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Read the Wisconsin Deer Report from2012. Read the Proposal to ImplementRecommendations based on the reportfrom September, 2013. The finalrecommendations.

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Third deer tests positive for CWD atRosholt deer farm October 8, 2014Wisconsin, WSAU News ... "This was found on a hunting preserve, thisis the same preserve that's had two previouspositives over the last year and a half or so ...

Third deer positive for CWD in MarathonCounty October 7, 2014 Wisconsin, TheStevens Point Journal ... The 5-year-old buck from WildernessWhitetails hunting preserve near Eland wasdiagnosed Sept. 9 ... The state imposed afive-year quarantine on Wilderness Whitetailshunting preserve and its three affiliated gamefarms ... [CWD Chronic Wasting Disease]

Sawyer County deer council kicks off era ofcitizen input October 7, 2014 Wisconsin, Hayward WI... To make citizens/hunters a real player in thedeer management equation, in 2014 the stateestablished County Deer Advisory Councils... Three other appointed members,representing tourism, transportation,hunt/conservation, were not present. Theurban members seat has not beenfilled... Only five members of the public were

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Wisconsin Data: In 2014 an estimated1,182,000 white-tailed deer. Pre-hunt deer deerpopulation estimated at about 1.4 million in2013, about 1.5 million in 2012 Long lastingwinters in 2012-13 and 2013-14 (worst in 20

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Wisconsin DNR reminds hunters to leaveMinneapolis Star Tribune - Oct 01, 2014MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials arereminding waterfowl hunters to leave trumpeter swansand whooping cranes alone. Department of NaturalResources officials say more trumpeter swans and

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DNR seeks volunteers to join deer goal-settingteams October 7, 2014 Wisconsin,southernminn.com...People interested in helping the MinnesotaDepartment of Natural Resources establishdeer population goals for large portions ofnortheastern, north-central and east-centralMinnesota can apply online atwww.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/mgmt.html. ...Goal-setting blocks consistof multiple deer permit areas that have beengrouped by habitat type...

Second Deer Council meeting is Oct.21 October 5, 2014 Wisconsin, WisNews... Deer population objectives for DodgeCounty during the next three years will be themain topic of discussion at the second CountyDeer Advisory Council meeting ... Citizens areencouraged to attend their CDAC’s Octobermeeting and provide comments to thecouncil.... Many county councils have vacantseats ...

County deer groups seek management goalsOctober 2, 2014 Wisconsin, Outdoor News... The first round of county deer advisorycouncil meetings is nearing completionthroughout each of the 72 counties inWisconsin. The gatherings will collect publicopinion and offer the DNR advice andsuggestions on local deer populations,antlerless quotas, and season options... Asrecently as 2007, 5,468 deer were shot in the

years) have reduced deer populations. InSawyer County, 40% percent of deer tracked fora study died. To help rebuild herds 19 counties,about the northern third of the state, have nodoe hunting in 2014. The largest "no doe" zonein 20 years. Fawn mortality was estimated at43 percent. Populations in the Central Forestand the Central and Southern Farm areas faredbetter. Estimated 1.14 million deer after 2011hunting season and 1.16 million deer after 2010hunting season. Estimated 990,000 deer inJanuary 2010. Down significantly since 2000based on legislated deer goals. Deer huntingestimated to have $1.3 billion in economicimpact on the state. About 650,000 deerlicenses sold annually. History of Deer Huntingin Wisconsin Two deer in Marathon County tested positivefor Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in 2014. Since 2008, CWD has been detected in 35counties in deer or elk. Deer management was reorganized alongcounty boundaries in 2014, each county isforming a County Deer Advisory Council(CDAC) of six to eight members.


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county, now down by more than 50 percent to2,609 in 2013...

Operation Deer Watch Closing, Still Time toSubmit September 30, 2014 Wisconsin,WDNR NewsIt's not too late to submit your Operation DeerWatch observations. Two months ago theWisconsin DNR asked for the public’s help toestimate the reproductive status of the deerherd by reporting observations of does, fawnsand bucks. Operation Deer Watch survey endstoday, Sept. 30 but wildlife watchers have untilOct. 17 to report their deer observations.Observations can be reported by going to theWisconsin DNR homepage and keywordsearch "deer watch"

Conservation Congress seeks more publicinput on long-term deermanagement September 29, 2014Wisconsin, Spooner Advocate... “The decisions on the direction of the deerpopulation has never had an opportunity forsuch public input in the state of Wisconsin,” ...

Other estimates:Estiimated pre-hunt deer in 2008: 1.52Estimated pre-hunt deer in 1993: 1.15 million. About 150 elk in 2012. Approximately 800wolves in 2013 (809 to 834), 600 to 1,000 in2014, down from about 1,000 wolves in 2011. From 40,000 to 50,000 coyotes, many of whichcontain wolf DNA. About 20,000 bears. -.DataMine: Deer-hunting statistics,1966-present

- To report a sick deer observation please callthe DNR call center toll free at 1-888-WDNR-INFo (1-888-936-7463), [email protected], or use the chatfeature on the DNR website.- To report poaching, call the DNRat 1-800-847-9367

Other useful links:- Wisconsin Deer Research Projects- Operation Deer Watch - volunteers collectingdata for DNR- Deer Herd Status by County -- County DeerAdvisory Councils- UWSP White-tailed Deer Information and forMule Deer- Archived Public Chats with DNR related todeer management- Wisconsin - - Department of NaturalResourcesTweet on the twitter timeline below by using thehashtags #deer #wisconsin

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DNR says deer feeding ban still will beenforced September 25, 2014Wisconsin, Spooner Advocate ... A ban on feeding white-tailed deer inBarron, Burnett, Polk, and Washburn counties– which was implemented May 10, 2012, dueto the discovery of chronic wasting disease ina wild white-tailed deer on private land inWashburn County ...

