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Since May 2015, the Michigan DNR has been conducting surveillance for chronic wasting disease (CWD). To date, more than 6,000 deer have been tested since the first positive was found, with seven cases of CWD confirmed.

However, a 3.5-year-old buck taken recently in Meridian Township is likely to be the eighth positive and the first discovered since March of this year. The sample is currently being tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, to finalize confirmation.

The suspect deer was taken as part of the DNR's CWD management program through targeted sharpshooting, which actively removes deer that are more likely to be affected with the disease in and around areas where previously identified CWD-positive animals had been detected.

"This latest suspect positive reinforces the notion that the disease is still occurring in Meridian Township and perhaps elsewhere," said Chad Stewart, DNR deer specialist. "We are counting on hunters to bring their deer in for testing so we have a better understanding about the scope of the disease."


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The Michigan DNR reminds hunters that antlerless deer application results are now available.

Application results and leftover license availability can be found at mi.gov/deer.

Any leftover antlerless deer licenses not issued in the drawing will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. EDT until license quotas are met.

The 2016 antlerless deer license quotas for each DMU also can be found at mi.gov/deer. Please note, DMU 333 has unlimited antlerless licenses that may be purchased without application beginning Sept. 8 at 10 a.m.

For additional information, the 2016 Michigan Antlerless Deer Digest is available online at mi.gov/dnrdigests.


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Bonus Antlerless Deer Quotas Set for Indiana CountiesBonus Antlerless Deer Quotas Set for Indiana Counties

Whitetail Doe - Photograph by Bob Robertson

The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife has announced county bonus antlerless quotas for deer hunting in the 2016-17 season.

Quotas have changed for seven counties ñ five that are lower than last year and two that are higher.

The new quotas are lower in Daviess (2 to 1), Gibson (4 to 3), Ohio (8 to 4), Posey (3 to 2) and Tippecanoe (4 to 3). Porter County increased from 4 to 8, and Perry County from 3 to 4.

A map showing all 92 counties and their respective bonus quotas can be found at deer.dnr.IN.gov.


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Indiana 2015 deer harvest up 3 percent; buck harvest up 10 percent.Indiana 2015 deer harvest up 3 percent; buck harvest up 10 percent.Indiana hunters harvested 123,664 deer during the 2015 season, according to data released today by the Indian DNR.

This is a 3 percent increase from the 120,073 deer taken during the 2014 season.

The antlered deer harvest was 10 percent higher than the 2014 harvest, while the antlerless harvest was 1 percent lower than in 2014.

The overall 2015 deer harvest ranks as the 10th highest in Indiana history. The 2015 antlerless deer harvest ranks 11th highest.


By Louie Stout

Deer Numbers Still LanguishingDeer Numbers Still LanguishingAs the deer season winds down and biologists start crunching the numbers, it remains quite apparent the Michiana deer herd is a far cry from what it was three years ago.

Sure, there were some dandy bucks killed by hunters. But the number of deer harvested – based on preliminary estimates – fell well short of where they were in 2012.

Some of that is by design. Both Indiana and Michigan went through a period of liberalization of doe permits to reduce crop damage and deer/car collisions.