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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.
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 number and the percentage of positives were highest since the DNR ...
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.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. [2]
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 said more than 61,000 deer have been taken in the first three days of the firearm deer season, but not many does. Michigan hunters shot more than 61,000 deer already. Here's where ...
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 ...
What time can you legally take a deer? Where can you hunt? Here's what you need to know in 2024.