‘Bambi went home': Deer rescue caught ondash cam September 24, 2014Wisconsin, Fox11 ... A thunderstorm didn’t stop two policeofficers from freeing a fawn that was stuck in asoccer net – and a police dashboard cameracaught the whole thing....

Town of Menasha (WI) police officers rescue a fawn that was stuck in asoccer net during a thunderstorm. - September 24, 2014

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Wisconsin deer hunting rule changes for2014 September 23, 2014 The Sun... he biggest change is that the old deermanagement units, (DMUs) are gone, exceptfor a few metro units. Those old DMUs will bereplaced with a separate county by countysystem. Gone also will be antlerless quotas,State Park Management, and taking theirplace will be four large deer managementzones ...

Hunters met with the DNR Monday night in Suamico to begin crafting a deer

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Wisconsin's public water systems continue to invest

Over past three years, nearly $135 million invested by municipalwater systems statewide - - - MADISON -- More than 95 percent ofWisconsin's water suppliers meet or exceed health standards and thestate's public water systems continue to make upgrades through a loaprogram administered by the Wisconsin Department of NaturalResources, according to a new report.

DNR, Conservation Congress to convene meeting onnext steps for perch in Lake MichiganPublic meeting set for Oct. 23 to discuss possible perch strategies,benefits for near-shore fishery - - - MILWAUKEE -- To help identifypotential options for yellow perch management in Lake Michigan, thWisconsin Department of Natural Resources and WisconsinConservation Congress will convene a public meeting on October 23at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of FreshwaterSciences.

Ghouls, goblins and jack-o'-lanterns to haunt stateparks this fallMADISON - From family friendly pumpkin carving and costumecontests to hair-raising fright hikes where ghouls and goblins emergealong jack-o'-lantern lit trails, there are more than 20 opportunities tocelebrate Halloween at Wisconsin state park properties this fall.

October shows important progress for early deerhunting seasons and public participation

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Are Deer Safe To Eat? September 21, 2014Wisconsin, NewsBlaze ... Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deerand elk ... State officials assured residentsthey couldn't get the fatal human brain diseaseCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) if theyavoided the deer's "brain, eyeballs, spinalcord, spleen or lymph nodes" and if they worelatex gloves. But there were two medicalreports that suggested otherwise: A 2002 CDCreport titled "Fatal Degenerative NeurologicIllnesses in Men Who Participated in WildGame Feasts-Wisconsin, 2002." And anArchives of Neurology report called"Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease In UnusuallyYoung Patients Who Consumed Venison." ...

With breeding season approaching, beware ofdeer in your headlights September 20, 2014Wisconsin, La Crosse Tribune... The number of people killed or injured inWisconsin vehicle-deer crashes has risensince 1979, although they have declined sincetheir peak of 847 in 1999, according to the

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Outdoor Report for September 25, 2014The nice weather and great colors caused fishing pressure to spike upon many Northwoods lakes. Most have been angling for musky, withfairly consistent action reported at nearly all times of the day. Themost successful baits continue to be artificial baits but some anglershave been able to find large suckers, and they have also providedsome good success. Most fish have been in the 34 to 40-inch size butthere have been rumors of fish up to 46 inches landed in the last weekWater levels have dropped some on rivers and sturgeon anglers hadfair success with most fish in the 40 to 54-inch size, but a couple lega

Outdoor Report for September 18, 2014Cooler temperatures in the last week had many people thinkingautumn, which will officially arrive next Monday with the autumnalequinox. Although most trees are still green, leaves are starting tochange colors, with some maples and sumac showing reds and ashtrees starting to turn yellow and purple. Colors have reached about 25percent in some counties on the Department of Tourism's Fall ColorReport (exit DNR).

Outdoor Report for September 11, 2014Areas of Wisconsin have received from 5 to 7 inches of rain since thebeginning of September and water levels are very high on lakes, riverand streams. In the north, many streams and rivers are at or near floostage, and lake levels are nearing the top of many people's docks.

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Wisconsin Department ofTransportation... State Farm’s reportunderscores that, projecting that drivers inWisconsin will hit 47,669 deer this year...

Portage, City leaders' proposal targetsproblem deer September 18, 2014Wisconsin, Channel 3000... Portage City Administrator Shawn Murphycalls the deer problem a potential liability,saying previous ideas, like building fences andhiring hunters, have just become tooexpensive... paying current portage officers,like Jason Stenburg, to harvest up to 50 deerper year. “I look forward to that," ...

