Mule Deer in the News

Spring Mule Deer Survey Begins in ND

KFYR-TV - ‎2 hours ago‎
AP The North Dakota Game and Fish Department on Monday was beginning its annual spring mule deer survey. With favorable weather the survey takes about a ...

Texas Hunting Regulation Changes for 2010-2011

Examiner.com - ‎19 hours ago‎
AUSTIN - Expansion of mule deer hunting opportunities tops a short list of regulatory changes adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission as part of ...

Washington man receives suspended sentence for poaching Bitterroot bighorn ...

The Missoulian - Perry Backus - ‎Apr 8, 2010‎
Sweet said Mercado also used his vehicle as a gun rest when he shot a mule deer in the trophy hunting district south of Darby. Sweet has since changed his ...

(Neb.)-New Deer Permits to Assist Landowners Along White River

KCSR - Chad Franzen - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The season choice permit allows hunters to take two antlerless-only deer, including no more than one mule deer and a white-tailed or two white-tailed deer ...

Deer season dominates even in the spring

Wahpeton Daily News - Curt Wells - ‎Apr 5, 2010‎
Specifically, hunter success was 69 percent for whitetail bucks, 61 percent for whitetail does, 73 percent for mule deer bucks and 74 percent for muley does ...

Several deer killed on rural highway

Reno Gazette Journal - ‎Apr 7, 2010‎
WELLS -- About a half dozen mule deer were killed while trying to cross a busy highway in northeast Nevada where a wildlife overpass is being built. ...

CWD found in wild North Dakota deer

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) - Doug Smith - ‎Mar 17, 2010‎
A mule deer shot by a hunter last fall in southwestern North Dakota has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the first time the fatal brain disease ...

Agency declares open season on whitetail does

Lincoln Journal Star - ‎Mar 19, 2010‎
By the numbers While that's still the case, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission wants to create high anxiety for antlerless deer, too. ...

Commissioners Adopt Big Game Hunting Regulations

AmmoLand.com (press release) - ‎Mar 19, 2010‎
LINCOLN, Neb --(AmmoLand.com)- The Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners on Friday adopted regulations designed to increase the harvest of ...

(Neb.)-State Targets White-Tailed Deer With Longer Seasons

KCSR - Chad Franzen - ‎Mar 19, 2010‎
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Game and Parks officials have adopted a new set of regulations designed to help cut Nebraska's plentiful supply of ...

Chronic wasting disease spreading among deer: DNR

Janesville Gazette - Ted Sullivan - ‎Mar 26, 2010‎
JANESVILLE — Deadly chronic wasting disease continues to spread, threatening the state's deer population ...

Chronic Wasting Disease Now In N. Dakota

Before It's News - Lois Lane - ‎Mar 26, 2010‎
North Dakota has long been an island, free of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the deer herd. Surrounding states and provinces have dealt with the problem ...

Hunters key in controlling disease in deer

Bismarck Tribune - ‎Mar 26, 2010‎
The first case of chronic wasting disease in North Dakota has been confirmed by tests of a mule-deer buck harvested in western Sioux County in November. ...

Report shows CWD still a concern

Sauk Prairie Eagle - Brian D. Bridgeford - ‎Mar 25, 2010‎
The tally of whitetails found in Columbia County afflicted by chronic wasting disease continues to be very small, but a state conservation official says ...

North Dakota free-range deer tests positive for CWD

Statesman Journal - ‎Mar 25, 2010‎
A hunter-killed deer in North Dakota has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Officials with the state Game and Fish Department were notified ...

Deer Urines May Go

Bowhunter - Dave Samuel - ‎Mar 24, 2010‎
Most states and provinces still allow hunters to use doe urine for hunting, even though Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) can be spread by ...

Hunters key in controlling disease in deer

Bismarck Tribune - ‎Mar 26, 2010‎
CWD is a "progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk," according to the Game and Fish Department. ...

FWP warden seeks tips in poaching of Bitterroot mountain lion, trophy mule deer

The Missoulian - ‎Apr 7, 2010‎
The second case involves a trophy mule deer shot and beheaded just off Bailey Lane near Corvallis on Valentine's Day. Royce said a landowner had been out in ...