Researchers using deer season to track spread of New World Screwworm October 1, 2026 Texas, KCBD
... “I think with deer season, more people out there with eyes on animals we don’t always see, is going to be a really fantastic tool for us managing this infection,” Dr. Hill said. While there haven’t been any reports of infections in deer so far, Texas Parks and Wildlife reports the previous outbreak in the 1950s and 60s resulted in the loss of between one third and one half of the Texas deer population...
White-tailed Deer Harvest Numbers Expected to be Good for 2026-27 Hunting Season Oct. 1, 2026 Texas Parks and Wildlife
... Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists indicate hunters can expect good harvest numbers and opportunities for quality bucks during the 2026-27 season. Following three above-average years of fawn survival, the Texas white-tailed deer population has climbed to an estimated 5.64 million....
Youtube Video: Biologists Finally Know Why Axis Deer Are Wiping Out Texas Whitetail, What Is It? September 21, 2026. Texas
... standing in the same dry field, among the starved native deer, was another kind of deer entirely, spotted, sleek, fat and healthy. It had everything to do with why the whitetail were dead. That spotted deer is the axis, an import from India released in Texas in 1932 for hunting. Ninety years later there are an estimated 125,000 of them running free, and on the Edwards Plateau their numbers have climbed to nearly match the native whitetail on its own ground. The two deer never fight. The whitetail simply loses, quietly, by starving in a field the axis eats just fine...
FDA Publishes Three Screwworm Drug Authorizations, Including the First Injectable Listing Deer September 2, 2026 Texas, Nature World News
... It arrives as Texas surveillance shifts toward wildlife ahead of the fall hunting season...The Federal Register notice describes an authorization issued May 19 to Zoetis Inc. for Dectomax and Dectomax-CA1, a doramectin injection, for the prevention and treatment of screwworm myiasis in dairy cattle, horses, swine, sheep, and deer....
Woman Feeds Deer Family for Months, Then an Unexpected Guest Appears August 24, 2026 Texas, PawNation on MSN
... In mid-August, Amberleigh was watching the does graze nearby when an unexpected visitor appeared with them. Apparently, the ladies decided to bring their man along: an impressive eight-point buck...
Officials continue to battle New World screwworm in Texas by monitoring wildlife August 14, 2026 Spectrum News
... Deer, rabbits and other small mammals are all susceptible ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working with Texas Parks and Wildlife and local landowners to monitor wild animals to make sure they aren’t spreading the parasite. They’re using a mix of tools, including drones, trail cameras and ground observations to flag any animals that look like they could be infected...
44 confirmed New World screwworm infestations: Texas tracker and what you need to know August 1, 2026 TPR
... Animals at risk include: ... eer and other wildlife, Dogs and, less commonly, cats ... The United States eliminated screwworm using one of the most successful pest control programs in history: the sterile insect technique...
New World screwworm tracker: Confirmed Texas cases and what you need to know July 6, 2026 Texas Standard
... The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed 31 New World screwworm infestations, including 30 in Texas and one in New Mexico, as federal and state officials continue working to contain the flesh-eating parasite.... This tracker is updated as new infestations are confirmed...
Commissioner Sid Miller Urges FDA to Approve Feed-Based Ivermectin to Combat New World Screwworm July 1, 2026 Texas Department of Agriculture
... Feed-based ivermectin would also provide the only practical means of protecting free-ranging deer and other warm-blooded wildlife from the destructive parasite...
New World Screwworm Hits Texas During Fawning Season. Wildlife Officials Are Worried June 17, 2026 Outdoor Life
... Concerns are especially high in South Texas, where the deadly parasite could wreak havoc on whitetail populations ... Like other warm-blooded animals, newborn deer are especially vulnerable to the flesh-eating parasites..,
'We didn't have a lot of deer': Screwworm threat revives old fears in South Texas June 17, 2026 Houston Public Media
... Deer are among the wildlife vulnerable to screwworm infestations ... “My dad can tell me stories about, you know, when he was a kid, we didn’t have a lot of deer down here anymore because of screw worm infestations,” ..,
Where have New World screwworm cases been reported in Texas? June 11, 2026 KTSM 9 News
... As of June 10, six cases have been reported in Texas ... The state’s $9.6 billion hunting industry also faces risk, as 80% of Texas’ white-tailed deer were wiped out during an outbreak in the 1960s..,
Abbott expands screwworm emergency second case confirmed June 5, 2026 The Texas Tribune
... The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm in Zavala County ... in a one-month-old calf 5.6 miles away from where the first case was detected ... “Deer is a several billion dollar business in Texas and hunting, and I think it could be a detriment, a huge detriment to wildlife,” ..,
Texas Police Officer Plays Lassie in Real Life After a Doe Flags Down His Patrol Car May 31, 2026 AOL
... The officer was parked in his patrol car doing what officers do between calls when a doe walked directly up to the front of his vehicle and stood there... she bolted across the road ... did the exact same thing a second time, staring him down ... A fawn had become tangled underneath a chain-link fence ...,
Efforts to keep New World screwworms out of Texas appear to be working May 22, 2026 Texas Standard
... Screwworm cases have been confirmed less than 100 miles from the southern border ... a fly whose larvae burrow into the skin of animals like cattle, sheep and deer — often doing serious harm in the process... dropping screwworms out of airplanes.,, are sterilized... those eggs won’t hatch, ultimately breaking the life cycle...,
The Screwworm Fly is Back and Approaching Texas, Threatening Deer April 8, 2026 National Deer Association
... A monster that eats live deer ... In the last three years, this villain has reclaimed Central America and is now threatening to cross the Texas border into territory it hasn’t held for 60 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scrambling to block the invasion..,
The Surprising Texas Law About Roadkill February 12, 2026 KLAQ
... Before the rule change, someone could illegally shoot a deer and then claim it was “salvaged roadkill.” By outlawing possession entirely, Texas eliminated that defense so there’s no gray area. No roadside excuses...