DNR localizes deer herdmanagement September 17, 2014 Wisconsin, Beaver Dam Daily Citizen... The council is represented by a variety ofpersonnel who are directly related to theissues surrounding deer in Dodge County.From biologists and foresters to lawenforcement and agriculture, the council,

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along with public input is focusing on localherds, local habitats and local statistics...County Deer Advisory Councils Give Huntersa Voice September 17, 2014Wisconsin, WBAY... For the first time Wisconsin DNR officialsare asking hunters to join with county leadersin tourism, agriculture, forestry, andtransportation, to develop recommendationson deer populations and harvest quotas. ..

Portage police could be used to kill deerSeptember 17, 2014 Wisconsin, WisNews ... City Administrator Shawn Murphy told citybudget-makers this week to expect a proposalto buy equipment and acquire permits andcertifications necessary to allow city personnelto act as sharpshooters to control the localdeer population...

Wisconsin ranks 7th in deer collisions,numbers show decline September 16,2014 WKOW ... Drivers are nearly 3.7 percent less likely tocollide with a deer in the next 12 months thanthey were last year...

State urges area hunters to have deer testedfor Chronic Wasting Disease September 15,2014 Wisconsin, WSAU News ... Deer hunters are being asked to save deerheads or to use partnering taxidermists sothey can test animals for Chronic WastingDisease. This is especially true in certaincentral Wisconsin areas ... Last year, fiveCWD-positive wild deer were discovered in

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County deer councils will start to gatherinformation September 13, 2014Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... For the first time, a system of County DeerAdvisory Councils will developrecommendations for Wisconsin deermanagement. The councils were among therecommendations of the Wisconsin White-tailed Deer Trustees Report, a processinitiated in 2011 by Gov. Scott Walker...

Deer hunters help track CWD September 13,2014 Wisconsin, WSAU News... “Within Portage, Adams, Juneau, andMarathon Counties, what we’re asking huntersto do is if they’re located within thosesurveillance areas, provide us with their adultdeer heads.” Those four counties have haddeer test positive for the disease before ...

DNR issues either-sex permits in CWD zoneSeptember 11, 2014 Wisconsin, SpoonerAdvocate... During the bow and gun deer huntingseasons the DNR – in cooperation with localbusinesses – will continue to collect lymphnodes or deer heads for CWD [chronicwasting disease] surveillance testing. Anyonewho shoots an adult deer within a 10-mileradius of Shell Lake is asked to contribute asample for testing...

CDAC to discuss deer population September11, 2014 Wisconsin, WisNews

"Estimating the number of deer you have is the La Brea TarPit of deer managment" Dr. James Kroll

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... Deer population objectives that will be usedto help formulate hunting opportunities overthe next three years will be the topic ofdiscussion at Badger Den Room, MackenzieCenter, W7303 County Rd CS, Poynette, Wis.on Sept. 16 starting at 7 p.m. The subject willbe addressed by the Columbia County DeerAdvisory Council (CDAC) ...

Calling all hunters, tell us what you seeSeptember 9, 2014 Wisconsin, WDNR News The September 13 archery and crossbowopeners mark the beginning of the 2014 deerhunting seasons and the start of the sixthannual Deer Hunter Wildlife Survey, aneasy-to-do survey where hunters can recordtheir observations of deer and other wildlifewhile out hunting. The Deer Hunter WildlifeSurvey is a fun opportunity for hunters toshare their enthusiasm for wildlife whilehelping our survey efforts," says Departmentof Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp. At the end of each year, participants whoprovide their email address will receive apersonalized summary of all recorded wildlifefrom that season. Participants can access thesurvey webpage by going to the DNR websiteand searching keyword "Deer Hunter Wildlife."Once there, begin by filling out a tally sheeteither electronically or print it from the site.

Deer Advisory Councils to meet in SawyerCounty September 8, 2014Wisconsin, Hayward WI... Planning for the 2015 deer hunting seasonis under way, and the Wisconsin Department

significant pressattention. WisconsinDeer Hunter WildlifeSurvey "TheWisconsin Departmentof Natural Resourcesis asking for your helpin monitoring therelative abundanceand distribution ofdeer and othermammalian/avianwildlife species in thestate....Since deerhunters often spendmany quietobservation hours inthe woods, you canprovide valuableinformation aboutspecies that are oftenvery difficult tomeasure. Past effortsin Wisconsin andother states (Ohio, Iowa and Missouri) haveprovided wildlife agencies with valuableinformation for managing many wildlife species.

WISCONSIN'S DEER MANAGEMENTPROGRAM Bureau of Integrated ScienceServices, at 608-266-0531 for more information.... tion goals for sections of the state called deermanagement units.- Deer Rehabilitation Policy - WDNR June 7,2011 Information about deer rehabilitation inWisconsin.


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of Natural Resources and WisconsinConservation Congress encourage anyoneinterested in discussing their local deer herd toattend a County Deer Advisory Councilmeeting this fall. Three advisory councilmeetings will be held in Sawyer County —Tuesday, Sept. 23 and Tuesday, Oct. 21, bothfrom 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hayward VeteransCommunity Center; and in December ...

Program Aims At Deer Health September 7,2014 Wisconsin, Valley News... Deer Management Assistance Program(DMAP) ... The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation,represented by Ralph Fritsch of Townsend,offered five suggestions ... DMAP landownersnot be allowed to lease deer hunting rights onthe property. ... the DMAP enrollee couldleverage the program to charge higher leaserates... WWF would like to see baiting andfeeding prohibited on DMAP lands whereantlerless tags are issued....

