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Entries for 'Gray Loon'
CWD response intensifies in southeastern Minnesota
By Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
The Department of Natural Resources is taking additional steps to help limit the spread of chronic wasting disease in wild deer in southeastern Minnesota. Eleven new cases of wild deer infected with the neurological disease were discovered this fall in or around the CWD disease management zone in Fillmore County. In response, the DNR is opening two... READ MORE
Gun season sees increase as hunters take 211,430 deer
By Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
During Wisconsin’s the nine-day gun deer season Nov. 17-25 preliminary numbers show 211,430 deer were registered, an increase over the 197,733 deer taken during the 2017 season. This year’s total included 104,388 antlered deer. Gun deer license sales had reached 576,277 by season's end, a 2 percent drop from last year’s totals. ... READ MORE
Record 106,797 deer taken in modern gun season
By Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
A record 106,797 deer were taken over Kentucky’s 16-day modern gun season that concluded Nov. 25, topping the previous record from 2015 by almost 1,400 deer. “We anticipated an increase in harvest for the season due to several changes in deer regulations implemented earlier this year,” said Gabe Jenkins, deer and elk program coord... READ MORE
6,585 deer harvested during antlerless portion
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Preliminary data shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 6,585 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season, Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 261, Osage with 201, and Pike with 193 deer checked. Last year’s harvest total was 7,773. Archery deer hunting continues through Jan. 15, 2019. Th... READ MORE
CWD confirmed in second Issaquena County whitetail
By Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
The National Veterinary Services Laboratory has confirmed the hunter-harvested 2.5-year-old, female white-tailed deer voluntarily submitted in Issaquena County Nov. 1, 2018, tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “This deer was harvested by a hunter on Mahannah Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and voluntarily submitted to our drop-... READ MORE
Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus members introduce CWD study act
By Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
On Nov. 15, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Member Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming introduced the Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission in Cervidae Study Act. Joining Sen. Barrasso in bipartisan support for the bill were nine original co-sponsors, eight of whom are CSC members, including Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The bi... READ MORE
Preliminary deer harvest lower than last year
By Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Preliminary deer harvest in Nebraska is 5 percent behind last year’s pace. From Sept. 1 through Nov. 26, there were 47,532 deer checked, compared to 49,923 in 2017. Mule deer buck harvest decreased slightly, with 8,575 taken, compared to 8,609 in 2017. This is still the second highest recorded mule deer buck harvest on record bodes well for N... READ MORE
Deer hunters having best year since 2002
By Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
With the regular firearms season for deer concluding Dec. 1, the new online registration system shows deer hunters have had a very good year in Maine, perhaps the best in over 15 years. The numbers are still preliminary, but as of Nov. 26, hunters in Maine had taken 30,299 deer, the most since 2004 when the deer kill was 30,926. With the muzzleload... READ MORE
Youth hunters harvest 2,556 deer in late season
By Missouri Department of Conservation
Preliminary data shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 2,556 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2018 deer hunting season, Nov. 23-25. Of the 2,556 deer harvested, 1,140 were antlered bucks, 336 were button bucks, and 1,080 were does. Top counties were Wayne with 47, Ripley with 46, and Franklin, Macon and Osage wi... READ MORE
Hunters take 58,836 deer during first firearms weekend
By Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 58,836 deer during the first weekend of the Firearm Deer Season Nov. 16-18. In 2017, they took 51,450 deer during the first firearm weekend. The seven-day Firearm Deer Season concludes Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead are Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season Dec. 7-9; Late... READ MORE