Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.

One white-tailed deer was found to have the fatal disease, which causes small lesions in the brain.

A ban on deer baiting could spread to the Upper Peninsula for the 20-19 hunting season.The first deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in the…

More deer in Michigan have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease...this time in two counties with no previously known cases A four year old deer in…

The state will present recommendations June 14 for reducing the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan.The recommendations are part of a six-month…

A Mecosta man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail and 775 dollars in fines after the DNR discovered he provided false information about two deer heads…

The Natural Resource Commission is considering a number of recommendations to combat the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan.A state-appointed…

A new case of Chronic Wasting Disease has been found on a deer arm outside Big Rapids in Mecosta County.Authorities say it’s not clear how the deer became…

Michigan hunters will face more restrictions on bringing in harvested deer from out of state. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has tightened…