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Howard residents voice concerns as village expands deer hunting areas August 26, 2025, Wisconsin, Press Times
... the DCC has yet to share an estimate of the current deer population. “It’s impossible to suggest what your measure of success of the actions that you propose to take is. If you don’t know where you’re going, how do you know whether you’ve gotten there or not?” ...
How wildfires are impacting Colorado's wildlife August 26, 2025 KUNC
... With the example of elk and deer, fire can sometimes create a positive opportunity for the ungulates with "young and vigorous vegetation regrowth" that is nutrient-dense, while at the same time, reducing the amount of physical cover they have to hide from predators ...
Idaho 2025 Deer & Elk Outlook August 25, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game
... mild winters are a winning recipe for building deer and elk herds ... “With 58% fawn survival, we’re growing mule deer herds,” the state’s Deer and Elk Coordinator Toby Boudreau said...
Gray Wolf Needs Pt 1 August 25, 2025, Washington, Ag Information Network
... “I think the thing that people need to understand is that once wolves are habituated to killing livestock, what they discover is that it’s an easy meal. So, they’re not interested in hunting deer and elk because they’re harder to hunt.” [Pam Lewison, Ag Director at the Washington Policy Center]
Tours to see West Virginia's only elk herd now on sale August 25, 2025 Yahoo
... Although elk used to be extinct in West Virginia, a herd was reintroduced to the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County in 2016, and now, about 140-150 elk live in the herd, including about 60 calves who have been born in the state...
Coalition thinks it's time for a change at Idaho Fish and Game August 24, 2025 Idaho, The Lewiston Tribune
... Fish and Game elk harvest data illustrates declines from the early 2000s to recent years. Whitetail harvest data shows buck harvest down 20% in the last seven years in 10A compared to the previous seven years, with 11% fewer mature bucks. Whitetail doe harvest is similarly down by 27%. These numbers suggest whitetail deer haven’t recovered in this unit and certainly don’t support recent expansions of seasons...
Elyria drone business takes flight with pet and deer recovery services August 24, 2025 Ohio, Morning Journal
... The drone, a Matrice 30T, costs about $12,000 ... Kincaid assists hunters in tracking down deer and helping families recover missing pets...Using a thermal imaging camera that captures heat signatures and powerful zoom, he can scan neighborhoods, wooded areas, or fields...
Chronic wasting disease case found in wild deer in Oklahoma Panhandle August 23, 2025 KOCO 5 News on MSN
... the state's fourth case of a wild deer infected with chronic wasting disease was confirmed earlier this month... A white-tailed deer was found in Texas County after a landowner reported the animal behaving abnormally..,
EHD virus is spreading to deer throughout the Midwest August 22, 2025 Ohio, WTAP13h
... Athens County was the first county in Ohio to confirm a positive case of EHD in 2025, Washington was 2nd and then Meigs County, the outbreak has been showing the highest numbers through these counties in Ohio ..,
Second Circuit approves plans for deer control at New York nature preserve August 22, 2025 New York, Courthouse News Service
... Wildlife Preserves, a nonprofit conservation group, gave a large portion of the forest to the federal government ... a condition: The land had to be maintained in its natural state... The Park Service wants to use sharpshooting and other methods of "direct reduction" to reduce the deer numbers in the fenced zone to zero. Wildlife Preserves says hunting and trapping is prohibited under the deed, and it doesn't want new fencing ...
Fears about 'mutant deer' with 'flesh bubbles' on their skin are overblown August 22, 2025 Snopes on MSN
... In August 2025, "mutant deer" with "flesh bubbles" on their skin had been spotted in multiple states, sparking fears of a widespread disease outbreak... The virus that typically causes fibromas in deer isn't new and poses no threat to people...
Hemorrhagic disease confirmed in Wood County deer test August 22, 2025 Ohio, Marietta Times
... Testing has confirmed dead deer in Wood, Jackson, Pleasants and Ritchie counties were infected with epizootic hemorrhagic disease ..,
Virus Outbreak Confirmed in White-Tailed Deer Southeast of Lewiston August 21, 2025 Idaho, NewsBreak
... The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has confirmed a case of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in a white-tailed deer in Game Management Unit 11, southeast of Lewiston. Two additional animals are suspected of dying of the disease at the same location... first confirmed outbreak of the season in the Clearwater Region ..,
Hemorrhagic Disease outbreak in deer, no threat to public health August 20, 2025 West Virginia, WTAP on MSN
... Forty-nine reports of dead deer have come in for Wood County, all believed by the W. Va. DNR to be related to the HD outbreak... over the past few decades, the outbreaks have been becoming more frequent ...