New deer hunting regulations are comingin Fall 2014. Get your questions answerednow! September 5, 2014 Wisconsin, WDNRNews09/05/2014 Have you taken a look at the new deermanagement unit boundaries? Do you knowwhen and where antlerless-only seasonsoccur this year? Learn how these and othernew rules will affect your hunting season. DNRexperts will be on hand to answer all yourquestions regarding new deer seasonregulations during TWO online chats on

- Wisconsin Chronic Wasting DiseaseResponse Plan- White-tailed deer research projects- Wisconsin Deer Information

Petting Zoos With Deer in Wisconsin CentralWisconsin: Wisconsin Deer Park(wisdeerpark.com) in Wisconsin Dells; Here is areview from Tripadvisory.com: I go to this everyyear, I went multiple times on my last visit. Iabsolutely LOVE this place! You get one on onewith deer! I love animals and nature. And beingwith them is just amazing. And even though it'sin the city part of the Dells you don't really hearoutside noise when you're there. It's reallypeaceful and fun. Definitely check this out if youlove deer and other animals.Southwestern Wisconsin: Peck's Farm MarketEast (pecksfarmmarketeast.com) Southeastern Wisconsin: Lake Geneva AnimalGardens (animalgardens.com)Norther Wisconsin: Wilderness Walk Zoo andRecreation Park(wildernesswalkhaywardwi.com)


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Tuesday, Sept. 9 at noon and 7 p.m. Toparticipate, please visit dnr.wi.gov and searchkeyword “expert.” For more information, visitdnr.wi.gov, search keyword “deer” and clickthe link for the rule changes FAQ document.

Portage, City's deer eradication program likelydead September 5, 2014 Wisconsin, WisNews... The city has periodically hiredsharpshooters ... Or as Common Councilmember Rick Dodd called it, “deer reductionprogram … because we didn’t eradicateanything.” ...

Mystery of Three-Legged Wisconsin BuckSolved September 1, 2014Wisconsin, QDMA.com... Its right hind leg had been crippled in somemishap and was sticking almost straight outbehind the deer, useless, stiff and withered bymuscle atrophy. In a classic example of theneurological connection between antler growthand skeletal structure, the buck’s left antler –on the opposite side of its body – wasdeformed...

2014 Wisconsin Fall Hunting and TrappingForecast is now available! August 30, 2014DNR News With a number of 2014 fall hunting andtrapping seasons just around the corner, theWisconsin Department of Natural Resourceswill once again offer a Fall Hunting andTrapping Forecast. ... In 2014, 19 county units,in whole or in part, are designated asbuck-only units. This approach will encourage

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herd growth. ... During the 2013 deer season,the department sampled 6,662 deer statewidefrom within and outside of the formerCWD-MZ. With over 6,000 deer tested, 357tested positive... Since 2002, CWD prevalencewithin our western monitoring area in theformer CWD-MZ has shown an overallincreasing trend in all sex and ageclasses... counties within the Central Farmland and Southern Farmland zones holdabundant deer populations ... Quotas formanagement units within the Central ForestZone have been reduced following two harshwinters and a decline in deer numbers... Conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 were severe across northern Wisconsin... Fawn mortality averaged approximately 43percent, and adult deer mortalitywas measured at 10 percent...

Deer management program benefits fromdebate over rules August 30, 2014Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... the state's Deer Management AssistanceProgram (DMAP) ... The Wisconsin WildlifeFederation, represented by Ralph Fritsch ofTownsend, offered five suggestions ... it wouldprefer DMAP landowners not be allowed tolease deer hunting rights on the property. Among the issues: If a DMAP landowner canobtain antlerless tags and others in the areacan't, the DMAP enrollee could leverage theprogram to charge higher lease rates...

Banner deer year expected in 'K/D' August29, 2014 Wisconsin, Green Bay Press Gazette


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... deer sightings are up throughout thefarmland region of Kewaunee and Doorcounties. The "let 'em go, let 'em grow"mantra — the passing up of young bucks toallow more to achieve their body and antlergrowth potential — appears to have morphedinto a "let 'em go, let it (the herd) grow" ...

Eau Claire, Relaxed deer hunt rulesreasonable August 28, 2014 Wisconsin, EauClaire Leader-Telegram ... the deer herd ... appears to be healthy. Cityofficials say an urban deer survey done in1993 concluded that there were about 400whitetails roaming the city limits. Most wouldagree that number appears to have increased... The new ordinance allows bowhunters toshoot deer on smaller parcels as long as theyare at least 50 yards from a home or have theowner’s written permission...

County Deer Advisory Councils will providegreat opportunity for local input and deer herdmanagement throughout Wisconsin August26, 2014 Wisconsin, DNR News Planning for the 2015 deer hunting seasonis underway, and the Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources and WisconsinConservation Congress encourage anyoneinterested in discussing their local deer herd toattend a County Deer Advisory Councilmeeting this fall... To find a meeting location inyour area [PDF] and learn more about CountyDeer Advisory Councils, visit dnr.wi.gov andsearch keyword "CDAC."


