Deer Management News
Game and Fish veterinarian shares insights on puffy-faced whitetail September 7, 2024 North Dakota, Grand Forks Herald
... The deer, with very noticeable puffiness on both sides of its face, reminded me of Dizzy Gillespie ... According to ... Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck... the doe likely has “food impaction ... That results from partial facial paralysis most often attributed to infection with ‘arterial worms,’ ...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Addresses Spread of Chronic September 7, 2024 Hoodline
... With CWD now confirmed in 21 counties, spanning the northern and northeast portions of Illinois, the agency is hosting a series of public meetings ... The first detection of the disease in the state dates back to 2002 near Roscoe..,
Reports of EHD-affected deer occurring across southwest Michigan September 6, 2024 Michigan DNR News
... The DNR Wildlife Health Section and the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory recently confirmed the EHD virus in a free-ranging white-tailed deer from St. Joseph County. Several other counties are awaiting lab confirmation...
Colorado is becoming a leader in constructing wildlife crossings — and there's much more to come September 4, 2024 denver
...CDOT has built more than 40 wildlife underpasses and three overpasses ... Reductions in wildlife-involved crashes hover around 90% in most cases ... Deer, bears and mountain lions seem at relative ease using an underpass. Elk, bighorn sheep and pronghorn are much more inclined to use an expansive overpass..,
Deer virus found in West Michigan for first time since 2021 September 6, 2024 Michigan, Yahoo
... EHD outbreaks have occurred off and on in Michigan since 2006. Typically, outbreaks are limited to isolated areas and anywhere from an estimated 50 to 1,000 deer die... The largest EHD die-off happened in 2012, when an estimated 14,000 deer died across more than 30 counties. But in 2014 and 2015, no cases were found..,
Missing out on mule deer in southeastern Montana September 5, 2024 Montana Free Press
... According to a 2023 report by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the mule deer population in Region 7 ... is down 41% from its 10-year average...drought, winterkill and Chronic Wasting Disease, for example. Similarly, FWP’s ability to address predation by coyotes, mountain lions and bears is limited... conservation groups including the Mule Deer Foundation ... says there is one critical component of the decline that FWP can fix: overhunting..,
Deer are a problem in Kalamazoo, but planned kill unlikely this year September 5, 2024 Michigan, MLive
... In addition to the cost and safety risks of hiring a sharpshooter to kill deer in public spaces, it’s likely the population would rebound in the long term anyway, Gish [City Sustainability Planner] said... While chewed up gardens and deer-car collisions are annoying and costly, those aren’t enough on their own to warrant killing deer...
New deer management regulations in effect this season September 5, 2024 Tennessee, Main Street Media of Tennessee
... The former CWD Zone consisted of 15 West Tennessee counties. They are now part of the expanded CWD Management Zone which encompasses all of West Tennessee and two counties in Middle Tennessee, Lewis and Wayne ...
Matthews no longer fawning over deer survey September 5, 2024 North Carolina, Charlotte Weekly
... The town reached out to different agencies but could not find one that did this kind of work in an urban area like Matthews. Staff found a company that uses drones with heat sensors to differentiate among different animals. But the cost to do this work is $25,000... Mayor John Higdon said he used to see 14 to 20 deer a day ... These days, he’ll see a couple a week...
Idaho Fish and Game considers providing emergency winter feeding for wildlife after summer fires September 4, 2024 KTVB
... in Southwest Idaho ... public’s concern about whether the big game will have enough food for the coming winter season...The agency is primarily relying on the Winter-Feeding Advisory Committee to assess overall forage damages ..,
Cases of EHD in deer rising in Michiana September 4, 2024 Michigan, WSBT
... It can be up to 90% fatal ... there are 150 probable cases of EHD in Southwest Michigan and it has been confirmed in St. Joseph County. In Porter County, there have been 165 sick deer reported, and to our South Wabash County has 100 reported deer.., Video Below
Hunting/Technology working group gets 767 applicants, and now the selections begin September 4, 2024 Idaho Fish and Game
... The working group will develop recommendations to the Fish and Game Commission for consideration on what technology might be allowed, and what equipment could be restricted or regulated in future hunting seasons...