White-Tailed Deer Forage Nutrient Quality Under Varied Fire Frequencies in East Texas 2026, Fire
... We tested effects of time since burn and number of burns within a decade on browse forage productivity in forested stands in the Pineywoods ecoregion of Texas ... Deer had strong preferences for plants with greater crude protein, magnesium, and potassium. Crude protein and net energy for maintenance were generally greater with a more frequent burn regime. Different nutrients peaked at different burn intervals. Frequent fires resulted in higher crude protein ... than infrequently burned sites...
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 ...
Wild expansion: How the booming exotic wildlife industry fuels growth for businesses across Texas December 3, 2025 Texas, The Business Journals
... “As the Whitetail Deer Breeding Market has declined in recent years, the steady expansion of the Exotic Wildlife sector has created new opportunities and sustained strong demand,” ...
CWD Confirmed at Tom Green County Facility Linked to “Ghost Deer” Investigation November 20, 2025 Texas, TPWD News
... Two positive cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been confirmed at a Tom Green County deer breeding facility owned by Ken Schlaudt, 64, of San Antonio.... The facility is one of several linked to the recent “Ghost Deer” investigation, in which Texas Game Wardens uncovered widespread, coordinated deer breeding violations including, but not limited to: smuggling captive breeder deer and free-range white-tailed deer between breeder facilities and ranches; CWD testing violations; license violations; and misdemeanor and felony drug charges relating to the possession and mishandling of prescribed sedation drugs classified as controlled substances...
'Terrible screams': Georgetown residents file lawsuit over deer trapping November 20, 2025 Texas, Austin American-Statesman on MSN
... Sun City has not trapped deer since 2020, but its wildlife management committee has proposed culling them again, according to the petition. Protesters have said the culling is cruel because they have heard deer screaming in nets used to catch them and seen them suffering from broken legs before they are killed at a slaughterhouse...
Melanistic Whitetails: How One State Dominates the Whole Population November 11, 2025 Texas, North American Whitetail
... a whitetail whose coat is solid black, or at least so abnormally dark ... This genetically controlled trait is called melanism ... dark deer are most often observed in a narrow band running from a few miles north of Austin, Texas, to the northernmost suburbs of San Antonio. This zone stretches 100 miles or so ... Overall, 8.5 percent of the deer seen on the study area’s 11 census lines were recorded as being abnormally dark...
Strong Deer Season Underway November 7, 2025 Texas Parks and Wildlife
... Texas' whitetail population is estimated at 5 million, making it the largest in the country. In areas with high deer populations, like the Edwards Plateau and Cross Timbers Region, you are encouraged to utilize your antlerless tags to help manage the population... Find out more about whitetails in Texas with our new resource White-tailed Deer Management ..,
Police: Scammers pretending to test deer for disease targeting Texas landowners November 6, 2025 Texas, KHOU on MSN
... chronic wasting disease ... some scammers are using that to try to trick people into letting them onto their land to shoot deer in Kerrville ... people claiming to be with Texas A&M University are asking residents to shoot deer in their yard...
Neighbors concerned with wildlife management in Georgetown November 6, 2025 Texas, FOX 7 Austin on MSN
... Residents say that it has been five years since deer trapping has been used as a wildlife management tool in Sun City... "The HOA and the wilderness committee is working on an archaic, very, very cruel program," said Sun City resident Barbara Meisner. "I didn't come here to see, to see inhumane animal treatment, and it's going to start up again for no reason," said Sun City resident Linda Barde Zimmerling...
Deer season opens Saturday October 28, 2025 Texas, Victoria Advocate
... Good fawn crops for 11 years have survived to increase Texas deer population to five million whitetails. The downside to that is that buck harvest has exceeded the doe harvest, allowing the females to increase to a ratio of 3.7 does/buck – the highest in two decades... Hunter success in 2024 was 67 percent..,
‘It is an abusive system of animal control’: Community members concerned over possible return of deer trapping program October 21, 2025 Texas, Yahoo on MSN
... A petition is currently circulating to stop the program, reigniting a debate that has surfaced before ... With that permit, trappers may set up nets a few feet off the ground and use corn to lure deer underneath. When a deer steps beneath the net, it drops and traps the animal. Trappers then load the deer onto trailers and transport them to a processing facility ...
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller wants to stop screwworms with pesticide bait, but the USDA is hesitant October 8, 2025 Texas Standard
... we have about five million head of deer, a million of those are under high fence. Now those high-fence deer and exotics, a lot of exotics under high fence. They get fed just about daily, so we could feed them ivermectin-treated feed and they would be protected. Texas is one of the states that allows feeding of wild deer, you know, low-fence deer. So ranchers could put that in their deer feeders, hunters could put it in their deer feed and protect their deer...
