Crucial Mule Deer Migration Route More Accessible with New Fencing
Game and Fish is partnering with the Upper Green Muley Fanatics Foundation, the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust Fund, and Jonah Energy to replace fencing on the property to allow for easier big game passage during migration. Cheyenne (Release) – One of the most critical mule deer migration routes in the West is the […]
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Found in West Virginia Deer
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Release) — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has found deer in eight counties that have died from a hemorrhagic disease that causes extensive bleeding. This year, deer in Boone, Brooke, Hancock, Lincoln, Marshall, Ohio, Tucker and Wayne counties have died from a disease caused by the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus […]
Two Louisiana Men Face Charges for Importing CWD Deer into Louisiana, Mississippi
Chronic wasting disease is arguably the number one threat to deer populations in North America today and a pair of Louisiana men put additional animals at risk when they imported live deer from Pennsylvania to game farms in Mississipi and Lousiana. Following a lengthy investigation, officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that […]
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 […]
Rare Case of Rabies in Whitetail Deer Found in North Carolina
With much of the disease-ridden news surrounding whitetail populations across the country focused on hemorrhagic disease (HD) and chronic wasting disease (CWD), some “highly unusual” news has surfaced in North Carolina. With warmer temperatures continuing in much of the east, cases of HD have been popping up in Tennesse, Kentucky and many other states as […]
The Little Deer That Could: Key Deer Seem to Have Survived Another Catastrophe
The smallest and perhaps most susceptible deer species here in North America has once again had its chances for survival challenged. The Florida Key Deer, coming off a miraculous recovery after doing battle against screwworm for the past two years, was once again walloped, this time by a natural disaster named Irma. As the storm […]
University Researcher Suggests Hunting Would Help BC’s Ailing Caribou
University of Alberta researcher Robert Serrouya has a solution to restoring British Columbia’s ailing caribou populations, and it isn’t calling for the additional culling of wolves. While wolves remain plentiful on the BC landscape and their numbers require sound management, Serrouya has investigated additional conservation solutions to restore caribou populations. As the culling or hunting […]
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 […]
Two Brothers from Kentucky Nailed with Over 200 Counts of Poaching
A pair of brazen brothers from Kentucky finally had their day in court, pleading guilty on hundreds of illegal hunting charges. In November 2016, an investigation was launched after one of the brothers, Larry Fryman, 69, was discovered by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources officers to have been illegally hunting in Mason County. […]
EHD Rears Its Ugly Head in Virginia
A Virginia fisherman came across something in the water that he wasn’t about to catch with a line and hook. Catching his eye on the water’s edge, angler Luke Yates spotted a deceased deer without any noticeable physical injuries floating in the water. According to reports, he immediately suspected disease to be the culprit following […]