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Eau Claire, More land, lower fee proposed forurban deer hunt August 23, 2014Wisconsin, Eau Claire Leader... the city’s ordinance change would relaxthat requirement so bowhunters could usesmaller private parcels as long as they’re 50yards from a home or have that homeowners’permission. Obtaining a city permit for huntingdeer also would drop from $45 to $20 ...

Deer Hunting in Wisconsin August 20,2014 Realtree... While the state is trying to make its complexsystem more simple, it also seems willing toignore the fact that CWD is expanding insouthern Wisconsin, relaxing regulations andeliminating seasons meant to curtail thedisease, a result of serious pressure from thehunting community ...

Landowners allowed to sell antlerless deerpermits August 13, 2014Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ·... Landowners enrolled in the state's fledglingDeer Management Assistance Program will beallowed to sell antlerless deer permits under arule approved Wednesday by the NaturalResources Board.... Deer ManagementAssistance Programs are run in more than adozen states...

Bayport authorizes fall bow hunt; Aim is tocontrol deer herd, focusing on Point Roadneighborhood August 13, 2014 Wisconsin,Stillwater Gazette...The nonprofit “River Valley Deer


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Management” will attempt to cull deer herds inBayport through a bow hunt this fall. [Fromtheir website: RiverValley Deer ManagementLLC is a Wisconsin corporation made up of sixHudson residents with decades of archeryexperience.] ... Residents on Point Roadgenerally favor thinning the herd, according toa survey conducted by city staff...

Dept. of Natural Resources: NaturalResources Board approves 2014 crossbowdeer hunting season August 13, 2014Wisconsin, WisPolitics... The Natural Resources Board approvedtoday the Wisconsin Department of NaturalResources' recommendations to establish adeer hunting season in which the use of acrossbow is allowed... The crossbow deerhunting season will run concurrent with thearchery season...

Wisconsin DNR Launches Statewide Trail-Camera Survey August 8, 2014 Bowhunting... The “Snapshot Wisconsin” project hopes towork with citizens statewide to monitor andmaintain about 4,000 trail-cameras todocument what’s living on the state’s diverselandscapes. The survey will use a statewidegrid with four trail-cameras in every6-by-6-mile township, or one every ninesquare miles... To learn more about “SnapshotWisconsin,” CLICK HERE

Change in Wisconsin Deer Hunting RulesAugust 5, 2014 WNDR News Deer management unit boundaries have


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changed as a result of an extensive two-yearreview of Wisconsin's deer managementprogram. Deer hunters are encouraged tocheck the 2014 deer management unitdesignations map and 2014 Wisconsin DeerHunting Regulations booklet for informationregarding management units.

Fines, probation in wild animal poisoning caseAugust 5, 2014 Wisconsin, Fond du LacReporter... The poisoning used baits designed to killpredators in order to improve deer hunting,U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil has said...

Annual Operation Deer Watch to helpmeasure deer populations now underwayAugust 4, 2014 Wisconsin, WHBL ... The program enlists sportsmen and womenas well as homeowners to help survey thedeer population. The DNR is sending out14,000 invitations to hunters who took part inthe deer hunt last year to get keep track of thedeer they see, but the public is also invited tohelp. Operation Deer Watch

Crossbows ready to make entrance duringdeer season August 2, 2014Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... . Beginning this fall, all legal hunters inWisconsin, regardless of age or physicalability, will be able to use a crossbow to huntdeer in a season concurrent to the archerydeer season... Michigan has allowed crossbowuse during its archery deer season since2009. The first year, 19% of hunters used a


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crossbow during the Michigan archery deerseason. In 2011, it increased to 37%; in 2012,it was 43.7%; and in 2013, it was 49.5%...

The Wild Side: New deer managementprogram August 1, 2014Wisconsin, Starjournalnow... Each county in the state is currently forminga County Deer Advisory Council or CDAC.This council will be made up of six to eightmembers who volunteer and apply toparticipate. Any applicant must represent anidentified stakeholder group. Naturally, hunterswill be at the table, but other groups willinclude agriculture, forestry, tourism,transportation and someone from amunicipality to represent urban or metropolitandeer issues...

Wisconsin asks public to help survey deerherd July 29, 2014 Minneapolis Star Tribune... The DNR will launch Operation Deer Watchthis week – asking the public to report thenumber of deer they see from Aug. 1 to Sept.30... This unique collaboration of data from thepublic, along with deer observations collectedby DNR staff, provides valuable informationregarding the reproductive status ofWisconsin's deer herd in 2014... For moreinformation, videos, and past results, go to theDNR website and search "deer watch."

Wisconsin towns fight repeal of bow ban July25, 2014 Watch Dog... the state’s new law that repeals local banson using crossbows and other bow weapon


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... To comply with state law, the city of Racinewill have to allow bow hunting on private land,but officials are pushing for a new ordinance toban the activity in city parks and other publicland ...

New crossbow deer hunting season will beoffered in 2014 July 23, 2014 Wisconsin, StarJournal ... The crossbow deer hunting season will runconcurrent with the regular archer season.During open firearm seasons, a gun deerlicense will authorize bow and crossbow use...

