International Crimestoppers Donates Money for New Wildlife Decoy in Wyoming
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Mountain View Game Warden Allen Deru received some good news from the International Wildlife Crimestoppers, Inc. (IWC) recently in the form of a $1,400.00 check to help fight poaching. Green River (RELEASE) – Deru applied for the grant from IWC to pay for a new wildlife decoy to be used […]
Arizona Game & Fish: Jaguar in Chiricahua Mountains Video is Male
PHOENIX — Contrary to a news release from a Tucson-based group, biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that a jaguar recently captured on a trail video camera in the Chiricahua Mountains is a male. “This Center for Biological Diversity footage confirms that this is a […]
Idaho Hunter Gets $500 Reward for Busting Motorized Gate Crashers
BHA OHV Reward Fund rewards citizens whose reports of illegal OHV use result in a conviction BOISE (RELEASE) – A public land hunter in Idaho recently collected a $500 reward from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers after reporting illegal use of an off-road vehicle in the Third Fork drainage on the Emmett Ranger District of the […]
Washington State Confirms First Case of HD in Deer
GOLDENDALE (RELEASE) – For the first time in Washington, wildlife managers have found in deer a viral infection known as Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease (AHD). Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) officials confirmed AHD, which can be deadly to deer, in a herd east of Goldendale in Klickitat County. This type of AHD is specific […]
Pa. Officials Convict Man Responsible for Death of Two Ear-Tagged Deer
HARRISBURG, PA (RELEASE)– The investigation into the origin of two ear-tagged deer euthanized recently in Elk County has resulted in a conviction. A 56-year-old Ridgway man pleaded guilty Aug. 16 to two counts of disturbing wildlife after reporting he’d handled the deer, saying both were wild and he tagged them in separate years while they […]
Above Average Reports of EHD Among Tennessee’s Deer Population
NASHVILLE (RELEASE) — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) offices are receiving reports of dead deer in scattered areas of the state. The timing and details of the reports are all indicative of hemorrhagic disease (HD). HD occurs at varying levels of severity each year in Tennessee’s deer herd. The catch-all term for this disease is […]
Pair of Ontario Men Fined for Illegal Deer Hunt
(RELEASE) – Two Sault Ste. Marie men have been fined a total of $2,000 for an illegal deer hunt. Cameron Tucker pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for unlawfully hunting deer without a licence and $500 for obstructing a conservation officer. Tucker also received a two-year hunting prohibition on top of a three-year ban for […]
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty in Unlawful Mule Deer Case
(RELEASE) – In March 2017, the Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division received information a local man had taken two mule deer bucks without a valid controlled hunt tag for the Southern Oregon unit where the deer were shot and harvested. Based on the verifiable information OSP was provided, Troopers from the Springfield Patrol […]
Trophy Elk Euthanized After Wandering into CWD Management Area
HARRISBURG, PA (RELEASE) – The Pennsylvania Game Commission today announced a trophy bull elk that wandered south of Interstate 80 and into a chronic-wasting disease (CWD) management area was euthanized by an agency wildlife conservation officer to ensure it would not bring CWD back to the elk range. The 8- by 9-point bull has been […]
South Dakota’s Anti-Poaching Program Pays Off
PIERRE, S.D. (RELEASE) – As summer comes to an end and hunting seasons ramp-up, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is asking citizens to make the call to the Turn In Poachers (TIPs) hotline if they observe illegal hunting, fishing or trapping activity. “During the annual reporting period from July 1, 2016, through June […]