Recently, NDA took a close look at some of the misguided beliefs and conspiracy theories surrounding chronic wasting disease. One of the most common among CWD deniers are the folks who quickly claim this fatal…
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9 CWD Commenters We Can Ignore
Apr 6, 2022Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Despite the continual advancement of internet technology, we’ve failed to improve one particular area of websites and social media. Like a forest full of noxious invasive plants, “comments” remain a polluted ecosystem overrun by trolls,…
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Deer Mange Looks Bad. Is It A Concern for Deer Populations?
Jul 7, 2021Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Got the itch for deer season? If not, this recent photo of a doe with mange ought to get you scratching. The photo above, taken on July 1 in Alabama, shows a classic case of…
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Why Does That Deer Look So Raggedy?
Mar 31, 2021NDA Staff
Many concerned sportsmen and women report “unhealthy” or raggedy looking deer in the spring because they see or get trail-camera images of deer with notable hair loss. A common misunderstanding is that these deer have…
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Cracked Deer Hooves Are Signs of a Fight with the EHD Virus
Mar 24, 2021NDA Staff
Late in the Georgia hunting season on December 30, 2020, NDA member Keaton Smith saw a buck that was in bad shape. It was extremely thin, and it was hobbling along as if it could…
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9 Facts About Targeted Removal for Fighting CWD
Jan 13, 2021NDA Staff
As deer hunting seasons close around the nation each year, some wildlife agencies in states that are fighting outbreaks of chronic wasting disease (CWD) gear up for an effort to fight the disease through a…
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A New Clue in the Unsolved Mystery of Bullwinkle Deer
Oct 28, 2020Lindsay Thomas Jr.
We now know the guilty bacteria causing the condition that for at least 18 years has been transforming a few, rare, unlucky whitetails into Bullwinkle Deer. But that’s about all we know. Mannheimia granulomatis is…
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What Does a Deer With CWD Look Like?
Oct 2, 2019NDA Staff
What does a deer with chronic wasting disease (CWD) look like? Most look as healthy as the buck in the trail-camera photo above. A few days after this photo was taken in November 2012, NDA…
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Keep Your Eyes Open for EHD in Deer
Sep 6, 2019Ben Westfall
Three years ago in my native Missouri, I was headed toward my favorite stand when I stumbled upon a dead doe. She looked as if she had died in the last day or two, and…
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Every Deer Hunter Can Take These Steps to Fight CWD.
Oct 3, 2018Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer is a serious matter. While the long-term implications are concerning to NDA, to other wildlife conservation organizations, and to the majority of wildlife disease experts, the situation is not…
