Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2014 television program helps set the stage for another exciting nine-day gun deer season in Wisconsin - tune in!

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MADISON - With another nine-day gun deer hunting season just around the corner, hunters can be sure they are prepared for another exciting fall hunting experience by tuning in to Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2014.

Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2014 is the 23rd annual hour-long special designed to help hunters prepare for the upcoming firearms deer season. Host Dan Small will interview Wisconsin deer management experts to discuss changes to this year's hunt and offer helpful tips and tricks as you gear up and head out into the woods.

Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2014 will air on the following stations:

• Milwaukee Public Television - Thursday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m.;
• Wisconsin Public Television (digital channel) - Thursday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m.;
• Fox Sports Wisconsin - Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 10 p.m. (following Milwaukee Bucks coverage), Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. and Monday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m.; and
• Fox Sports North - Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. (following Minnesota Wild coverage), Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 2 a.m. and 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. and Monday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m.

Stay tuned for additional viewing opportunities. For more information, visit dnr.wi.gov and search keywords "deer show." For more general information regarding this year's deer hunt, search keyword "deer."

Deer Hunt Wisconsin 2014 is a production of Dan Small Outdoors, LLC, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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Donate Deer to Sportsmen Against Hunger

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reminding deer hunters to keep in

mind the Sportsmen Against Hunger program this fall.

While this year’s deer proclamation allows only one deer gun license per hunter, families with more than one license might want to consider donating a deer to this worthy cause. In addition, hunters with an archery and muzzleloader license can help as well.

The list of participating processors is available on the Game and Fish Department website atgf.nd.gov, and at the North Dakota Community Action Partnership website, www.capnd.org.

Sportsmen Against Hunger is a charitable program that raises money for processing of donated goose and deer meat, and coordinates distribution of donated meat to food pantries in North Dakota. It is administered by NDCAP, a nonprofit agency that serves low-income families across the state.

For more information, visit the NDCAP website, or contact program coordinator Sarah Hasbargen at 701-232-2452.

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CWD Surveillance Continues

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The state Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance programduring the 2014 hunting season, by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis from 10 units in North Dakota. In addition, all moose and elk harvested in the state are eligible for testing.

Samples from hunter-harvested deer taken in the central portion of the state will be tested from units 2H, 2I, 2J1, 2J2, 2K1, 2K2, 3A4, 3B3 and 3C. In addition, deer will be tested from unit 3F2 in the southwest.

Every head sampled must have either the deer tag attached, or a new tag can be filled out with the license number, deer hunting unit and date harvested.

Hunters are encouraged to drop off deer heads at the following locations:

• ·         Ashley – Ashley Super Valu Store
• ·         Bismarck – Game and Fish Department headquarters, Call of the Wild Taxidermy, M&M Sausage and Meats, West Dakota Meats
• ·         Bottineau – Mattern Family Meats
• ·         Carrington – Barton Meats
• ·         Devils Lake – Devils Lake Game and Fish district office, Goldade Processing
• ·         Ellendale – Oxenrider Motel
• ·         Granville – S&E Meats
• ·         Harvey – Lonetree Game and Fish district office
• ·         Heaton – Miller Game Processing
• ·         Jamestown – Jamestown Game and Fish district office
• ·         LaMoure – LaMoure Lockers
• ·         Linton – Bosch’s Meat Market, Schmaltz Meats
• ·         Mandan – Butcher Block Meats
• ·         McClusky – Bentz Supply Store
• ·         Minot – Johnson Taxidermy
• ·         Moffit – Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge office
• ·         Parshall – Myers Custom Meats
• ·         Riverdale – Riverdale Game and Fish district office
• ·         Rolette – Meat Shack
• ·         Rugby – Cenex C Store
• ·         Sheyenne – Brenno Meats, Wild Things Taxidermy
• ·         Streeter – Reister Meats
• ·         Towner – B&L Electric
• ·       Turtle Lake – Main Street Market
• ·       Upham - J. Clark Salyer NWR office
• ·       Washburn – Enerbase
• ·         Wilton – Cenex
• ·         Wing – Terry’s Sales and Service
• ·       Woodworth - Chase Lake NWR office

Drop off locations for deer taken from unit 3F2:

• ·         Elgin – Gunny’s Bait and Tackle, Melvin’s Taxidermy
• ·         Glen Ullin – Kuntz’s Butcher Shop
• ·         Hettinger – Dakota Packing
• ·         New Leipzig – Hertz Hardware

Moose and elk heads should be taken to a Game and Fish office.

CWD affects the nervous system of members of the deer family and is always fatal. Scientists have found no evidence that CWD can be transmitted naturally to humans or livestock.

Four White-tailed Deer Shot in Emmons County, Warden Seeks Information

North Dakota Game and Fish Department district game warden Erik Schmidt is searching

for answers in the illegal shooting of four white-tailed deer in Emmons County during opening weekend of pheasant hunting season.

Schmidt said two mature bucks, one a 4x4 and the other a 5x5, were found in a bean field 1.5 miles east of Strasburg. A doe and fawn were found in a stubble field 5 miles southwest of Linton. It is believed all four were shot late evening Oct. 11, or early morning Oct. 12.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Report All Poachers telephone number at 800-472-2121, or contact Schmidt at 701-220-7160. RAP is offering a $1,000 reward.

