Idaho Winter Kill Less Than Expected for Mule Deer, Elk
After challenging winter conditions ravaged the western United States last season, results are beginning to pour in from mortality studies in the various western states. Idaho, in particular, is showing better results than previously expected. Despite being the second-lowest winter survival in nearly 20 years, officials with the Idaho Fish and Game Department report that […]
3 Endangered Deer Found Hog-Tied in Car
After surviving habitat destruction and over-hunting in the 1940s as well as their recent brush with the deadly screwworm, the key deer of South Florida were threatened again this week. On Sunday morning, a broken tail light captured the attention of a Monroe County Sherrif’s deputy. Engaging in what the deputy thought to be a […]
Firefighters Rescue Pair of Deer Fawns from Arizona Wildfires
Blazing for over a week now, firefighters have been battling the Goodwin Fire in central Arizona day and night since the fire began. Scorching roughly 25,000 acres of the Prescott National Forest since the blaze erupted on June 24th. On Friday evening, an elite team of firefighters battling the heart of the fire came across […]
Michigan Man Sentenced After an Estimated 2.5 Tons of Bait Found on Deer Hunting Property
A dump truck full of sugar beets and few trailer loads of corn, that’s apparently the amount of bait one Michigan man felt he needed to successfully lure whitetails to his hunting stand. That man, Dexter James Sysak, 40, was subsequently charged for exceeding Michigan’s baiting regulations last fall and was sentenced last month for […]
Deer Brains, Heads, and Tails on the Menu of PA Restaurant – Former Owners Charged
Originally cited by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for 17 wildlife violations, the former owners of the New China House Restaurant in Lititz, PA were charged again earlier this month. Surrounding the former owners, Shi Lu Eng, and her husband, Chun Dwong Eng, the allegations dating as far back as 2012 are slightly disturbing to anyone […]
17-Year Study Highlights Mule Deer Aversion to Energy Development
A recently published study analyzed 17 years’ worth of telemetry data that could very well change future federal land usage plans when it comes to oil and gas exploration. “Mule Deer and Energy Development — Long-term Trends of Habituation and Abundance,” appears in the journal Global Change Biology and was led by biologist Hall Sawyer […]
Three Charged for Dumping Skinned, Pregnant Doe in Country Club Pool
A break has been made in the disturbing story of a pregnant whitetail doe that was killed, skinned and dumped into the pool of a country club. Three individuals have been identified and are now facing multiple charges stemming from the incident that took place earlier in the month at a Williamson, Tennessee country club. […]
Connecticut Man Charged with Transporting Captive Deer Carcass
As the news of a massive 24-point buck made its way through Connecticut, it managed to capture the attention of the state’s Environmental Conservation Police and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Reportedly taken in Bridgewater, Connecticut, the deer was inspected by officials and was found to be without the usual hide blemishes and […]
Aggressive Deer Prompt Warnings from Police on Vancouver Island
For hunters, the spring is a magical time of year as we bear witness to many of our familiar big game species growing in size. Known to many as the fawning season, this is the time of the year when fawns and calves from deer, elk, and moose begin to ‘drop’ and hopefully become recruited […]
Missouri Hunters for Fair Chase Seeking Changes on the Captive Deer Industry
With a heavy focus on containing the spread of the fatal chronic wasting disease inside Missouri’s borders, a local fair chase advocacy group is petitioning the captive breeding industry in the show-me state. With the disease continuing to spread in many areas of the country, much of the focus has turned to the captive breeding […]