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Seventeen new cases of CWD were identified during the 2022-23 hunting season.
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CWD testing backlog continues

Wait times for test results are as long as four weeks... and counting

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Despite changes to streamline the process, hunters can once again expect lengthy wait times for chronic wasting disease test results. “The program is currently experiencing a two-to-four-week wait time, but the department anticipates that will increase given the expected influx of samples being received,” said a provincial spokesperson in an emailed statement. CWD is an
Grazed pasture was the only surveyed landscape where the threatened Sprague’s pipit was found.
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Regen ag bird study finds ‘islands of biodiversity’

Diverse production translated to diverse bird species, including at-risk species

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A bird survey on operations that use regenerative farm practices has provided information on where different bird species are staking their claims. The limited study, spearheaded by the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association, provincial government and Manitoba Important Bird Areas program, counted bird populations on four farms in western Manitoba, all from different sectors. The
Otters need access to water to hunt. Tracks are usually not far from access points used to get under the ice.
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Wildlife stories in the snow

Winter is one of the best times to get a peek at the habits of wild critters

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In my early 20s, I had the privilege of tagging along with Cree trappers in northern Manitoba. It was part of my youthful dream to learn how to live off the land, and who better to learn from than the people and communities that had been doing it for millennia? When it came to hunting
“…the trappers that have to expend fuel to haul all their equipment out are not seeing a return. The incentive for them is not there.” – Carson Callum, Manitoba Beef Producers.
Livestock, News

Does B.C. hold the answer to predator removal?

Local beef producers say Manitoba program lacks incentive for trappers

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Manitoba Beef Producers are looking to other jurisdictions for solutions to predation. It’s the second year in a row that MBP’s District 10 meeting in the Arborg area, held Oct. 19, featured a resolution to overhaul Manitoba’s Problem Predator Removal Program. The Interlake is a hotbed for predation. Northern reaches of the district have more
Saskatchewan has already expanded its chronic wasting disease wildlife testing program to include bovine tuberculosis.
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Beef Producers eyes wild game surveillance amid bovine TB testing

Preliminary results from testing not ‘overly concerning,’ says beef group

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Manitoba Beef Producers says the province should reinstate testing of wild game for bovine TB as a precaution, while testing continues on a Manitoba cattle herd.  Two Manitoba herds were connected to cases of bovine tuberculosis found in Saskatchewan earlier this year. Testing is complete on one of those herds, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
A hunter’s dream: a mature buck treads quietly toward a blind.
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Get prepared for the 2023 deer hunt

The outlook for 2023, what’s changed this year and why you should get excited

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The deer season is the finale of the hunting year for many hunters and, ahead of that season, hunters often look forward to traditions that are an essential part of the deer hunt. Afterward, gear is stowed, we dust off the ice-fishing equipment and we focus on bringing the fall bounty to the table. Muzzleloader
File photo of moose in a Saskatchewan field. (BobLoblaw/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB

CFIA probe of cattle herd finds 10 infected so far

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Recent confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a Saskatchewan cattle herd have led the province to expand its annual wildlife monitoring program for chronic wasting disease (CWD) to also include TB. The province each year since 1997 has asked hunters to submit heads from harvested deer, moose and elk to test for CWD. It
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COVID-19 isn’t over for white-tailed deer

The virus mutates rapidly in white-tailed deer, but here’s why we don’t need to worry — for now

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At some point during the pandemic, Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread from humans to white-tailed deer in North America. In 2021, scientists revealed that 40 per cent of white-tailed deer sampled in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York state in the U.S. had antibodies for the virus. Surveillance of these deer continues, and
Decoys are set in anticipation of a morning flight of ducks.
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PHOTOS: Every hunter needs a Duck Slough

Some spots bring extra joy and anticipation because hunters have a history with them

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The waterfowl hunting season is underway for Manitobans, so I have been sketching out possible trips. One thing is sure: Duck Slough is high on the list. My history with the unofficially dubbed wetland area started after I and my (at the time) young son, Mark, were heading home from a mediocre duck hunt. I
Little Niska and the big Canada geese she retrieved on a September hunt.
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The hunter’s best friend

A hunting dog adds immeasurably to a hunt, as long as both hunter and canine know their tasks

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I am on my third hunting dog and she is in the autumn of her hunting days. After three decades with a dog joining me on a grouse walk or in a duck blind, a bird hunt without my four-footed pal just doesn’t seem right. It’s not just because a well-trained dog adds tremendously to

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