species like mammoths and mastodons opened up ecological niches for deer to fill. Deer bones become very common in archaeological sites from about 6,000 years ... deer populations do not seem to have appreciably declined due to Indigenous hunting prior to AD 1600 ...
Glowing urine and shining bark: Scientists discover the secret visual language of deer December 24, 2025 Georgia, Phys.org on MSN
... when male white-tailed deer want to get noticed by the opposite sex and warn off rivals, they rub their antlers against trees and scrape the forest floor. Then they pee on these patches. But there is more to these physical and scent markers than meets the eye—or nose. According to a new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, they also glow so that other deer can see them when it's dark...
Deer impact seedbanks and plant communities over 18 years of post-agricultural succession 2025 New York, PloS one
... We present 18 years of data from a long-term deer exclosure experiment near Ithaca, NY, USA ... Overall, our findings show that deer increased seedbank diversity, altered seedbank community composition, and suppressed woody plants aboveground. These changes are likely to impact the process of secondary succession. Increased seedbank diversity might increase the feasibility of passive restoration, whereas suppression of woody plants would delay forest recovery...
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Video Below: Training Santa's reindeers in Washington state. - Decembere 30, 2025
Video Below: Helped a Deer Stuck in a Fence. - December 30, 2025
The Biggest Deer Story Of The Year December 27,, 2025 Nebraska, The Post-Journal
... an antler collector paying $1 million for the biggest set of typical antlers a deer ever grew ... a deer no hunter ever shot... way back in 1959 a Nebraska rancher found this pair of shed antlers that were second to none, and still are...
Maine deer eat from trough on live stream, have become internet darlings December 23, 2025 The Washington Post on MSN.com
... Every winter day in a Maine backyard, dozens of deer eat oats, apples and acorns from wooden troughs. Unbeknownst to the deer, four cameras live-stream their every move to thousands of people...
Escaped reindeer cause havoc as they desperately search for Santa's sleigh December 17, 2025 California, Daily Star on MSN
... The animals, lovingly named, Cookie and Noel, had gone loose close to an incredibly busy intersection with the 118 Freeway in the San Fernando area. Stunned drivers looked on as the deer ran across different lanes, tiring themselves out as several cars raced by... The deer had managed to escape its own enclosure at Santa's Enchanted Forest, held each year in Formby ...
Texas Hunter Shoots Buck's Antler Off To Free It From Deadlocked Deer December 16, 2025 Cowboy State Daily
... found the helpless bucks on Dec. 7 in the Texas Panhandle country, there wasn’t enough time to hike all the way back home to retrieve a hacksaw. So he turned to plan B, blasting off one of the dead buck’s antlers with the Springfield Hellcat 9mm pistol ... friend caught video ...
Upstate NY firefighters rescue deer stuck on ice in the Finger Lakes (video below) December 15, 2025 New York, newyorkupstate
... members of the Ithaca Fire Department assisted the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in rescuing a deer that had become stuck on the ice along the Cayuga Inlet...
How to Make Friends With Deer and Earn Their Trust December 15, 2025 Yahoo
... Essential minerals like salt, calcium potassium are often hard to come by in a deer's vegetarian diet ... they can be genuinely beneficial for the local deer population as they give deer access to rare but critical minerals and nutrients to supplement their diets. If you do put out a salt lick, the best time of year to put them out is in the early spring through the summer...
Young buck stuck in retention pond saved by DNR, firefighters December 9, 2025 Georgia, WSB-TV Channel 2 on MSN.com
... Officials believe the deer had been trapped in the pond since mid-November. On Monday, the DNR used a tranquilizer gun to calm the deer and allow Newnan firefighters to use their rope skills to pull him up. The deer is now safe and will be relocated by the DNR to a safer environment...
Oakland County Sheriff's Office tries to save deer on frozen lake December 7, 2025 Michigan, Detroit Free Press on MSN.com
... Despite deploying an array of trucks, boats and people, the deer ultimately did not survive ...
See and pet real reindeer at this northern Arizona farm December 6, 2025 Arizona, AZ Family on MSN
... The Grand Canyon Deer Farm, located outside of Williams, has been around since 1969 and have had reindeer for over 30 years...one of the important things to remember about reindeer is that they are domesticated ... Video Below
Sighting of Deer with 'Pet' Painted on Its Body and 'No Fear' of Humans Sparks Warning from Penn. Game Commission December 4, 2025 Pennsylvania, People on MSN
... "The deer was spray-painted on both sides of his body with fluorescent orange paint [with] the word 'PET.' ... the Cornwall Borough Police Department shared on Facebook... the animal left on its own accord and had no reaction when a police cruiser on the scene activated its sirens...the state game warden also used the unusual opportunity to warn Pennsylvania residents that owning a pet deer is illegal in the state...
Trail Camera Captures Extremely Rare Photo Of A Bull Moose Wandering Around In Kansas November 25, 2025 Kansas, Whiskey Riff
... “Kansas is outside the normal range for moose because our weather and environmental conditions are not well tolerated by moose. Our biologists have not made contact with the moose, and they ask that no one else does either ... The most likely explanation is that this moose followed river corridors from Colorado and Wyoming ...
How In The World Did A Deer End Up Down A Well In New York November 25, 2025 Hudson Valley Post
... an antlered deer that fell into a 10-foot-deep dry well and became trapped ... After the deer was safely removed from the well, the well was covered ...
Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth November 23, 2025 Our World in Data
... Deer and boars account for almost half the biomass of wild land mammals ... a large study by Lior Greenspoon and colleagues, published in PNAS ... In terms of numbers, rodents and bats make up over 90% of mammals...
Video Below: Fish and Game officials had to cut off one antler on each deer to get them free. November 22, 2025 Idaho
Grandma mauled to death by deer she rescued — raging controversy explodes after cops kill deer Novembere 22, 2025 Ohio, New York Post
... An Ohio animal lover who rescued injured deer was killed by one of the animals in an enclosure at her home ... “Wheezer DID NOT kill my mom,” Bryan said in a lengthy Facebook post. “He was neutered per the requirements of [Ohio Department of Natural Resources] when she received her permit.” ...
'That's Santa's Deer,' White Buck appears in Waukesha County November 20, 2025 Wisconsin, WISN 12
... An Ottawa family was shocked to see a white buck outside of their house ..."genetic mutation" of a white color has become more common ... They have been protected from harvest in Wisconsin since the 1940s ...
Wyoming Hunter Saves Elk Tangled In Barbed Wire From A Slow, Miserable Death November 17,2025 Cowboy State Daily
... He initially thought the bull, which had one of its rear legs tangled in a barbed wire fence, was dead because it was completely still ... He retrieved some tools from his truck and spent the next 15 minutes or so freeing the elk’s leg from the tangled wire...
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