Horseshoe Bay trapping deer for processing to control numbers October 1, 2025 Texas, DailyTrib.com
...Horseshoe Bay is reducing its white-tailed deer (Deer-Management-Program) population through a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department trap, transport, and process permit ... the city set up four high-walled pens at different sites that are monitored and baited with food to lure deer. Once trapped, the animals are
transported to a processing site, where they are killed ...
New World screwworm case near Laredo puts South Texas on alert September 22, 2025 Laredo Morning Times
... A confirmed case of New World screwworm in northern Mexico, less than 70 miles from Laredo, is raising alarm across South Texas ... Wildlife officials are also concerned about native species in Texas, where deer and other game animals could suffer severe losses if screwworm becomes established...
Texas wildlife experts prepare for arrival of parasitic fly September 19, 2025 Texas Standard
... The New World screwworm could pose major problems for animals like white-tailed deer. ... we’re over 5 million whitetails deer estimated in Texas, and in the ’60s, it was probably around a little over 2 million deer... the white-tailed deer industry alone in Texas is valued at over $9 billion...
AgriLife Extension publishes wildlife-focused New World screwworm resource September 16, 2025 Texas, AgriLife Today - Texas A&M University
... The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released a new fact sheet, “Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm,” to help Texans protect wildlife from the threat of this potentially devastating parasite... in addition to iconic mammals such as white-tailed deer, mule deer and black bear, other warm-blooded wildlife, like birds, are also vulnerable...
Rains, mild temperatures set the stage for strong fall hunting outlook August 26, 2025 Texas, AgriLife Today - Texas A&M University
... Although portions of the Trans Pecos, Edwards Plateau and South Texas Plains continue to experience some form of drought, more than 60% of the state is drought-free, ... With a population of roughly 5 million, Texas is home to more white-tailed deer than any other state. And thanks to mostly positive environmental conditions during gestation and fawning periods, Texans should expect to see many new, healthy additions to the landscape ...
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 ..,
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 ...
Always Deer Season: Range conditions improve slightly July 12, 2025 Texas, Longview News-Journal
... Following an 11-year high fawn recruitment of 47 percent in 2024, the Texas deer population has climbed to 5 million white-tailed deer...
Whitetail forecast July 12, 2025 Texas, Lufkin Daily News
... Korzekwa says Texas hunters enjoyed a 67% success rate last season with a total harvest of approximately 837,000 animals (51% bucks) and 49% does. He expects trends in harvest success and hunter densities should be similar in 2025. Total harvest numbers are expected to be average or above average this season ...
Meet the Axis Deer – The Invasive Species Now Roaming the U.S. July 9, 2025 AOL
... the axis deer originated on the Indian subcontinent... For various reasons, humans have carried the axis deer to such faraway places as Australia, North America, and even the Hawai’ian Islands... axis deer are becoming threatened in their native range... The first axis deer arrived on the continent in Texas in 1932 ...While a large portion of the state’s population remains contained, more than 10,000 axis deer are found throughout Texas..,
Deer at high risk for screwworm infection July 2, 2025 Texas, Farm Progress
... New World screwworm, which has reemerged in Mexico in recent months, poses a severe threat to wildlife populations, particularly white-tailed deer... population may decline 50% or more if NWS reestablishes ... “The raw pedicle left after antler shedding is very attractive to New World screwworms,” ...
Deer found illegally shot in New Braunfels, officials searching for person responsible June 26, 2025 Texas, KENS 5
... shot a deer with an arrow and left it for dead in New Braunfels... The buck was left to bleed out ...
New World Screwworm, Call to Action June 18, 2025, Saba News & Star
... The most current success story of the use of macrocyclic lactones is the use of Dectomax in the eradication of NWS in the endangered Key deer in 2016-2017... studies provide strong and consistent evidence that macrocyclic lactones, particularly ivermectin and doramectin (Dectomax), are effective agents in the treatment and control of NWS...
The New World screwworm: History, eradication, and recent resurgence May 29, 2025 Texas, KLTV.com
... Texas was declared free of NWS in 1964 and the entire US was declared free in 1966. The elimination of screwworms resulted in substantial economic savings for the livestock industry. Deer populations experienced significant rebounds. In Texas, the white-tailed deer population more than tripled compared to 1960 levels...
North Texan saves baby deer from drowning in Lake Lewisville on Memorial Day May 28, 20255 Texas, WFAA
... he spotted a small fawn struggling to keep its head above water, separated from its mother and slowing down fast. ... Back on shore, Olguin and a few others helped reunite the fawn with its mother...
Man Thought He Was Saving a Stray Sheep—But This Rare Creature Changed Everything March 12, 2025 Texas, Indian Defence Review on MSN
... as he got closer, he realized he was staring at something far rarer—an albino fawn in distress... Realizing the fawn wouldn’t survive alone, Becker carefully placed the fragile animal in his car and drove it to the nearest wildlife rehabilitation center. Once there, experts confirmed that the fawn, estimated to be only a few months old, had been left behind ...
Kaufman County deer breeding facility quarantined due to chronic wasting disease March 10, 2025 Texas, KETK.com on MSN
... placed under quarantine by the Texas Animal Health Commission ... a 20-month-old male and an eight-month-old female..,
TPWD constituents encouraged to comment on possible 2025-26 regulation changes March 6, 2025 Texas, Center Light and Champion
... Texas Parks and Wildlife Department constituents have until 5 p.m. on March 26 to register online comments regarding a number of proposed regulation changes ... Proposal 1: Expand archery season for mule deer from the Saturday closest to September 30 to the day prior to the opening of general mule deer seasons...
