The safety protocol recommended for deer hunters is that after a kill, submit harvested deer at head drop coolers at specific Fish Wildlife areas, state fish hatcheries and National Wildlife Refuges, ...

A state lawmaker's proposal aimed at protecting Indiana's wild white-tailed deer from a fatal disease is drawing support from deer farmers, but has many hunters and wildlife advocates concerned.

this time in southwest Indiana. The case was in a wild male whitetail deer in Posey County. The disease is incurable. It attacks the deer’s nervous system, similar to mad cow disease.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said ... elk and other animals in the deer family. It is always fatal to animals, but there have not been any chronic wasting disease infections found ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has confirmed two cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild deer – one in LaGrange County and the other in Posey County. Michigan recently had ...

On Feb. 21, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR ... CWD, a prion disease caused by abnormal proteins, primarily affects white-tailed deer, elk, and other species in the cervid family. It ...