Name: Cal in the Field: Is CWD Changing Midwestern Deer Hunting?
Uploaded: 2024-01-23T16:00:00-08:00
Duration: 22 min
Description: Cal is at Doug Duren’s farm outside of Cazenovia, Wisconsin hunting deer and talking Chronic Wasting Disease. Cazenovia is also ground zero for CWD, a 100% fatal and highly transmissible prion based disease.

Ryan Callaghan heads to the Zumwalt Preserve. Bow and rifle hunting is in the elk management plan. Hunters move elk around the prairie to prevent overgrazing and mitigate the presence of weeds. The open terrain and large herds make hunting these elk hard.

Cal in the Field

Elk on the Prairie

Ryan Callaghan heads to Tennessee to see how Asian carp affects the environment. He meets with biologists, commercial processors, and outfitters, and even tries his hand at noodling for flathead catfish. The Asian carp is up against crappie and flathead.

Invasive Carp and Catfish Noodling

Director of Conservation, Ryan Callaghan and Eric Siegfried of onX navigate into public land in Montana for a mule deer rifle hunt. Eric uses E-scouting alongside Cal’s river savvy to get a spot that would be unknown without the data provided by onX.

Mule Deer by Canoe with OnX

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Cal is at Doug Duren’s farm outside of Cazenovia, Wisconsin hunting deer and talking Chronic Wasting Disease. Cazenovia is also ground zero for CWD, a 100% fatal and highly transmissible prion based disease.

Is CWD Changing Midwestern Deer Hunting?

Cal heads to California with Sean Doherty and Scott Feist. The rice fields provide a habitat for waterfowl. The conservation efforts involved allow native ducks, geese, and shorebirds to return to the area, which could bring back the native fishery too.

Rice Field Duck Hunting, Managing for Wildlife and Way of Life

Cal goes spearfishing for White Sea Bass. He’s joining Joel Oelnik and Ryan Moore in California. White sea bass are back on the rise due to 70+ years of mixed conservation efforts and fishery regulations.

Spearfishing for White Sea Bass

Cal is back in California’s Sacramento Valley. Salmon are at odds with stripers, but could that just be what’s on the surface? Join Ryan Callaghan as he fishes for Salmon and Striper while diving in deep on the water issues.

Salmon vs Striper on California's Coastal Waterways

Join Ryan Callaghan as he takes Cal’s Week in Review podcast into the field for this new series.

Is CWD Changing Midwestern Deer Hunting?

Season 3, 4 episodes

Cal in the Field

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Is CWD Changing Midwestern Deer Hunting?

Season 3, 4 episodes

season 3 (4 episodes)

Cal in the Field

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