Colorado is becoming a leader in constructing wildlife crossings — and there's much more to come September 4, 2024 denver
...CDOT has built more than 40 wildlife underpasses and three overpasses ... Reductions in wildlife-involved crashes hover around 90% in most cases ... Deer, bears and mountain lions seem at relative ease using an underpass. Elk, bighorn sheep and pronghorn are much more inclined to use an expansive overpass....
Anthrax detected in a moose near Elk Mountain September 4, 2024 Wyoming Game and Fish Department
... the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, confirmed a case of anthrax in a dead moose in Carbon County ... Anthrax is a naturally occurring bacterial disease that can be transmitted between livestock, wildlife and humans. It is most commonly seen in herbivores, including cattle, deer and bison ...
What to know about Chronic Wasting Disease this hunting season in Oregon September 4, 2024 Oregon, Elkhorn Media Group
... CWD has not yet been detected in Oregon, however it has been found in all surrounding states – Idaho, California, and Washington ... If you encounter a CWD check station while transporting an animal carcass you are legally required to stop..,
Fairfax County Deer Management Archery Program Begins Saturday September 4, 2024 Virginia, Fairfax County Police Department News
... The program was approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 2000 ... Last year, 703 deer were harvested ...
Kentucky wildlife officials expect another active deer hunting season September 3, 2024 Indiana, WDRB
... Indiana has a deer population of close to 700,000. The Hoosier state's deer season starts statewide with archery hunting on Oct. 1. Gun hunting starts in November..,
Kentucky wildlife officials expect another active deer hunting season, which begins Sept. 7 September 2, 2024 WDRB
... During the 2023-24 season, officials said hunters took more than 140,000 deer, the seventh-highest number on record. "We expect the deer harvest for the 2024-25 season to be around 140,000 deer, similar to previous years," Joe McDermott, deer program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, said in a news release Tuesday. "Kentucky holds about 25 deer per square mile statewide, ...
Weaving Indigenous and Western knowledge systems to discern drivers of mooz (moose) population decline - People and Nature, 2024, Ontario
... there was agreement among knowledge systems on the importance of climate change and disease and parasites in explaining moose
population decline in Ontario ...
Bluetongue virus restricted zone declared September 2, 2024 United Kingdom, The Scottish Farmer
... Following several confirmed cases of bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV3) at premises across Norfolk and Suffolk, the United Kingdom (UK) chief veterinary officer has declared a bluetongue restricted zone ... There have been a rising number of the cases in northern Europe ...
Eagle Mountain is building a 'luge' for migrating mule deer September 1, 2024 Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune
... a vast chute, composed of more than 20 miles of 8-foot-high fencing, that will someday guide deer through Eagle Mountain. Around dense subdivisions, the funnel will narrow to around 330 feet to hustle deer through ... highway roadkill has already plummeted ...
Idaho 2024 Deer & Elk Hunting Outlook August 30, 2024 Idaho Fish and Game
... Elk, the stalwarts of the mountains generally speaking, have stayed relatively healthy and stable. Statewide, mule deer numbers also appear to be improving, while eastern Idaho’s muleys—after suffering from one of the worst winters on record in 2023—are starting to gradually grow thanks to a much-needed mild winter...
Unraveling the impact of dog-friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife - Wildlife Biology, 2024. California
... Wildlife responses included avoidance (bobcat, puma) or spatial overlap (mule deer) for areas with more dogs, and no effect (coyote). Mule deer may benefit from a “human shield” provided by people with dogs, while pumas and bobcats appeared more sensitive, and coyotes more adaptable. Dog policies influenced puma and mule deer temporal activity, with increased nocturnal activity in dog-friendly PAs ...
Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions August 30, 2024 KHOU 11
... While many other states limit hunting of the apex predator, Texas is only now introducing rules to ban canned hunts and require reguar checking of traps...they preyed on deer, elk, feral hogs and javelina ...
Researchers Say A Deer With “Hairy Eyeballs” Was Spotted In Suburban Tennessee August 30, 2024 Tennessee, TwistedSifter
... a year-old whitetail buck, and the hair covering its eyeballs is an example of a condition called corneal dermoids... the deer wandering in circles...