'Snapshot Wisconsin' project to put eye onwildlife July 19, 2014 Wisconsin, WisconsinRapids Tribune... The "Snapshot Wisconsin" project hopes towork with citizens across the state to monitorand maintain about 4,000 trail cameras... Stenglein hopes the study will help the DNRpiece together a comprehensive map showingwildlife numbers and distribution patterns, andhow they change by season. Currently, muchof what we know about wildlife populations isbased on harvest data ...

Offended by rotting deer carcasses July 13,2014 Wisconsin, La Crosse Tribune ... In Wisconsin we celebrate whitetail deer asthe state mammal. So we honor the deer hitby our vehicles by letting them rot on theroadside for months. Presently there areseven such deer in the I-90-La Crosse Riverarea...


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Wisconsin DNR, UW working on new landmap July 4, 2014 La Crosse Tribune... The DNR and UW-Madison plan to usefresh data from satellites to map more than 40types of land cover in Wisconsin...

Car-killed deer assessments shed light ondeer nutritional condition July 1, 2014Wisconsin, WDNR News Following a record-breaking harsh winter,a statewide effort to assess the condition ofcar-killed deer is helping researchersunderstand winter's impacts on Wisconsin'sdeer herd. This information is in addition toradio telemetry monitoring of deer over the lastfour years has that has also provided insightinto winter's impacts on deer ... 522 deer weresampled statewide during a period when fatreserves were at their lowest point of theyear... In the southern portion of the state, 40percent of adult deer sampled had rump fat,while rump fat was present in only 14 percentof adult deer sampled in the north. A greaterproportion of deer in the north had little or noorgan fat, as opposed to deer in the south.Similarly, bone marrow condition was better inthe south than the north, and adults weremore likely to have fatty marrow than juvenilesin both the north and south.

Scientist defends passive CWD approachJune 30, 2014 Wisconsin, Sheboygan Press ... The deer herd in the CWD core area hasnot collapsed and few if any sick deer are ever


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observed or photographed in thousands ofgame camera photos ... Despite over $40million in spending and herculean efforts bythe DNR initially to eradicate and now tocontain or control CWD, these efforts have notstopped or controlled the spread of CWD...

Program advocating hunting launches inWisconsin June 28, 2014 Milwaukee JournalSentinel ... The Wisconsin program is funded by theNational Shooting Sports Foundation ofNewtown, Conn.... a trade association for thefirearms industry... Estimates of the annualeconomic impact of hunting in Wisconsinrange from $1 to $4 billion, depending onformulas used...

State's deer population not threatened bywolves June 26, 2014 Wisconsin, Madison ... The DNR estimates that a wolf kills about20 deer a year. International Wolf Centerstatistics show Wisconsin had between 809and 834 wolves in the winter of 2013. Thatwould mean the yearly wolf take would be lessthan 17,000 ...

DNR Deer Management Assistance Programoff to a solid start June 25, 2014Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids Tribune... DMAP will give landowners the tools andtechnical assistance needed to manage theirproperty for deer and other wildlife. Theprogram encourages sound land stewardshippractices on private and public land and isintended to improve relationships between


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landowners, hunters and DNR... DMAPenrollment statistics illustrate the public'sinterest in hands-on wildlife management...

Passive approach to CWD worth a try June21, 2014 Wisconsin, Madison.com... deer were reduced to infectious vermin,disposed of in landfills and even compared to55-gallon drums of toxic waste by a NaturalResources Board member. These efforts havenot substantially reduced the deer populationor the prevalence of CWD ... Wisconsin andother states have concluded that CWDeradication is not a realistic diseasemanagement objective... More than 95 percentof the deer testing positive for CWD do notshow clinical signs of the disease and appearperfectly healthy...

DNR plain aims to let landowners in deerprogram sell antlerless tags June 21, 2014Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel... Enrollment in the program, begun earlierthis year, is off to a slow start ... the DNR hadreceived 114 applications for DMAP ... Thiswould be the first time the DNR would allowthe transfer of what could be dozens of tagsby an individual landowner or co-op onproperty not open to the general public...

A tale of two predators: the wolf and thebear June 19, 2014 Wisconsin, MilwaukeeJournal Sentinel ... Many sportspeople erroneously blame the600 to 1,000 wolves in Wisconsin as the majorculprit in the lowering of deer populations in


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the north. Bears are incredibly efficient atpreying on fawns but, again for the most part,are given a pass by hunters... somewhere inthe neighborhood of 20,000 bears inWisconsin ...

June is dangerous month for highway deercrashes June 18, 2014 Wisconsin, WausauDaily Herald ... In 10 of the last 17 years, June registeredas the first or second-worst month for injuriesfrom vehicle-deer collisions... While motherdeer are busy watching newborns, yearlings— deer born last summer — are less cautiousand roam unsupervised. ...

Wolves aren't biggest threat for deer June 16,2014 Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Reporter ... Wolves were not linked to any fawn deathsin the Northern Forest study area near Winter,and starvation was the top fawn-killer in theEastern farmlands study area nearShawano... some does — probably yearlingsand 2-year-olds that are still growing —apparently couldn’t produce milk after givingbirth...

Research shows wolves not linked to fawndeaths in Northern Forest June 13, 2014Wisconsin, Madison ... attached radio-collars to 139 newbornfawns over the past three springs ... Roughly31 percent died each year, with mostsuccumbing soon after birth. Of fawnsmonitored, 14 percent (20) died ofstarvation/disease, 7 percent fell to coyotes, 3


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percent were road-kills, 2 percent died ofunknown causes, 1 percent fell to bobcats, 1percent fell to bears and 2 percent fell topredators that couldn’t be identified ...