DWR completes 115 habitat projects to benefit deer in Utah, releases new online deer resource August 20, 2025 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Utah.gov
... In fiscal year 2024, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources completed 115 habitat projects to help mule deer populations in Utah. The DWR also released a new online dashboard to provide additional resources and information about deer. Over the past few decades, Utah has seen periods of growth and decline in deer numbers. The 2024 post-hunting season population estimate was approximately 295,200 deer — 73% of the long-term ...
Video Below: The DNR response to our previous episode surrounding the topic of wolves in the Upper Peninsula..
WVDNR Launches Spotlight Surveys to Track Deer Populations Across West Virginia August 19, 2025 West Virginia, WV News
... Conducted after sunset along county roads, the nighttime surveys are carried out by WVDNR biologists. The information gathered is used to estimate deer numbers, monitor population trends, and guide decisions on hunting regulations and habitat management...
The Bridger-Teton National Forest Released a Plan Revision Assessment for Public Comment. August 19, 2025 Wyoming, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
... Wyoming’s 3.4-million-acre Bridger-Teton National Forest stands out as one of America’s crown jewels. It’s one of few places left in the Lower 48 where long-distance mule deer, elk, and pronghorn antelope migrations have persisted for centuries... the Draft Assessment ...
Scientists stunned by discovery after analyzing 160 days of camera footage in national park: 'I was very surprised' August 19, 2025 Colorado, Yahoo
... The cameras captured roughly 130,000 images of people using paths over 160 days, along with 22,000 deer photos and 10,000 elk photos... . Elk stayed away from zones up to 655 meters from busy paths, and more human traffic pushed them even further back. Deer did the opposite, showing up more often near popular routes...
Researchers Just Revealed a Disturbing Way Deer Are Getting Chronic Wasting Disease August 20, 2025, Yahoo
... The study, published in Scientific Reports this month, found that free-ranging whitetail does infected with CWD can pass the disease onto their unborn fawns... first study that provides evidence of CWD infections being transmitted in utero in wild deer ...
... Our results show that deer harboring the G96S allele have significantly lowered odds of infection within Canadian herds. Furthermore, the prevalence of this allele has increased significantly in farmed deer over the past seventeen years. Establishing the dynamic genetic background of Canadian deer populations will inform future disease management initiatives...
Dead deer reported in Hamilton County. What to know August 19, 2025 Ohio, Yahoo on MSN
... over the weekend, the number of dead deer reports in Newtown and Anderson Township had jumped to 10... officials at the Ohio Division of Wildlife said it's possible the deer are suffering from epizootic hemorrhagic disease, a viral infection caused by biting midges ...
Hemorrhagic disease outbreaks in Mo. deer reported: MDC August 18, 2025 Missouri, Yahoo on MSN
... The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) says it was alerted to multiple reports of hemorrhagic disease (HD) in Missouri deer during the summer... the deer population often recovers years following multiple HD cases ...
DNR researchers to test trail cameras in elk survey August 18, 2025 Michigan DNR
... will pilot the use of trail cameras to estimate the state's elk population as part of a larger research project aimed at determining the most accurate and cost-effective way to manage the elk herd. The DNR’s Wildlife Division recently set up about 200 cameras in and around the core elk range, which encompasses some 1,100 square miles across northern Lower Michigan...
Wyoming 2025 Deer Season Forecast August 18, 2025
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Exposure of free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at PFAS-impacted sites in Minnesota 2025 Chemosphere
... We assessed levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), an important food source in Minnesota, U.S. Liver samples (n = 116) collected from deer harvested by hunters near three PFAS-impacted sites ... PFAS profiles were generally consistent with the known or suspected PFAS sources at the three sites. Total PFAS concentrations also differed between deer life stage-sex groups, with adult males having significantly higher concentrations of total PFAS compared to adult females and male fawns...