Texas Game Wardens Bust Illegal Deer Operations Across the State February 27, 2025 TWPD News
... The suspects and charges are associated with three deer breeding facilities, ten release sites, one deer management pen and three illegal facilities not registered in the Texas Wildlife Information Management Services (TWIMS) database, meaning they were operating or receiving deer in violation of registration requirements and disease monitoring protocols... Without close monitoring, illegal movement of captive deer increases the risk of introducing CWD to areas it is not known to exist ...
Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA - Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2025
... We describe chronic wasting disease (CWD) prion detection in raw and cooked meat from a CWD-positive elk. We found limited zoonotic potential in CWD prions from those meat products. Nonetheless, risk for transmission to humans is still unclear ...
Texas Game Wardens Catch Poacher Hunting From Port-A-Potty Converted To Deer Blind February 13, 20225 OutKick
... Originally white, the portable toilet had been spray-painted black and green in one of the worst attempts at a camo pattern the eyeballs have ever seen. It was set up on private property in Henderson County in East Texas...
Texas Game Wardens Uncover Illegal White-Tailed Deer Smuggling Operation February 6, 2025 TPWD News
... A South Texas deer breeder and his business partner were caught attempting to smuggle seven deer from a licensed deer breeding facility in East Texas through Montgomery County to Brazoria and Duval counties, where they intended to illegally release the deer into the wild on private property. The case unfolded when a Montgomery County Game Warden conducted a traffic stop and discovered the illegally possessed deer being transported without required documentation or identification ...
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Brown County High-Fence Release Site January 10, 2025 Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department News
... A three and a half-year-old female white-tailed deer tested positive through postmortem testing conducted to meet CWD surveillance requirements for a site epidemiologically traced to a CWD-positive facility... The detection occurred on a ranch registered as a deer breeder release site and identified as having received deer from a CWD-positive breeding facility reported in 2024..,
Chronic Wasting Disease detected in free-range white-tailed deer in Roberts County January 2, 2025 Texas, Odessa American
... a new case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a free-range white-tailed deer in Roberts County, marking the first detection in the county. A hunter-harvested four-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed deer ..,
Ruidoso elk entangled with stool was freed January 2, 2025 Texas, MSN
... after giving the animal time and space, the elk did not remove it herself. Agents, with the help of local law enforcement, sedated the animal and quickly removed the stool...
Jody Phillips works to protect white tail deer, encourage other women November 24, 2024 Texas, KETK.com
... their team breeds whitetails to improve long term genetic development of the species... " we’re coming up with ways to enhance disease resistance.” Often referred to as zombie deer disease, CWD can have immediate and devastating long term implications on the state’s whitetail deer populations...
Granite Shoals hoping to reduce deer population with harvesting program November 21, 2024 Texas, KXAN
... the white tail deer population across the state has dipped over the years due to drought. In 2016 there were about 5.5 million white tail deer, but recent data shows there are about 4.7 million. While state numbers are down, Blaise Korzekwa, with TPWD’s white-tailed deer program, said there are pockets where deer can see growth..,
Dreaming whitetail: More than 700000 Texas hunters expected to head to the field this season November 2, 2024 Texas, The Lufkin Daily News
... a robust white-tailed deer herd currently estimated at around 4.7 million animals. That’s down from the 2021 estimate of 5.4 million ... Much of the decline is attributed to 2022 drought conditions in the Edwards Plateau ecoregion, which historically maintains about 1/3 of the state’s deer population. Korzekwa [Blaise Korzekwa, white-tailed deer program leader with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department] says poor habitat conditions across much of that region over the last few years has resulted in a population decline of about 25%..,
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Kerr County Deer Breeding Facility Oct. 31, 2024 Texas Parks and Wildlife
... one case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a Kerr County deer breeding facility, marking the first confirmed detection in the county. A three-year-old female white-tailed deer tested positive using postmortem testing ..,
Texas A&M Researchers See Success In First Tests Of Oral Anthrax Vaccine In White-Tailed Deer October 30, 2024 Texas A&M Today - Texas A&M University
... Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) are closer to developing an oral vaccine for anthrax thanks to a recent study showing an immune response in white-tailed deer...
Stellar Deer Season Expected This Fall October 29, 2024 Texas Parks and Wildlife - Texas.gov
... Much of the state received drought-quenching rain in the spring, which allowed for excellent habitat growth during the initial part of the growing season. Spring forb (weeds and flowering plants) production, which is a critical component of a deer’s diet coming out of winter, was abundant and offered essential nutrients to growing bucks, nursing does and newborn fawns..,
TPWD forecasts strong season for white-tailed deer hunting October 23, 2024 Texas Farm Bureau
... With a population of about 5 million, Texas is home to the most white-tailed deer in the U.S ... Most of the Lone Star State saw drought-quenching rain in the spring, allowing for excellent forage growth and habitat cover ... said Blaise Korzekwa, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) White-tailed Deer Program leader..,
Why white-tailed deer management remains crucial in South Texas October 23, 2024 Texas, The Victoria Advocate
... Deer hunting-related expenditures contribute over $9 billion dollars annually to the Texas economy. Not only that, but deer also are considered a keystone species. This means they play a vital role in how the ecosystem they inhabit functions ..,
Texas universities receive CWD funding from APHIS October 21, 2024 Texas Farm Bureau
... the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to study chronic wasting disease (CWD). Texas A&M University and the University of Texas Houston received over $1 million in funding from the APHIS 2024 Farmed Cervid Spending Plan...
