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Deep snow, late spring equal a bad year for deer

By Daniel Winters April 26, 2013

April is the cruellest month, as poet T.S. Eliot grimly observed. For whitetail deer, this year’s longer winter and higher snow levels has been especially hard, says the wildlife branch of Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship. Drivers may have noticed large herds of them hanging around in ditches even in broad daylight. Deep snow is

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Free hunting offered near Riding Mountain to beat TB

By Daniel Winters November 21, 2012

It’s not quite an all-you-can-shoot buffet, but a limited number of free deer hunting licences and an extended season are the latest tools being used in the ongoing effort to eradicate bovine tuberculosis near Riding Mountain National Park. So far, 140 free deer harvest tags have been handed out by Manitoba Conservation covering the special

Hogs, Livestock, News

Swine workshop slated for Red Deer

September 17, 2012

Near infrared (NIR) technology, management and stockmanship will be on the agenda at the 2012 Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop on Oct. 31. Mary Lou Swift of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development will discuss how using NIR technology to analyze grain samples can lead to significant feed cost savings. The system will be demonstrated during

Livestock, News

N.B. orders alleged deer farms shut down

February 15, 2012

Staff / New Brunswick is ordering people at over a dozen locations in the province to either slaughter or ship out captive white-tailed deer they’re alleged to be keeping on their premises. The only option available for individuals keeping such deer is to harvest the animals for personal use or to ship them to another

Did you know?, News

Germany hunts out deer-calling champion

By Alice Baghdjian February 14, 2012

Hunting enthusiasts grunted, bawled and bellowed last week in the battle to be named Germany’s champion deer caller. The 18 men and one woman used seashells, ox horns and hollow plant stems to perfect their deer calls. This year’s winner, Tasso Wolzenburg, said he was impressed with the competition. “Even if I were a real

News

Eastern moose hunt suspended

January 27, 2012

Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship says it is temporarily closing all moose hunting in strategic areas north of Pine Falls and south of Bissett. The closure comes a year after licensed hunting was closed in Game Hunting Area (GHA) 26. Moose populations have declined by almost 50 per cent in this part of the province

Livestock, Other livestock

Hunting Season Is Underway

November 10, 2011

The fall hunting season is underway for several species in many areas of the province and will continue through the winter, Conservation Minister Dave Chomiak said Nov. 3. Hunting helps manage and conserve our wildlife populations, provides recreational opportunities and helps prevent damage to agricultural crops and private property, said Chomiak. From white-tailed deer and

Livestock, Other livestock

No TB Found In RMNP This Year

By Daniel Winters January 6, 2011

There were no positive bovine tuberculosis test results in Riding Mountain National Park this past year and that shows eradication measures are working, according to project manager Ken Kingdon. “It makes us feel optimistic that the program is working, but we’re not really ready to say that our program is done,” said Kingdon. “We’re not

Opinion

Letters – for May. 20, 2010

May 20, 2010

Will taxpayers pay for hog barn cleanup? As I read about “Empty Hog Barns Tumbling Down” in the May 6 Manitoba Co-operator, I again began to wonder who is going to foot all the bills for the decommissioning and cleanup costs of the manure storage facilities, those outside and inside the barns. When I previously

News, Other livestock

West Side Elk Herd May Be Culled In Final Blitz

By Daniel Winters April 22, 2010

On the map of Riding Mountain National Park’s three TB-management zones, lies a black amoeba-shaped blob. Straight south of Grandview, the irregular-shaped area in the Western Control Zone was created by drawing circles with a six-kilometre radius based on the known home ranges of radio-collared elk that have tested postive for bovine TB under the

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