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     The Michigan Department of Natural Resources banned the baiting and feeding of deer this week.  This along with other measures are part of a response plan prepared after a case of Chronic Wasting Disease was confirmed at a private facility in Kent County Michigan.  Other measures detailed in the plan include a statewide ban on the transport of live wild deer, and mandatory testing of deer killed in some areas.  Deer killed in the Kent county townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland,  Nelson, Plainfield, Sparta, Solon, and  Tyrone are required to be taken to Department of Natural Resourses checkpoints for testing.    Infected deer suffer weight loss and behavioral changes the disease is always fatal.  Chronic Wasting Disease can infect moose, elk and deer. 

     The city of North Royalton, Ohio is planning to lift a ban on deer hunting within the city limits for residents with state permits. Ohio residents can apply for special deer hunting permits to harvest nuisance deer.  These permits are part of a special program designed to help landowners when deer are damaging crops or orchards or causing other agricultural problems and only apply to anterless deer.  The city had previously banned hunting within the city limits even in situations where the landowner had obtained the special license from the state.  A resident challenged the ban in a letter to the city council.  The letter was forwarded to the Law Director for the city who ruled the ban invalid and unconstitutional.  North Royalton has no hunting season and harvesting of deer is limited to permit holders who meet all the legal requirements.  The city council is expected to officially repeal the ordinance at their meeting next Tuesday. 

     The Michigan Department of Natural Resources may lift the ban on the harvesting of all white or Albino deer.  The Natural Resources commision meets Thursday June 5th and will be considering an amendment that would make it legal to harvest all white or albino deer in Michigan.  It has always been legal to harvest piebald deer, which are mostly white with brown patches.  Some confusion in deciding if some deer are piebald or albino is the main cause for the proposed amendment.  If the amendment is approved at the Natural Resources Commision meeting, it will be legal to harvest both piebald and albino whitetail deer in the 2008 hunting season.

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The New Hampshire Fish and Game department plans to limit the numer of hunting days for does during this years hunting season beginning in the Fall.  The New Hampshire fish and game department evaluates each hunting season based on its deer management goals.  This year they plan to limit the doe hunting days in 10 out of 18 hunting areas in the state, due to a very harsh winter.  However the number of doe days in the southern part of the state may actually be increased.   The details of the schedule.......

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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour syas he will veto Bill 1089 that would allow for hunting deer over bait.  The bill passed the Mississippi House 68-51 on April 1st.  The bill would allow hunting over grain and other feed.  It would also require bait to be placed in feeders.  The whitetail deer population is growing rapidly in Mississippi as in most other states.  Hunting over bait is already legal in at least 20 states.  The Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Commission advised the Governor......

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West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has schuduled meeting across the state to discuss the proposed regulations for the 2008 whitetail deer and black bear hunting seasons.  The hunting regulation for the 2009-2010 general hunting and trapping seasons will also be open for discussion.  DNR encourages hunters to join the discussions, and welcomess written comments as well.  All meetings will be held March 17 and 18 from 6-8 PM.  Click 'read more' below for a list of meeting locations.