On the Rise: Eastern Texas deer numbers have steadily climbed October 11, 2024
Tyler Morning Telegraph
… Pineywoods has a lower deer density … an estimated 331,000 … With an estimated 654,000 deer going into this season, the Post Oak region has the third largest deer population behind the Edwards Plateau (1.5 million) and Cross Timbers (755,000) regions, and ahead of South Texas (605,000)..,
With arrow through its skull, deer swimming in river sets off Texas bowhunter October 11, 2024 San Antonio Express-News on MSN
... The arrow went through the doe's skull with such force, Nugent said, that it pinned her head to her back — making it nearly impossible for her to turn her head ... posted it to his TikTok account ...
The Prototype: Cloning Big Game Animals October 4, 2024 Texas, Forbes
... Jason Abraham, a rancher in Texas who cloned whitetail deer for breeders at hunting ranches in Texas. His company operated for nearly a decade until the state forbade the practice in 2020. Deer breeding for hunting ranches is a big business in Texas, with an estimated economic impact of over $1.6 billion per year ..,
Texas has record number of CWD cases October 2, 2024 Fredericksburg Standard
... Chronic Wasting Disease ... has been detected in Texas deer since 2012. Last year saw 153 positive cases in the state, and the number of cases this year reached 387 in August ... Texas Parks and Wildlife has detected CWD in 31 of Texas’ 254 counties and 34 captive breeding facilities..,
Camp Verde distance survey reveals too many mature bucks, not enough does September 29, 2024 Texas, Austin American-Statesman on MSN
... Kroll’s number for does on the ranch came to 34.7% of the overall herd... We knew fawn numbers would be low, since several years of drought had really knocked them down and left us without the recruitment of fawns into the adult population...
White-tailed deer population looks strong ahead of archery-only season September 16, 2024 Texas, Odessa American
... Much of the state received drought-quenching rain in the spring, which allowed for excellent habitat growth during the initial part of the growing season... Spring forb (weeds and flowering plants) production, which is a critical component of a deer’s diet coming out of winter, was abundant ..,
Texas’ battle against deer disease threatens breeding industry September 13, 2024 Waco-Temple-Bryan KBTX-TV on MSN.com
... chronic wasting disease ... Last year saw 153 positive cases in the state, and the number of cases this year reached 387 in August, most of them from the outbreak at the property next to True’s... that means True can’t transport or sell his deer outside of the state-declared containment zone ..,
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 ...
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..,
State expert praises 'exceptional' deer fawning season in Texas August 14, 2024 Texas Beaumont Enterprise
... white-tailed deer program leader Blaise Korzekwa says this year’s fawn crop has been exceptional. This is especially true east of Interstate 35 in the Pineywoods, Post Oak and Blackland Prairie regions, where big rains from spring through early summer combined with mild temperatures created optimum conditions for fawn production and survival..,
Chronic Wasting Disease found in Medina County deer breeding facility August 2, 2024 Texas, TPWD News
... It’s the fifth facility where CWD has been detected in the county... The disease was found during postmortem testing of a white-tailed deer... CWD has an incubation period that can span years, so the first indication of the disease in a herd is often found through routine surveillance testing rather than observed clinical signs..,
Body Weight and Antler Size of White-Tailed Deer Are Maximized Two Years Post-Burn in East Texas Pineywoods July 18, 2024 The Texas Journal of Science
... we used white-tailed deer harvest records provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, in combination with United States Forest Service prescribed fire history information, to investigate the direct relationship between time since burning and deer body weight and antler size in East Texas ... The results suggest that fire is important for white-tailed deer physiology. ANOVA showed a peak in all measurements two-years post fire, indicating the adaptivity of white-tailed deer to fire-dependent ecosystems ...
Feel Good Friday: Fawn receiving care after being hit by a truck July 12, 2024 KBTX
... After a Good Samaritan stopped to assist the baby deer, they took her to Paws and Claws Wildlife Rehabilitation in College Station...
Chronic Wasting Disease detected in Sutton County deer breeding facility June 27, 2024 Texas, Yahoo
... the second facility where CWD has been detected in the county, located in the Edward Plateau region of Texas. A two-year-old female white-tailed deer tested positive using postmortem testing conducted to meet CWD surveillance requirements for the facility...
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Trinity County Deer Breeding Facility June 14, 2024 Texas, TPWD News
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of one case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Trinity County deer breeding facility, marking the first detection in the county. A two-year-old female white-tailed deer tested positive using postmortem testing conducted to meet CWD surveillance requirements for the facility...
Deer may fight off-leash dogs during fawn season June 13, 2024 Texas, News Nation on MSN
... Deer in urban areas, who may be more used to dogs, will become far more likely to fight if they believe their young are at risk, according to a Texas Parks and Wildlife Division spokesperson...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Approves Reduction of Chronic Wasting Disease Containment and Surveillance Zones
June 12, 2024 TPWD News
... updates to the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Containment and Surveillance Zones. Containment zones refer to areas where CWD has been detected and confirmed. Surveillance zones identify areas where, based on the best available science and data, the presence of CWD could be reasonably expected...