Season and Migration Strategies Influence Mule Deer Response to Landscape Mosaic 2025 Ecology & Management, 2025
... We found that both migratory and resident deer used older burns (11–20 yr) on summer ranges. Conversely, deer used more recent burns (<10 yr) more than unburned areas during winter. During the winter, deer also used areas with little juniper cover (<10%) and patches dominated by exotic grass. Our results indicate that wildfire has both positive and negative effects on mule deer habitat selection, depending on the season and age of burn...
Deer math: New estimate counts 26,000 axis deer on Maui, 9 in 10 may be female August 16, 2025 Hawaii, Maui Now
... In their native range—India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka—herds are roughly 40% males and 60% females. In Hawai‘i, Bagshaw says various factors, including selective hunting, have pushed the ratio to about nine females for every male. That imbalance accelerates population growth ... As of August 2025, Maui has an estimated 26,330 deer, Molokaʻi 18,629 and Lānaʻi 2,682... In 2021, the county-wide [Maui, Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Molokini] population estimate was as high as 167,000, compared to 47,641 today ...
Joyce measure to help farmers with deer control signed into law August 16, 2025 Illinois, WCSJ News
... Currently for nuisance deer, a property owner has to prove each year that there has been damage to property, like destruction of crops, by the deer... The bill would allow the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to issue deer removal permits based on the percentage of permits redeemed in the previous season by the recipient...
Slash Walls an Alternative to Deer Fencing August 15, 2025 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Farming
... Slash walls are made by piling up logs, branches and brush around the perimeter of the area to be protected... the pile should be 8 to 10 feet high and about 20 feet wide at the base, making a pyramid-like shape. Besides acting as a deer fence, the slash wall also provides habitat for small mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians...
Prominent Texas Breeder Charged As 'Ghost Deer' Investigation Grows August 14, 2025 Substack
... ... A total of two dozen people have been charged with roughly 1,400 crimes so far in a sprawling investigation into a deer-smuggling operation that skirted chronic wasting disease containment rules ...
San Angelo man implicated in largest deer smuggling scheme in Texas history August 14, 2025 Yahoo on MSN
... “The “Ghost Deer” investigation has uncovered widespread, coordinated deer breeding violations including, but not limited to: smuggling captive breeder deer and free-range whitetail deer between breeder facilities and ranches, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing violations, license violations ...
Is there a cougar coverup in Massachusetts? August 15, 2025 The Berkshire Edge
... The last Massachusetts mountain lion was reportedly killed around 1858, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the eastern cougar extinct. And yet, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) continues to receive dozens of reports a year from residents who are certain they have seen a lion..,
White-tailed deer research benefits students, land managers, wildlife October 14, 2025 Texas, AgriLife Today
... Over the coming years, trained undergraduate and graduate students will use drop nets to capture white-tailed deer and collect biological and morphological data. All captured deer will be marked with ear tags, and some will be equipped with GPS collars before being released back into the wild. With this information, researchers will be able to assess the property’s white-tailed deer population ...
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to end controversial pay-to-shoot deer hunting in Scotland August 14, 2025 ITV
... The controversial practice of deer stalking has been criticised by animal rights groups such as Protect the Wild, who say it is unacceptable that the charity has continued to financially benefit from hunting for pleasure and is calling for the action to be immediately outlawed...
New York sees rising demand for volunteer wildlife rehabilitators August 12, 2025 WPTZ
... In New York, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator can care for most injured, sick, or orphaned wild animals, with the exception of certain ones like moose, bears and white-tailed deer. Those require additional licenses... You can learn more about how to become a licensed volunteer rehabilitator on the New York DEC website...
How to Make Roads Safer for Drivers and Animals? Wildlife Crossings. August 12, 2025 New Mexico, National Conference of State Legislatures\...
... The New Mexico Legislature has demonstrated a long-term commitment to wildlife crossings by appropriating $12 million for crossings over the past few session. Lawmakers committed (HB 2; 2025) $50 million to the state’s recently developed Wildlife Corridors Action Plan to identify crossing locations...