The RAP line offers rewards for information that leads to conviction of fish and wildlife law violators. Reporting parties can remain anonymous.

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MDC: Risk of encountering stinging caterpillars in Missouri is minimal

Five portions of the firearms deer season remain.

JEFFERSON CITY Mo.–Hunters checked 594 deer during the urban portion of Missouri’s firearms deer season. Officials with the Missouri Department of Conservation attribute the lower-than-average harvest in part to warm, rainy, windy weather.

County harvest totals during the urban portion were: Greene, 122; St. Charles, 88; Boone, 84; Franklin, 55; Jefferson, 54; St. Louis, 47; Cole, 40; Clay, 36; Cass, 33; Jackson, 24; Platte, 11.

Hunters are only allowed to shoot antlerless deer during the urban portion. This focus on harvesting female deer is designed to control deer numbers in urban and suburban areas, where hunting pressure is lighter and the potential for deer-vehicle accidents and property damage is greater.

This year’s harvest was below average for the urban portion, which became part of the firearms deer season in 2003.  Over the past 11 years, the urban portion harvest averaged 961 deer. However, the harvest has been between 500 and 700 deer in four of the past six years.

Warm temperatures have been associated with lower urban portion harvests in the past. Temperature does not appear to have been a factor this year, since daytime highs ranged from the mid-50s to high 60s. Conservation Department Resource Scientist Jason Sumners says gusty wind and rain during the four-day hunt likely played a role in holding down this year’s urban harvest.

“No one likes to hunt in the rain, and windy weather makes it harder to detect deer movement,” says Sumners. “Considering the widespread rains we had during the urban hunt, this harvest is pretty good.”

Sumners said expanded archery hunting opportunities in many of Missouri’s urban communities, plus the hemorrhagic disease outbreak in 2012, have helped reduce deer numbers in some urban areas, and likely played a role in keeping the urban-portion harvest down.

Missouri’s firearms deer season consists of six portions, totaling 42 days. The remaining portions of Missouri’s firearms deer season are: early youth (Nov. 1-2), November (Nov. 15-25), antlerless (Nov. 26-Dec. 7), alternative methods (Dec. 20-30), and late youth (Jan. 3-4).

For more information about Missouri’s 2014-15 deer harvest, visit mdc.mo.gov/node/2613.

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Muzzleloader Seasons Open Oct. 25 for Deer, Elk, Bear

This season's first chance for adult hunters to harvest deer with a firearm will arrive Oct. 25. That

Saturday will be opening day of the nine-day deer muzzleloader hunting season in Oklahoma.
   Oct. 25 will also be opening day for muzzleloader elk season (on private lands in open zones only), and opening day for muzzleloader bear season (in open areas only until 20-bear quota is met).
   Hunting with a muzzleloader has gained in popularity in recent years. Many hunters embrace this traditional form of hunting as it hearkens to the early pioneer days in Oklahoma.
   Erik Bartholomew, big-game biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said muzzleloader hunters should find good opportunities to harvest a deer this year.
   "As the weather cools down this time of year, deer will remain moving longer in the mornings and will start moving earlier in the evenings. And there are always fewer hunters in the field for muzzleloader season, compared to regular gun season."
   Last year, about 85,000 hunters participated in Oklahoma's muzzleloader deer season. Muzzleloader hunters checked in 14,981 deer harvested during the nine-day season in 2013.
   This year's muzzleloader season for deer will close Nov. 2. Muzzleloader season for elk will remain open until Nov. 2 only in those elk hunting zones where the seasonal harvest quotas have not yet been reached. Elk hunters must go online to wildlifedepartment.com to check the quota status of the zone they intend to hunt before they go afield.
   Muzzleloader season for bear will run through Nov. 2, or until the 20-bear season quota is reached, in Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties. Bear hunters must buy their license before the season starts, and they must call (888) 901-3256 before going afield to check the status of the bear harvest quota.
   Bartholomew urged deer hunters to scout areas with good natural food sources. "Look for oak trees that are dropping acorns, or persimmon trees. Those are good places for deer hunters to set up."
   Muzzleloader hunters must wear hunter orange garments, including a head covering, covering the upper body. Each muzzleloader hunter may harvest one antlered and two antlerless deer during the season, provided that one of the antlerless deer is taken from zones 2, 7 or 8.
   To hunt deer with a muzzleloader in Oklahoma, resident hunters must possess either an annual or lifetime hunting or combination license; a senior citizen hunting or combination license; or proof of exemption. Hunters must also possess a deer primitive (antlered or antlerless) license for each deer harvested, or proof of exemption.    Nonresidents must possess a nonresident deer primitive (antlered or antlerless) license. An annual nonresident hunting license is not required to purchase the permits. To order licenses online, go to wildlifedepartment.com/license.htm.
   For more information regarding deer and elk hunting zones, licenses, bag limits, clothing requirements or legal firearms, consult the 2014-15 "Oklahoma Hunting" regulations guide online at wildlifedepartment.com or in print anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold.

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