Restoring Wildlife Connectivity Across the High Divide August 29, 2024 Montana, mountainjournal
... “Southwest Montana has a high density of pretty impermeable fencing,” ... the Bureau of Land Management identified the High Divide as one of 21 priority landscapes, allocating almost $10 million from the Inflation Reduction Act ... At the USDA, the Migratory Big Game Initiative, which started in Wyoming, provides additional funds landowners can access to pay for fencing ...
California Fights Fire With Fire August 29, 2024 The American Prospect
... For thousands of years, indigenous people have set “cultural burns” to improve habitats for creatures like deer, turkey, and quail; eliminate pests, diseases, and invasive species; and help germinate fire-dependent plants like the iconic giant sequoia ... stigmas against fire “really problematic, especially in a place like California, where a lot of our ecosystems evolved with fire every five years.” She adds, “We need to be burning on some level of frequency ...
Video Below: "Save the Deer" group asks judge to fire MetroParks Board. August 29, 2024 Ohio
Planning to commercially buy and sell shed antlers? Certificate of registration required under new rules August 28, 2024 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
... the Utah Wildlife Board approved a new law designating that legally obtained shed antlers and horns may be purchased or sold at any time in a whole or altered state. However, a certificate of registration — a document that authorizes a particular activity — is required for commercial antler buyers... This new rule does not apply to shed hunters who pick up shed antlers off the ground and then sell them to an antler buyer...
Indiana DNR reports early disease outbreak in four northeast Indiana counties' deer August 28, 2024 wfft
... Four northeast Indiana counties have been identified as areas where a significant number of EHD cases have been recorded. Allen, Huntington, Wabash and Wells counties ..,
Texas hunting season outlook positive based on timely rains August 27, 2024 AgriLife Today
... With a statewide population of roughly 5 million, Texas is home to more white-tailed deer than any other U.S. state. Thanks to mostly positive environmental conditions leading up to the summer fawning season, Dykes said much of the state should see an abundance of new, healthy additions to the population..,
Deer population down as archery season nears opening day August 27, 2024 North Dakota KFYR
... the population is down due to outbreaks of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, more commonly known as Bluetongue disease, in 2021, and Chronic Wasting Disease. The brutal winter in 2022 also didn’t help deer numbers. A mild winter in 2023 and a wet spring in 2024 are helping revitalize the population..,
Causes of mortality in farmed white-tailed deer in the midwestern United States, 2004–2023 - Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2024 Missouri
... Infectious disease was the most common cause of mortality (n = 335; 86.3%). Of infectious causes, primary pneumonia was most common (n = 140; 41.7%), followed by septicemia (n = 68; 20.1%), and primary enteritis (n = 64; 19.1%). Viruses were detected in 18% of pneumonia cases. The most common non-infectious diagnoses were emaciation and trauma (both 4 each; 1%)...
Hunting-conservation, green groups split on best protections for Wind River deer corridor August 27, 2024 Wyoming, WyoFile
... Notably, the more hunting-aligned collective did not encourage the state to “designate” the migration corridor — a departure from their environmentalist counterparts....Majority of commenters, however, want Wyoming Game and Fish Department to move forward with more protective designation...
Wyoming 2024 hunt forecast August 27, 2024
Wyoming Game and Fish - State of Wyoming
In the Casper Region ... Populations have decreased or remained stable throughout the region over the past several years, and all of the region’s populations remain well below management goals. This is due to persistently poor survival of mule deer caused by droughts, changes in habitat conditions, disease in some herds and predation...
EHD virus found in deer in Chester County; public asked to report dead deer. August 27, 2024 New York, YDR
... an Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) outbreak in deer in southeastern Pennsylvania... All of the deer were found in Chester County ..,
How New York State Deer Hunters Can Help The Bald Eagle Population August 26, 2024, 104.5 The Team ESPN Radio
... New York Deer Hunters are eligible for a $60 rebate for the purchase of non-lead ammunition for the 2024-2025 hunting season... A lead fragment as small as a grain of rice can be deadly to an eagle ...
Hunters Reminded of Rules on Importing Deer, Elk August 26, 2024 Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
...to protect Vermont's wild deer from chronic wasting disease ... It is illegal to import or possess deer or elk, or parts of deer or elk, from states and Canadian provinces that have had chronic wasting disease, or from captive hunt or farm facilities ...
