Iowa’s Turkey Hunters Encouraged to Provide Leg for Disease Survey
Midwestern states look for answers to the decline in turkey populations across the region Iowa hunters who bag a turkey this spring are encouraged to keep one of the lower legs to be tested for the presence of Lymphoproliferative Disease (LPDV). “We want hunters to be...
Blastomycosis: A Little Known Disease That Can Affect Man And Dog
Literally two days after winning an 82-dog open all-age stake in the summer of 2016, a male black Lab named FC-AFC B Bumble, call name “Stinger,” was barely able to walk. Rushed to the veterinarian by his owner, Oskhosh, Wisconsin, sportsman Fred Kampo (who...
NJ Outdoorsmen And Women Advised To Take Precautions Against Eastern Equine Encephalitis
The Division of Fish and Wildlife is advising hunters, as well as anyone who spends time outdoors, to take precautions against mosquito bites as the first reported case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in deer in New Jersey has recently been documented in Winslow...
5 Times To Be Worried About Sick-Looking Deer
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, recently distributed information important to deer hunters on diseases they may encounter in deer and how to recognize sick-looking deer. While the Division reported that, to date, neither...
Rabbit Fever
“Rabbit Fever is the common name given to a bacterial disease called tularemia. The Rabbit Fever I have, however, is the desire to hunt more species of rabbits in more states.”