Wasting disease is serious threat to deer. Let’s back Texas’ effort to deal with it June 6, 2024 Texas, YAHOO!News
... The vast majority of Texas hunting ranches do not participate in deer breeding. According to the A&M study, 95% describe their herds as completely wild and native — with no introduced breeder deer. Other than some natural spread from New Mexico in the panhandle and far west Texas, the vast majority of the state does not have CWD, and we need to keep it that way... According to the state constitution, all wildlife in Texas is owned by the citizens of the state and managed for public benefit ..,
Whitetail report June 1, 2024 Texas, The Daily Sentinel
... Texas has an abundant deer population estimated at 4.7 million animals — way more than any other state... “The Edwards Plateau has been the unfortunate bullseye of drought conditions this year and has been under extreme drought and missed rainfall events. Areas spanning from southwest Texas to the Trans Pecos have also struck out on the rainfall lottery this spring.” ..,
State kills hundreds of deer at North Texas ranch, after years of legal fights May 31 2024 Texas, YAHOO!News
... killed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, in order to manage a highly contagious deer-specific disease called chronic wasting disease... by 10 p.m., word came up to the lodge that the depopulation itself was over. The 250 deer left on Williams’ ranch were dead...
Pregnant deer gives birth on impact from car; twin fawns survive May 15, 2024 Texas, WGN-TV
... dash camera captured the Friday collision. “You can actually see that I had one that went right in between my two front tires and I kind of centered over the second fawn to come out,” ... We do have a little trauma ...
Public Comment Sought on Proposed Regulation Changes to Disease Detection, Response Rules in Deer Breeding Facilities
May 10, 2024 Texas Parks and Wildlife News
... The proposed amendment concerning CWD testing would require the euthanization and post-mortem testing of any breeder deer confirmed positive for CWD via ante-mortem testing...
Chronic wasting disease detected in Edwards County deer breeding facility April 25, 2024 Texas Parks and Wildlife News
... A pair of two-year-old does tested positive using antemortem testing conducted to meet CWD surveillance requirements for deer ... Proactive removal of deer penned with the positive deer and additional testing resulted in three subsequent CWD detections...
Warm-season food plots vital for deer health April 17, 2024 Texas, Marshall News Messenger
... To maximize the effectiveness of warm-season food plots, a variety of forage types are recommended. Deer vetch, cowpeas, alyceclover, lablab and soybeans are all excellent choices. These forages not only provide essential nutrients but also contribute to soil health and overall habitat improvement...
Chronic Wasting Disease detected in Real County deer breeding facility April 8, 2024 Texas, Yahoo
... two cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Real County deer breeding facility, marking the first detections in the county... a 10-year-old and a 6.5-year-old female white-tailed deer tested positive ..,
Evaluation of drone surveys for ungulates in southwestern rangelands - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2024
... in South Texas, USA, on sites with varying degrees of woody cover and terrain... . Drone‐based population estimates were comparable
with estimates generated from corrected helicopter, spotlight, and trail‐camera surveys. Overall, diurnal drone surveys can generate population estimates for large ungulates on southwestern rangelands after accounting for visibility bias, but may be limited by terrain and thermal conditions.
Hunting a big deer is one thing, but how will we know when we've gone too far? March 31, 2024 Texas, MSN
... We don’t need 2-year-old bucks that will score more than 200 Boone and Crockett inches. It doesn’t occur in nature, so why pursue it? ...
Estimating deer ratios in helicopter surveys March 27, 2024 Texas, Lone Star Outdoor News
... At the recent Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Deer Research Meeting, Dr. Aaron Foley presented the results of a scientific investigation on the accuracy of helicopter surveys to capture ratio data for deer herds. The examination found estimates of buck:doe and doe:fawn ratios were accurate for deer management, but not as reliable for buck:mature buck ratios...
New CWD zones prompts calls for change February 20, 2024 Texas Farm Bureau
... New surveillance zones were approved for Kimble, Medina and Cherokee counties after cases of the neurological deer disease were discovered in deer breeding facilities in those counties. A new surveillance and containment zone were implemented in Coleman County after a free-ranging, hunter-harvested buck tested positive for CWD in late 2023...
The State of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Deer January 29, 2024 AllOutdoor.com
... Dr. Chris Seabury, a genetics professor at Texas’ A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, believes Chronic Wasting Disease can be contained by breeding deer that have natural, partial immunity to infection...
Texas has a feral hog problem. Can we fix it? January 27, 2024 Texas, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
... “Pigs compete with native wildlife for forage,” Mike Bodenchuk, former state director of the Texas Wildlife Services Program, said. “They alter habitats, they foul the water sources. They predate on a lot of wildlife ... even fawns from deer can fall victim to feral hogs.” ...
Did Texas Parks and Wildlife euthanize a whole herd of deer by mistake? January 26, 2024 Texas Standard
... “To this point, all 600 and some samples that we’ve submitted … to the National Veterinary lab there in Iowa for confirmation had been confirmed. So it’s an extremely rare occurrence for us not to receive confirmation,” said John Silovsky, wildlife division director for TPWD...