Drivers beware: June is the worst month forcrashes with deer June 9, 2014Wisconsin, FOX 6 Now ... It’s typically the time many search for aplace to give birth and yearlings separate fromtheir mother... 18,313 deer vs. motor vehiclecrashes were reported in 2013...

Updated Deer Studies from Wisconsin June 5,2014 WDNR The following studies have been updatedand posted to the Wisconsin DNR site, findthem using the link above: White-tailed DeerPopulation Status, 2013 By Robert E. Rolley. Summer Deer Observations, 2013, By DanielJ. Storm. Deer Hunter Wildlife Survey,2013, By Jes Rees and Brian Dhuey. ChronicWasting Disease in Wisconsin Deer, 2013, ByErin Larson. Winter Severity Indices,2012-2013, By Daniel J. Storm

Lead shot threatens eagles, study says June5, 2014 Wisconsin, Quad City Times... Bald eagles are dying because they areeating the remains of deer that have been shotusing lead ammunition, according to atwo-year study conducted by the U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service... the study tested thelivers of 168 dead eagles ... and found that 48percent had detectable concentrations of leadwhile 21 percent had concentrations


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considered lethal...

What's Killing the Deer? June 4, 2014Wisconsin, International Wolf Center... between 1997 and 2012, comparing fourDMUs inhabited by wolf packs to three DMUsin east-central Wisconsin where wolves wereabsent. The number of harvested bucksdropped significantly between the 2007 and2008 seasons not only in the wolf DMUs but inthe wolf-free DMUs as well. The declineoccurred again in 2009. Whatever caused thedecline surely did not involve the wolves...Wolves certainly eat their fair share of deer,roughly 20 adult-sized deer per wolf per year...

D Pere, Communities not ready to act onurban deer June 4, 2014 Wisconsin, AppletonPost ... De Pere’s City Council this week voted toaccept its Park Department recommendationto take no action. ...

Deer preserve fined ... CWD June 3, 2014Wisconsin, Penn Live... a Wisconsin deer hunting preserve agreedto a civil forfeiture for failing to test hunter-killed deer for chronic wasting disease, withthe preserve's non-compliance with stateregulations first identified in 2010... "CWDsurveillance is a priority for this department sothe rules exist for a good reason," said StateVeterinarian Paul McGraw...

Mad Cow-like Disease Growing in DeerThanks to Deer Breeders June 1, 2014


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Wisconsin, OpEdNews ... Like mad cow disease, widely believed tostem from the cost-cutting practice of feedingcows to cows, chronic wasting disease mayalso have man-made origins. In themid-1960s, the Department of Wildlife ran aseries of nutritional studies on wild deer andelk at the Foothills Wildlife Research Facility inFort Collins, Colorado and soon after thestudies began, however, Foothills deer and elkbegan dying from a mysterious disease ...

Doing nothing about CWD means nothing May30, 2014 Wisconsin, Green Bay Press-Gazette ... a 2012 research paper by Stacie Robinson,Ph.D., and Professor Michael Samuel at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison... “Wildcervid (deer) populations are unlikely to evolvequickly enough for selection to influencedisease management, although long-termselective breeding may be feasible for captivecervids.” [p. 1057] ... the paper alsostates: Although relying on genetic changemay not be viable for short-term diseasemanagement, CWD could exert considerableforce to drive genetic evolution of hostpopulations on an ecologically relevanttimescale, especially in unharvestedpopulations where greater CWD prevalenceand mortality risk may lead to strongerselective pressure. [p. 1057]

Wisconsin: How widespread was the drop in the kill of antlerless deer in thenorthern part of the state? We take a closer look at last fall's hunt. - May 30,2014


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Rare Albino White-tailed Deer of BoulderJunction Wisconsin May 30, 2014 lifeinthenorthwoods

Wisconsin DOT warns about car-deer crashesin June May 30, 2014 WTAQ... deer have become more active this time ofyear, as does look for places to give birth, andyoung deer separate from their mothers ...

Natural Resources Board approves 2014 deerhunting season structure May 28, 2014


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Wisconsin, WDNR News... "With the severity of this past winter,recommending a buck only hunting season formuch of Northern Wisconsin is a first step inallowing the deer population to recover," saidDNR Secretary Cathy Stepp... In 2014, 19counties (all or in whole) and four tribalreservation deer management units will allowbuck only hunting with an antlerless quota ofzero for most hunters. New deer managementunits will follow county lines and reservationboundaries. .. The board also established theboundaries of an updated CWD affected area.This area will include 35 counties where CWDhas been detected in either wild or game farmdeer or elk since 2008...

DNR proposes bigger 'no doe' zone to helprebuild deer herd May 21, 2014Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... Under rules proposed by the Department ofNatural Resources, Wisconsin hunters in 19counties will be prohibited from shooting anantlerless deer in 2014, the largest such "nodoe" zone in more than two decades... "Thegoal is to help them rebuild by not takingdoes." ... consecutive severe winters ...

