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Mar. 9—The COVID-19 pandemic forced wildlife agencies last fall to scale back their efforts to test for chronic wasting disease, the fatal neurological disorder that affects deer, moose and elk.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has received reports of more than 120 probable cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer, primarily from counties in the southwestern Lower Peninsula.
For the 2023 testing year in Wisconsin, 1,586 deer were CWD-positive out of 17,314 analyzed, or 9.2%, according to the DNR. ... The April 5 announcement came from a deer near the border with Michigan.
The state tested 128 white-tailed deer across Michigan, 20 deer each from four separate PFAS investigation areas and an additional 48 from other areas submitted by hunters during the 2017 hunting season. One of twenty deer tested near Clark's Marsh was found to have a PFOS level of 547 parts per billion (ppb) taken from a muscle sample.
Canada also expanded testing to other cervids besides white-tailed deer, finding that both white-tailed deer and mule deer tested positive for the same variants circulating among the two species in the United States, whereas elk and moose did not exhibit exposure. [13] Mule deer as far west as California had already been infected by 2021. [26]
The Michigan DNR posted reporting numbers Tuesday morning for Firearm deer season with 73,005 deer taken since the start of the season Nov. 15. Of that total, 52,991 were bucks, or antlered deer.
The following is a list of Michigan state game and wildlife areas found throughout the U.S. state of Michigan. The state has a system of publicly owned lands managed primarily for wildlife conservation, wildlife observation, recreational activities, and hunting. Some areas provide opportunities for camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing ...
Figures posted online Monday morning show hunters took 132,810 deer in 2024 — about 5,000 fewer than reported for 2023 and far lower than in 2022 when hunters took 154,940 deer, the DNR said.