National laboratory does not confirm Chronic Wasting Disease at Kerr Wildlife Management Area Research Facility January 19, 2024 Texas, Yahoo
... Although no confirmed detections were obtained from regulatory tests on any deer, the second round of RT-QuIC environmental evaluations at the facility did detect the presence of prions in some environmental samples. Out of an abundance of caution, TPWD staff euthanized all deer in the research facility prior to receiving confirmation ..,
Looking Ahead: Hunters should start now to help deer for next season January 11, 2024 Texas, Tyler Morning Telegraph
... “Corn is simply used as an attractant and provides little nutritional value for deer...the addition of supplemental feed or cottonseed is still recommended,” [Blaise Korzekwa, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s white-tailed deer program leader.] By supplemental feed he is referring to protein pellets ...
Deadly Deer Disease Spreads In Texas, With No Easy Explanation January 8, 2024 Texas, HuffPost
...The infection at the Kerr research facility capped off a record year of CWD spread in Texas by raising the same question that has confounded officials since the case count started climbing in 2021: How does the disease keep working its way into new sites, when infected deer aren’t the ones spreading it? ...
Recent survey shows whitetail hunting, supporting landowners generate $9.6 billion annually January 6, 2024 Texas, The Lufkin Daily News
...The survey was carried out jointly in 2022-23 by the Texas A&M University Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management and the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute. Released in December 2023, the second part of the three-part survey shows Texas deer hunting and the landowners who support it account for a $9.6 billion boost to the Texas economy each year... [the survey]
Texas Parks and Wildlife addresses increase in Chronic Wasting Disease among state deer population January 4, 2024 KVII
... First detected in Texas in 2012, CWD has since manifested in 624 documented cases statewide, with 181 cases reported in 2023 alone... the state has reported an over 25% increase in positive cases, with a notable 73% of cases originating from high-fenced areas..,
Officials respond to questions about chronic wasting disease detection December 23, 2023 Texas, Jacksonville Progress
... TPWD says more than 600 CWD positives have been confirmed in Texas since the initial discovery, and that most of the positives are tied to whitetail breeding facilities and release sites. TPWD Big Game program leader Alan Cain says CWD has been documented in 28 Texas breeding facilities...
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Free-Range Coleman County Deer Dec. 8, 2023 Texas, TPWD News
... the first detection in the county. A two-year-old whitetail buck harvested by a hunter on a low-fenced property tested positive through sampling conducted voluntarily to assist with the state’s CWD surveillance..,
Texas fisherman finds buck swimming in Corpus Christi bay December 5, 2023 Laredo Morning Times
... about a mile from shore doggy-paddling his four little hooves off. He said they followed him and were able to turn him around to get him back to the shoreline...
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected at Kerr Wildlife Management Area Captive Deer Research Facility December 1, 2023 Texas Parks and Wildlife News
... a suspect-positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a 14-month-old captive male white-tailed deer at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area (WMA) research facility... Out of an abundance of caution, TPWD staff euthanized all deer in the research facility and collected post-mortem samples, which resulted in no additional detections... “TPWD staff are disappointed to abruptly end nearly 50 years of white-tailed deer research that has significantly influenced deer management in Texas ..,
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Cherokee County Deer Breeding Facility November 17, 2023 Texas Parks and Wildlife News
... confirmation of a case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Cherokee County, marking the first detection in a deer breeding facility in the county. A four-year-old buck tested positive using postmortem testing conducted to meet annual CWD surveillance requirements for the facility..,
Texas Parks and Wildlife considering new ways to manage chronic wasting disease November 15, 2023 Beaumont Enterprise
... Cain says the majority of the public commenters (65%), including many of the 50-plus people who signed up to address the commission in person, spoke in opposition to the proposal package..,
Dallas resident charged for illegally selling 'domesticated' deer on Craigslist November 15, 2023 Texas, news4sanantonio
... The Texas Game Wardens saw that the photo within the Craigslist ad had the deer and the contact information of the seller... After officials filed charges against the sellers, the Wardens seized the deer and transported the animal to a licensed rehabilitator...
Lost and found: Hunters rely on dogs to find wounded deer November 6, 2023 Texas, The Beaumont Enterprise
... The practice of using up to two unleashed dogs to track wounded deer has been legal in much of the state for decades, but was only recently made legal in most of eastern Texas. The exceptions are Jasper, Newton, Sabine, and San Augustine counties, where handlers are still required to keep tracking dogs on a leash...
Texas Parks and Wildlife opens more mandatory CWD check stations as deer season begins October 28, 2023, Texas Public Radio
...There are cases of both free ranging deer and captive deer facilities. The majority of them at this time are around captive deer facilities... Ben Olsen, a wildlife health specialist in Texas Parks and Wildlife Big game program..,
Texas Deer Population Forecasted to Rebound from Drought Conditions Oct. 27, 2023 TPWD News
... Much of the state received drought-quenching rain in the spring, which allowed for excellent habitat growth during the initial part of the growing season. Spring forb (weeds and flowering plants) production, which is a critical component of a deer’s diet coming out of winter, was abundant and offered essential nutrients to growing bucks, lactating does and new fawns. Additionally, the improved habitat conditions earlier this year helped keep fawns healthy ...
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Medina County Deer Breeding Facility - TPWD October 24, 2023 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) - Texas.gov
... The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Medina County, marking the fifth detection since 2015 in a deer-breeding facility in the county. A one-year-old buck tested positive through an antemortem (live-animal) test conducted to meet annual CWD surveillance requirements for the facility...
