A single new case of chronic wasting disease has been detected in Virginia very close to where CWD-infected deer were killed in 2009, 2010, and 2011. This 3.5-year-old buck was killed by a hunter on Nov. 17 in western Frederick County, close to the West Virginia border. Given the proximity of this new positive to […]
Month: February 2013
Prescribed Burn Workshop Planned in Arkansas
The Arkansas Prescribed Fire Council is sponsoring a workshop for private landowners on March 2. The workshop will be held at the Camp Rockefeller Gus Blass Scout Reservation in Damascus beginning at 9 a.m. Fire in Arkansas’s forests has been an important process in the state’s ecology and landscape. Today, prescribed fire, or controlled burning, […]
Antler Restrictions Among Arkansas Considerations
The annual public meetings concerning the state’s hunting seasons have passed, but there’s still time to send any comments or concerns to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Hunters may visit Regulation Survey to take a quick online survey. The following considerations are being surveyed for the 2013-14 season: — Change the checking time from 24 […]
Illinois Deer Totals Stay About the Same
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 180,669 deer during all 2012-13 seasons, slightly down from last year’s numbers. Illinois deer seasons closed in January as hunters concluded the Archery Deer Season and the last segments of the Late-Winter and Special Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) deer hunting seasons on Jan. 20. The total preliminary […]
Keener Honored As Top Georgia Game Warden
Corporal James Keener, representing Pickens County, was named Georgia’s Investigative Ranger of the Year for demonstrating determination and devotion in his work, which included a complex case with more than nine individuals charged with violations. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division names an Investigative Ranger of the Year annually. “I commend Cpl. […]
Indictments Back In Texas Warden Assault
An Upshur County grand jury has returned multiple felony indictments, including two first degree counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, naming a father and son accused of holding a state game warden at gunpoint last October. All the indictments stem from an Oct. 6 incident in which Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game […]
How Big Are My Buck’s Antlers?
How does this rack stack up? It’s a question many hunters ask when admiring the antlers from a proudly harvested buck. The Deer Antler Scoring event at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Jay Henges Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center on Saturday, Feb. 16, can provide the answer. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. hunters […]
Would Senator’s Double-Fence Plan Protect Wild Deer?
A bill filed by an Iowa senator would impact the captive deer market in an effort to help protect the state’s wild deer population from chronic wasting disease. The Muscatine Journal reported that Dick Dearden, D-Des Moines, filed Senate Bill 59 on Jan. 28. Dearden is the chairman of the state’s Natural Resources Committee Chairman. […]
Helicopters Searching for Whitetail Deer?
Pending suitable snow cover, low-flying helicopters will be conducting whitetail deer population surveys from January through March in northwestern, central and southeastern Minnesota. “Good wildlife management decisions are based on good science,” said Lou Cornicelli, wildlife research manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “These survey flights collect some of baseline data we need […]
