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Chronic Wasting Disease in Maryland
13, Feb 2011Last week the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the confirmation of Chronic Wasting Disease in a deer harvested in Alleghany County, MD. There are now 21 states and Canadian provinces with confirmed cases of this deadly disease. As stewards of the wild animals we hunt this is something we should all be attentive to [...]
Michigan CWD Bait Ban May Not Hurt Deer Harvest
19, Oct 2008According to a study of the bait bans implemented in Wisconsin after finding CWD, it looks like deer harvests are not hurt as much as would be expected. The study found that although archery harvest numbers were down, rifle kills actually increased after the ban in Wisconsin. This can be viewed by Michigan hunters as a [...]
Baiting Banned in Michigan's Lower Peninsula
17, Sep 2008Due to the discovery of CWD in a deer in Michigan, all baiting has been banned in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Unfortunately this is spelling disaster for many farmers across the state who depend on the income from selling bait to support their families. At risk is $500 million of spending that comes with the [...]
CWD in Michigan Update
16, Sep 2008Well as of now, all news has been good since the initial finding of a CWD infected deer in Kent County, Michigan. The infected deer was in a captive breeding facility, which was consequently depopulated and had each deer tested. I’m happy to report that there were no more deer in the facility found with CWD! Officials [...]
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CWD in Michigan
26, Aug 2008I got some really bad news today when I found out that for the first time, a deer in Michigan has been diagnosed with Chronic Wasting Disease. So far the only case has been found in a three year old whitetail at a private facility in Kent County. The really bad news is that I [...]
