Deer Hunting News

• North Dakota Deer Season Set, Apply Online May 6, 2023
  North Dakota’s 2023 deer season is set, with 53,400 licenses available to hunters, down 10,800 from last year. In addition, muzzleloader licenses decreased by 146 and restricted youth antlered mule deer licenses by 145. Residents age 11, 12 and 13 who hold a youth antlerless white-tailed deer license are no longer restricted to the youth […]
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• Upper Peninsula Michigan Deer Habitat Improvement Grants May 2, 2023
  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grant funding to a dozen entities for projects in the Upper Peninsula. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state lands. This year, 12 grants were awarded from 18 […]
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• First Case of SARS-CoV-2 in California Wildlife Confirmed in a Mule Deer May 2, 2023
  SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been detected for the first time in free-ranging California wildlife. One hunter-harvested mule deer, a buck from El Dorado County, was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2. The deer was harvested in 2021 and sampled by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for chronic wasting disease […]
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• North Dakota 2022 Deer Season Summarized April 19, 2023
  A total of 47,590 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 25,093 deer during the 2022 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the state Game and Fish Department. Game and Fish made available 64,200 deer gun licenses last year. Overall hunter success was 53%, with each hunter spending an average of […]
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• MDC reports 117 new cases of CWD for 2022 surveillance year April 11, 2023
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that it sampled and tested more than 33,000 deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the 2022 CWD surveillance year between July 2022 and April 2023. Of the more than 33,000 deer sampled, 117 tested positive for CWD. CWD is a 100% fatal disease […]
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• Delaware Deer Season Yields Third-Highest Harvest March 29, 2023
  Delaware hunters harvested 16,848 deer during the 2022/23 hunting season, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today. The number reported by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife represents an increase of 9.5% over last year’s harvest total and ranks as the third highest harvest in Delaware’s history, behind the 2021/22 season […]
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• Chronic Wasting Disease Discovered in Deer-Breeding Facilities March 25, 2023
  AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of seven new cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in three separate deer-breeding facilities in Zavala, Washington and Gonzales counties. These cases mark the first detection of the disease in each county. Three cases in a Zavala County […]
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• Tribal CWD surveillance contributes to statewide effort March 1, 2023
  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and tribal nations are working closely together to respond to the threat of chronic wasting disease. “Like the DNR, tribal nations are concerned about CWD,” said Tanya Roerick, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe wildlife biologist. “Deer are a culturally important species and a main source of meat for many […]
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• DNR announces UP Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership grants February 23, 2023
  The application period for the Upper Peninsula’s Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative competitive grant program is now open. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources initiative is a cooperative grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the U.P. “There are three primary goals applicants should strive to meet,” said Bill Scullon, DNR […]
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• Michigan 2022 deer hunting season recap February 18, 2023
  The 2022 deer hunting season has officially come to a close. Kicking off with the Liberty Hunt Sept. 9 and finishing with the urban deer hunt in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, which ended Jan. 31, it was a memorable season for Michigan deer hunting. It was a year of firsts in 2022, highlighted by […]
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• WV deer seasons harvest increases 12.7% February 16, 2023
  SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Deer hunters in West Virginia have had a good year. According to preliminary numbers released by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources on Thursday, hunters harvested 118,606 deer during the 2022–2023 seasons, which is a 12.7 percent increase over the 2021 harvest and 12.2 percent above the five-year average of […]
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• First CWD-Positive Deer in Cumberland County February 12, 2023
  RALEIGH, N.C. – Officials with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced today that a sample collected from a hunter-harvested, white-tailed deer in Cumberland County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD detected outside of the current surveillance area. The agency recently received notification that a deer harvested […]
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• Chronic wasting disease detected in Great Falls mule deer buck February 10, 2023
  GREAT FALLS – Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a mule deer buck found dead within the city limits of Great Falls in January. The adult buck was observed acting abnormally by a property owner, who later found the dead deer inside a building on […]
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• Iowa hunters harvest nearly 110,000 deer during 2022-23 season February 7, 2023
  Iowa’s 2022 deer harvest increased seven percent over the 2021 season, due, in part to the new Excess Tag January Antlerless Season approved by the Iowa Legislature last spring. “A lot of hunters chose to participate in the new season, and the harvest was on par or a little above the other firearms seasons,” said […]
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• Report deer and elk tags by Jan. 31 or face $25 penalty January 26, 2023
  SALEM, Ore. — Big game hunters who purchased or were issued a deer or elk tag in 2022 must report their hunt by Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT (for any hunt that ended by Dec. 31, 2022). Report online at or at a license sale agent . New this year, hunters can also […]
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