Members of the Natural Resources and Tourism Committee and the Appropriations and Oversight subcommittees met to hear ...

Research by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Penn State University discovers the truth about deer movements during rut, ...

POWELL — A six-year study of more than 600 deer in Wisconsin may have found ways to improve management of fatal chronic wasting disease by studying hourly and daily group ...

Here’s a quick look at some of the key numbers from Wisconsin: 75 percent of counties in the state have had positive CWD detections 17,399 deer were sampled in 2024 1,786 samples tested positive 89 ...

Bedford and Fulton, southcentral counties, have produced 90% of the known CWD-positive deer since the disease’s discovery in Pennsylvania in 2012. Since then, the agency discovered 1,273 cases ...

Chronic wasting disease is an always-fatal brain disease in white-tailed deer and similar animals that can spread quickly. An infected deer may not look sick for years. And while it hasn’t been ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is an always-fatal brain disease in white-tailed deer and similar animals that can spread quickly across the landscape. An infected deer may not look sick for years. And ...

Some hunters like Skarlupka aren’t keen on taking chances, especially when they depend on deer meat to feed their family. Other hunters don’t care.

A deer may not show any signs of CWD until 18 to 24 months after becoming infected, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Arguably the most obvious sign is drastic weight loss, or “wasting.” ...

If you’re planning to hunt any deer this year, here are four things to know about chronic wasting disease, including whether it can impact humans and if an infected deer’s meat is safe to eat.