New Chronic Wasting Disease positive detected in North Mississippi November 6, 2024 WJTV
... the deer sample came from Marshall County, which is a CWD hot zone in north Mississippi..,
Hunters, harvest needed to help deer October 15, 2024 Mississippi, Daily Leader
... An estimated 1.5 million deer inhabit Mississippi according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife... Mississippi once had a statewide population as low as 1,200 deer in the early 1900s due to habitat degradation and over hunting..,
Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white‐tailed deer in Mississippi, USA - Ecology and Evolution, 2024
... whilee there was a male-sex ratio bias in pregnant females that reduced in intensity with the number of offspring, there was no support for condition-related hypotheses...
Watch for Deer: How to react to increased deer activity in Mississippi October 14, 2024 WJTV Jackson on MSN
... In 2023, there were 4,333 reported deer-related crashes in Mississippi. That is an 8.1% increase from the previous year when there were 3,979 deer-vehicle collisions...
No CWD positives reported during 2024 velvet season in Mississippi October 4, 2024 WJTV Jackson on MSN
... 322 deer harvests were reported in the first three days of boy season and the three-day velvet season... 318 deer have tested positive for CWD since its first detection in 2018..,
How big do black bears get in Mississippi? August 27, 2024 The Clarion-Ledger
… How many bears are in Mississippi? The short answer is, we don't know. Bears were once a popular game animal in Mississippi and a source of meat. By the early 1900s the population was estimated to be less than 12 bears due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss..,
2nd CWD positive detected in Mississippi deer enclosure August 15, 2024 Yahoo
... the sample came from an enclosure in Benton County, which tested positive in April 2024. The sample was not recorded until this week..,
CWD in Mississippi: Where MS is in deer disease fight and new management zones for 2024-25 June 25, 2024 Mississippi, The Clarion-Ledger on MSN
... "We have a total at 317 positives in 16 different counties," said Russ Walsh, MDWFP Wildlife chief of staff. "We had 110 positives for the 2023-24 sampling season which runs from July 1 to June 30, so we're almost at the end of the season. That was out of 9,002 samples." ..,
Deer epigenetics May 24, 2024 Louisiana Sportsman
... the biggest and best deer follow genetics that are more than one or two generations deep in their bloodline. Recent research has shown that deer are more than just a product of what they eat. They’re also a product of what their parents and grandparents ate as well as their genetics... More information on epigenetics
Changes proposed for 2024-25 Mississippi deer seasons May 17, 2024 The Clarion-Ledger
... in the Southeast Deer Management Unit from two antlerless deer to three antlerless deer per year ... lower soil quality limits the amount of deer the area can produce and support, but the population appears to be growing..,
Mississippi State experts address CWD potential risk in humans May 14, 2024 WJTV on MSN
... Since CJD [Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease] is so rare, there is cause for concern but there are still so many unknowns regarding this case. We know the two subjects had a history of consuming venison, but we don’t know if they ingested meat that tested positive for CWD. The scientists who published the brief themselves noted that more research is needed....
Could statewide ban on supplemental deer feeding happen? MS wildlife commission mulls plan March 22, 2024 Mississippi, The Clarion-Ledger on MSN
... to slow the spread of CWD, an always-fatal disease in deer... "It is not the feed itself. We want to focus on the feeding mechanism itself and that is placing feeders on the landscape and unnaturally concentrating those animals at the same location day in and day out for long periods of time." ...
Statewide feed ban for deer considered March 6, 2024 Mississippi, oxfordeagle
... Supplemental feeding is considered to be one of the main risks of Chronic Wasting Disease spreading in deer. Studies in Arkansas show maternal deer family groups concentrate around feeders at a higher rate than they naturally would. Further research by MSU shows that corn, commonly used in supplemental feeding, contains aflatoxins ...
Keeping the public's wildlife public March 1, 2024 Mississippi, SuperTalk Mississippi
... A survey conducted by the National Rifle Association suggest that the vast majority of sportsmen and women in Mississippi object to the sale, transportation, and commercialization of deer to be confined in high-fence enclosures. The American version of the law of animals, ferae naturae, which is Latin for “wild by nature,” states that wild animals are owned by all the people and the government holds the animals, in trust, for the use and benefit of the people...
Mississippi Considers Legalizing Drones for Hunting Wild Hogs Amidst Escalating Population Crisis February 25, 2024 NewsBreak Original
... the statewide hog population is estimated at around 500,000, necessitating innovative approaches to achieve effective population reduction. By permitting the use of drones for hunting and trapping, legislators hope to significantly enhance the harvest rate ..,
Will supplemental feeding of deer be banned in Mississippi? Here's what we know February 22, 2024 Mississippi, Yahoo! Sport
... Supplemental feeding of deer was legalized over a decade ago ... At the time, CWD was not known to be in the state ..After the disease was found in Mississippi in 2018, feeding was banned in positive counties. Now the commission has tasked the wildlife division of the department to research if a statewide ban would slow the spread of the disease ...
Just How Free are Hunters? February 24, 2024 Mississippi, Magnolia Tribune
... Less than a century back, the deer population in the state of Mississippi was around 1,200 statewide. That’s hard to imagine since we have over 1.5 million in our state now..,