Mitigating Chronic Wasting Disease in NC's whitetail deer August 12, 2025 North Carolina, Carolina Journal
... Chronic Wasting Disease was first detected in North Carolina in 2021 and since then, 34 positive cases have been confirmed.... While current herd numbers are around 1 million, that was not always the case as the state’s whitetail population dropped to around 10,000 around 1900..,
Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions August 11, 2025 The Conversation
... Diaries, newspapers and photo records from the past two centuries show the presence of not only young bulls, which at times can range widely, but also cows and calves, a sign that local breeding was taking place in Colorado before reintroduction...Today, informal estimates by Colorado Parks and Wildlife put the moose population at around 3,500 animals..,
Confirmed Mountain Lion Sightings in the State of Iowa August 11, 2025 Iowa, 98.1 KHAK
... DNR officials stress that there is no documented self-sustained breeding population of mountain lions in Iowa... rumor ... Officials introduced mountain lions in Iowa to help control the deer population. Not true. The Iowa DNR stated that officials never 'stocked' mountain lions in Iowa and never will. [ status of large carnivores in Iowa] ...
FWP using hundreds of cameras to count deer, elk August 9, 2025 Montana, Bonner County Daily Bee
... Last year, which was the first year of field work, they deployed 411 cameras ... This year, they were putting out about 300 cameras ... The project will use artificial intelligence to at least make a preliminary sort of the images. In the first year alone, it’s estimated that cameras captured 4.5 million photos...
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Who Killed King Louie? The Mystery of a Prize Buck’s Death August 24, 2025 New York, The New York Times
... This was not just any large whitetail, but a local legend whose size and majestic rack ... had earned him a nickname: King Louie... “The whole community was in an uproar,” ... Mr. Brownell said he had recognized the buck as King Louie only when he saw the body in the snow...
Two orphaned fawns make unlikely home behind Toms River craft store August 21, 2025 New Jersey, Shore News Network
... Store staff say the pair appear to be thriving, eating natural vegetation and sticking close together for safety. Despite the lack of a maternal figure, both animals have managed to grow, displaying what staff described as clear signs of bonding and mutual care...
Elk Cam Fires Back Up August 15, 2025 Pennsylvania Game Commission
... The cam is located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s elk range, an area totaling over 220,000 acres including State Game Lands 311 and Elk State Forest. Video and sound from the camera will be livestreamed at www.pa.gov/pgc and viewers can expect not only to see elk, but turkeys, deer and other wildlife, as well. Elk, which in the coming weeks will ramp up activity – with bulls becoming more vocal and competing with one another for available cows – always seem to take center stage ... The stream can be accessed on the Game Commission website ...
Man struck, killed on I-44 while moving hit deer from roadway, says MSHP August 15, 2025 Missouri, FOX4KC.com
... a vehicle that had hit a deer had a passenger get out to move it from the roadway. That’s when a male victim was struck by a passing tractor-trailer...
Lost and fawned: Abandoned deer rescued by Lodi Animal Services August 14, 2025 California, Lodi News-Sentinel
... struggling to stand up ... looked very thin ... covered in foxtails ... no other deer ... Kranich transported the fawn to the Lodi Animal Services shelter and was able to get it to drink goat milk ... was able to transport the animal to the Pleasanton Deer Rescue in El Dorado County...
Wildlife agents seize, kill family’s “pet” deer August 6, 2025 Louisiana, WAFB Channel 9 on MSN
... A man was criminally charged and fined $1,650 after Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents discovered a deer on their property that he and his family had nursed back to health after its mother abandoned the animal seven years ago... “Little Buck” became part of the family. Even though the deer was blind, it was free to leave but never did...
Perry Hall Deer Burning Suspect Denies Wrongdoing, Condemns 'Savage Social Media Attacks' August 6, 2025 Maryland, Patch
... "The savage social media attacks on this young man are totally undeserved and reprehensible," Maronick said. "He deserves his day in court, and we look forward to that, not to being tried on social media." ...
From rescue to courtroom: Lawrence woman faces charges for keeping a deer August 6, 2025 New Jersey, The Jersey Vindicator
... When an orphaned fawn wandered onto Cammy Lowe’s farm in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in 2019, she quickly took him in, fed him, and devoted herself to keeping him warm and safe ... “First of all, she doesn’t know where the deer is,” Hartmann said. “And second of all, we’re not going to give the deer up because they’re just trying to kill it...
Cougar spotted burying small deer under Corvallis porch, homeowners warned to be alert August 4, 2025 Oregon, KOIN.com
... Corvallis police are urging residents to keep their small pets and children indoors ...
