If you’ve hunted big game in Idaho, odds are good you’ve heard about chronic wasting disease, and hopefully, you know the basics of this incurable, fatal disease that infects deer, elk and moose. But ...

CWD was detected in a wild deer in Gladwin County, Michigan, spreading to 18 counties. No human transmissions have been recorded; however, precautions for handling deer are advised.

Experts studying chronic wasting disease in free-ranging and captive deer populations have historically pointed to animal-to-animal contact as the primary transmission of the disease. They’ve seen how ...

Pennsylvania’s abundant deer population is one of its most striking natural features. According to Penn State University, the state averages about 30 deer per square mile of land. However, an ...