Saline City Council Discusses Growing Deer Population August 26, 2024 Michigan, The Sun Times News
... Councilmember Girbach stated he does not support a culling program, to which O’Toole replied, “I don’t think we’d be talking about culling. We’re more likely to focus on deterrents instead.” ...
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Grayson teen arrested for allegedly choking a baby deer to death September 3, 2024 Louisiana, WDSU
... seen on video ... charged with aggravated cruelty to animals...
Mule deer with bucket lid around its neck for weeks rescued by Colorado Wildlife staff September 4, 2024 Colorado Public Radio
... staff worked for weeks to track down and immobilize the doe since it was reported on Aug. 12, officials posted on social media... Video Below
Have You Seen 'Honey'? Baby Deer Is On The Lam In Southbury August 29, 2024 Connecticut, Patch
... A bottle-fed 2-1/2 month-old fawn was spooked by a bear and high-tailed it out of her humans' home ...Animal Control officials posted to social media
Rescue Deer Is the Sweetest Sofa Buddy and People Can't Get Enough August 28, 2024 PetHelpful on MSN
... a rescue deer who was raised by his human family since he was a fawn. Though Sugarfoot is now grown up and free to go off on his own, he still loves hanging out with his special humans on their outdoor furniture - especially whenever his granddad is home!...
Video Below: I dug a new pond and the deer are loving it. August 26, 2024
Deer and Other Hoofed Mammals May Have Horns Because of One Ancient Ancestor August 21, 2024 Discover Magazine on MSN
... similar markers in RNA support the theory that there is a common ancestor for the various types of ruminants with headgear, rather than a parallel evolution in which groups developed these features independently... t study published in Communications Biology ...
WDFW Police Seek Information on Wounded Deer in Aberdeen August 19, 2024 Washington, Big Country News
... After several days of searching ... They removed the crossbow bolt, which appears to have come from a pistol crossbow, and the deer recovered quickly, returning to its feet shortly after waking from anesthesia ...
World's Smallest Deer Species Set to Win Hearts at New York Zoo August 15, 2024 Newsweek on MSN
... A southern pudu fawn, one of the world's smallest deer species, is making a debut at the Queens Zoo in New York ... at roughly two pounds ... will only weigh up to 15 to 20 pounds and stand 14 to 17 inches tall when fully grown ... [video below]
Oregon sheriff’s deputy jumps into retaining pond to rescue drowning fawn August 13, 2024 KOIN Portland on MSN
... deputies tried to pull the baby deer to safety using catch poles. When rescue efforts continued to fail, Plamondon jumped into the water. “The fawn appeared to be tiring itself out as it continued to evade rescue attempts,” ...
Poaching of deer triggers massive protests in Barmer August 12, 2024 India, Indiatimes
... Carcasses of 10 chinkara deer were found in a mutilated state, their legs tied with ropes ... Villagers and wildlife lovers gathered at the site on Monday, setting up tents and staging a protest to demand the arrest of the poachers ...
State officials want to confiscate a deer living at a Lawrenceville farm August 8, 2024 New Jersey, Planet Princeton
... a fawn wobbled toward her ... followed the fawn's path in the woods and found a dead mother deer ... was told the county would not pick the fawn up ... began taking care of him ... New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife showed up ... informing her that the fawn would be seized for evidence ... her petition for a Wildlife Permit was denied ...
Many New Yorkers Have an Unexpected 'Killer' in Their Backyard Autust 8, 2024 WRRV
... A deer was minutes from death in a New York backyard ...severely tangled in a soccer net ...
Community rallies to save a deer sanctuary in central Minnesota July 29, 2024 Minnesota, CBS News on MSN
... Gopher Campfire Wildlife Sanctuary ... due to a new law, it lacked the proper fencing to keep wild deer away putting the sanctuary in jeopardy... "The community really came together and showed how much they want the deer to stay ... Video Below
"Save the Deer" rallies against upcoming hunt in October July 26, 2024 Ohio, Mill Creek, WFMJ
... supporters of the group "Save the Deer" set up across from a fundraiser at Fellows Riverside Gardens ... Two years into their protests of deer culling to control population throughout Mill Creek Park, they're not giving up ahead of the next hunt the park board scheduled for October...
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...