Police rescue deer fawn from metal grate in Metro Detroit Lake August 1, 2025 Michigan, mlive
... It was believed the fawn had been there for several hours, police said, and was having difficulty keeping its head above water...
Suspects arrested after baby deer found dead in Perry Hall August 1, 2025 Maryland, Nottingham MD
... Police say several suspects have been arrested in connection with a baby deer that was found dead in Perry Hall last week after being badly burned...
Fawn found dead, burned with ropes tied around its neck in Perry Hall July 25, 2025 Maryland, WBAL-TV
... Residents said they cut the ropes, called police and took photos of the scene, which they shared with 11 News. Some of the photos are gruesome...
Mutant Bambi Goes After the Humans That Killed His Family July 25, 2025 The Daily Beast on MSN.com
... an unabashedly C-tier creature feature ... Bambi: The Reckoning is in theaters now... The grieving deer decides to take a sip of the nefarious chemical that local corporation Wilberx are seeding into the ground, and bam! Bambi is transformed into a fanged, bloodthirsty monster ...
Idaho Fish and Game relocates two yearling moose from Blackfoot July 24, 2025 Idaho Fish and Game
... Both yearlings, one female and one male, had been observed moving in and around parking lots and streets ... For the safety of both the moose and the public, the moose were relocated to suitable habitat in a more remote area...
Internet Can't Cope With Unlikely Friendship Between Deer and Cat July 22, 2025 Newsweek on MSN
... Stephens shared a video which went viral as many viewers commented on the fact that animal species could get along so well, awarding the post close to 4 million likes...
Fawn Rescue on the Shores of Conesus Lake July 15, 2025 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Region 8 wildlife staff responded to a call on the shore of Conesus Lake about a fawn that was stuck in a culvert. Upon arrival, the biologists noted that the plastic of the culvert was slippery with moss and the fawn could not get out. Just up a hill, a doe watched as its fawn was quickly removed. The two reunited and then wandered back into the woods together.
As a reminder, anyone who encounters a wild animal that is injured or obviously orphaned should call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Licensed wildlife rehabilitators are the only people legally allowed to receive and treat distressed wildlife, and have the experience, expertise, and facilities to successfully treat and release wild animals.
Our results show that while in the Late Pleistocene gray brocket deer corresponded to up to 18% of 38 individuals, in the Holocene they represented at least 82% of 78 individuals. We interpret this change in frequency as a considerable increase in abundance in the surroundings of the cave, after excluding major taphonomical biases. The causes for this phenomenon are uncertain but could have involved a surplus of food availability and predation release due to the late Quaternary extinction event.
Firefighters spring into action to rescue bewildered baby deer from raging flames: 'It was so tiny' July 10, 2025 Oregon, The Cool Down
... a small fawn, alone, crying in the thick smoke ... ran toward the firefighters... brought to a nearby clearing, far from the fire's edge, and released ...
Lifeguards rescue a deer from Flagler Beach waters July 8, 2025 Florida, WESH on MSN.com on MSN
... Witnesses said the deer had been in the water for approximately an hour and a half ... The lifeguards managed to straddle the deer across a rescue board and bring it back to land. Although they were trying to focus on getting the deer to safety, they were still concerned about the sharks... [video below]
Albino deer fawn rescued in Northern California dies from injuries July 7, 2025 CBS News on MSN
... Rescuers said the fawn was found stuck in a fence, leaving the animal with serious injuries ...
White Moose Spotted in Vermont Forest, Sparks Wildlife Frenzy July 5, 2025 MSN
... It was a pure white moose slowly moving through the birch trees ... leading some to nickname it the “Ghost of the Green Mountains.” ... most likely has leucism ...
Fawn Rescued from Sinkhole in Western Washington by WDFW Officers July 3, 2025 Dailyfly News
... The fawn was wet but otherwise unharmed. Once released, it ran to its mother and sibling and immediately began nursing...
CCTV+: Global Audience Captivated by Fierce "Milu Deer King" Rivalries in China's Wetland July 2, 2025 China, The Manila Times
... Millions worldwide tuned in on June 28 for the captivating 2025 Milu Deer King Competition in Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu Province ... showcased the intense natural battles where wild male milu deer (Père David's deer) clash for dominance and the right to lead their herds...
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