Newport, Second-annual deer hunt to takeplace in Newport May 21, 2014Wisconsin, Pierce County Herald ... desired maximum number of deer persquare mile is 20. The city of Newport isapproximately 1.66 square miles. Using amultiplier of 30 percent to estimate the actualdeer population, the DNR concluded that the


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number of deer in Newport to be 52. “Technically we should only have 10 deer,”City Administrator Deb Hill said. “So we have42 deer too many.” [do the math: 1.66 squaremiles times 20 deer per square mile is 33deer, not 10]

Deer hunting changes for northwoodshunters May 17, 2014 Wisconsin, Fox11... the worst winter in the last 20 years for thenorthwoods deer population... A survey ofcollared deer in Sawyer County revealed 40%of those animals died, that’s an increase of17% over last year.... DNR wants to suspendantlerless hunting in the northern third of thestate...

Specialist thins deer herd on Sheboygan'snorth side May 16, 2014Wisconsin, Sheboygan Press... The city spent $7,000 this year to hire aspecialist to begin shooting deer — primarilydoes — in a controlled area near the riverusing a rifle outfitted with a silencer device.The effort took longer than anticipated, as theharsh winter meant deer either perished ormoved to other areas in search of food...

De Pere to leave deer alone; Ashwaubenonundecided May 15, 2014 Wisconsin, Fox11... in Ashwaubenon ... In seven square miles,134 deer were counted. The Department ofNatural Resources recommends 25 deer permile. That means by the February countAshwaubenon is below the recommendation... De Pere officials say ... “The community


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says they’re not a problem, so it’s not reallymy place to say we should be hunting them...

Heavy winter kill likely means no doe hunt innorthern Wisconsin this fall May 14,2014 Madison ... Winter weather killed so many Wisconsindeer over the last two years that state officialsplan to take the unusual step ofrecommending that no antlerless deer licensesbe issued in the northern third of the state forthe upcoming hunt. A year without antlerlesstags should help deer numbers build back up...

DNR collecting road kill deer for research May13, 2014 Wisconsin, Upper Michigans Source... "What we're looking for are different types offat deposits on the body of the deer to helpwith determining the condition of the White-Tailed deer in the severe winter we had," saidJoshua Martinez, a Wildlife Biologist with theWisconsin DNR... If you find a deer carcass inFlorence County, the DNR is asking that youcall them at (715) 528-4400 ext. 119 to reachJosh Martinez.

Survival and Cause-Specific Mortality ofWhite-tailed Deer [Video and slideshowpresentation] May 9, 2014 Wisconsin, WDNRNews This study was designed to providerigorous estimates of the buck recovery rate orits Deer Skarliscomponents (buck survival andcause-specific mortality), and hence increasedaccuracy of SAK (Sex-Age-Kill) population


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estimates. Additionally, this study will enhanceour understanding of the effects andmagnitude of hunter bias on estimates ofcause- and age-specific mortality rates onmale deer, and a greater understanding ofspatial and temporal effects on variation inmortality of male deer across Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's white and albino deer May 6,2014 Wisconsin, manitowochub.htrnews.com ... a 'pocket' in Sauk County in which white oralbino deer have lived and thrived fordecades. The Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources has had regulationsmaking it illegal to hunt these animals since1940... a question on the ballot (# 35) at theSpring Hearings that asked whether or not thestate of Wisconsin should 'legalize the harvestof white and albino deer statewide'. The votetally was 1,915 yes votes and 3,939 voting no...

US Losing War Against Deer Disease, CWDMay 6, 2014 Wisconsin, NewsBlaze... Department of Natural Resources (DNR)officials in Wisconsin and other states assuredthe public that deer meat was safe, even if itharbored CWD, as long as they avoidedeating a deer's brain, eyeballs, spinal cord,spleen and lymph nodes-the parts alsoimplicated in mad cow disease. But scientificarticles suggested most of the animalcontained prions including its kidneys,pancreas, liver, muscle, blood, fat and saliva,antler velvet and birthing material...


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Zero antlerless deer quota recommended in2014 April 25, 2014 Spooner Advocate ·... [Northwestern Wisconsin] ... the deer herdis in bad shape following the most severewinter on record and needs to rebuild... Washburn and Burnett counties ... DNRbiologists in both counties will recommendzero antlerless quotas, making it a buck-onlyhunt...A few years ago I asked how manypeople in the audience would be in favor ofzero antlerless tags. Almost every hand wentup.” “The DNR didn’t listen, now here we are,”said another member of the audience...

Second deer at Marathon County huntingpreserve found to have CWD April 20, 2014Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids Tribune ... There’s no way to tell whether theCWD-positive deer from Wilderness Whitetailshas infected wild deer in the area, officials say,or vice-versa. Wilderness Whitetails isenclosed by a single fence, so it’s possiblethat a wild deer could have close contact withinfected, captured deer. “There have beenphotos from across the country showing wilddeer and captive deer standing nose to nose,”...

Confusion reigns at DNR deer forum April 19,2014 Wisconsin, Sheboygan Press ... Since a lot of public land is overpressured,many believe making it harder to get a tag fora doe on public would help the herds reboundin those areas, making for more of a qualityexperience ... People who are interested can


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check out how Kewaunee and Door Countyattendees voted, and the statewide numbers,at http://dnr.wi.gov/About/WCC/springhearing.html.

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