Good and Bad: Exotics add hunting value, but can disrupt whitetail management October 19, 2023 Texas, tylerpaper.com
... Axis were first imported into Texas for their meat in the 1930s. Originally from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka ... Even though TPWD does not count exotics, it is believed there are some counties where axis numbers might equal white-tailed deer. “The axis population is almost as large as the whitetail population in Kimball County...
Pineywoods study shows deer are homebodies for the most part October 5, 2023 Texas, Tyler Morning Telegraph
... In the Pineywoods studymost of the bucks on private property had a home range of about 600 acres... major highways, and in this case U.S. 59, were a major barrier that the deer were hesitant to cross. The same was not true for smaller roads like Farm to Markets and county roads, but that created a different issue. “We had a lot killed on the road. Maybe a quarter of them,” ...
Looking Good: Statewide Outlook Above Average For Upcoming Texas Deer Season September 29, 2023 Tyler Morning Telegraph
... With a statewide herd estimated at 3- to 4-million animals, Texas deer numbers remain steady. Korzekwa said it goes back to the species’ adaptability to weather swings and things like urban sprawl and different looks in landscape caused by agricultural practice changes. [We have contacted the paper to check on this poulation estimate]
Contemporary hybridization between female mule deer and male white-tailed deer in west Texas differs from the hypothesized sex mating patterns recovered from ancient hybridization events September, 2023 Canadian Journal of Zoology
... Eight out of 130 free-ranging individuals from the Panhandle and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas were determined to possess the mitochondrial haplotype of mule deer (O. hemionus Rafinesque, 1817) and the paternal haplotype of white-tailed deer (O. virginianus Rafinesque, 1832). Results indicated that hybridization between deer species in Texas (6.15%) was more broadly distributed than previously reported...
Check out these Texas hunting season predictions before heading out September 23, 2023 Beaumont Enterprise
... Last year ... White-tailed deer had a poor fawning season due to the drought. There were limited supplies of fawning cover, forage and water that decreased the overall number of deer on the landscape... With favorable precipitation and habitat conditions this year, the deer are health ..,
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Kimble County Deer Breeding Facility September 13, 2023 Texas Parks and Wildlife
... a 6-year-old doe at a breeding facility in Kimble County tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease...This is the second time the disease was detected at a deer-breeding facility in the county, TPWD states..,
McLennan County judge blocks TPWD order requiring breeders to kill 29 deer September 7, 2023 Texas, KWTX
... “trace deer” that tested positive for Chronic Waste Disease at another facility were traced to their facility... The breeders contend the 29 traced deer at their facilities are being sequestered from the other deer at their operations...
Chronic wasting disease, regulations impact Texas deer breeders September 7, 2023 Texas Farm Bureau
... Just two years ago, in September 2021, there were 980 deer breeders in Texas. Now, due to a number of factors, including the cost of testing herds for CWD and mandatory depopulation after CWD is found in a facility, there are only 683 breeders left in the state...
Seasons Of Change: Hunting Seasons Have Been A Part of Texas Hunting Since 1861 August 31, 2023 Texas, Tyler Morning Telegraph
... Concerns over market hunting led to a seven-month deer season in 1881. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, white-tailed deer numbers were depleted in Texas in the 1800s by commercial meat and hide hunters, along with a lack of knowledge of deer habitat. It was estimated that between 1844 and 1853 more about 75,000 deer hides were shipped from one location..,
Texas Rancher Wages War Against Deer Euthanasia As Disease Spreads August 26, 2023 HuffPost
... The state of Texas wants to kill all of the roughly 500 captive deer at RW Trophy Ranch to contain the spread of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, a contagious brain disorder that wildlife officials widely view as the single greatest threat to the nation’s deer herds. “It breaks my freaking heart,” Williams said, choking back tears as she recalled nursing a struggling fawn named Curly ...
Whitetail outlook August 19, 2023 Texas, The Daily Sentinel
... Texas deer hunters shot about 681,000 deer last year compared to 828,000 the season year before ... The reason for the decrease? ... Plus, deer movements were stifled by an early fall green up and one of the best acorn crops in years... there are plenty of fawns on the ground... In South Texas, land managers have reported production rates as high as 50 percent..,
Reward offered for information on fatal blowdart attack on white-tailed deer in Bandera August 16, 2023 Texas, WOAI
... the 6" razor tip blowgun dart punctured and penetrated the buck's chest piercing the right lung resulting in its death... a reward of up to $1,000 ...
Emergency rules adopted for movement of breeder deer July 25, 2023 Texas, Yahoo
... "Since 2021, we have seen an increase in CWD detections from breeder deer at an unprecedented rate," said John Silovsky, Wildlife Division Director for TPWD... The change requires all breeder deer to be ante-mortem (live-animal) tested for CWD ... before transferring to another deer breeding facility or release site...
Antlers, fawn crops looking good for upcoming deer season July 20, 2023 Texas, Lone Star Outdoor News
... Cain said range conditions were exceptional during the spring and even into the beginning of the summer due to ample
precipitation across much of the state. Bucks were able to recover from the rut, while does were able to take advantage of premium habitat and pack on fat reserves for fawning and lactation, and fawns were treated with cover and shade to protect them from the summertime heat...
