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• Deer rescued on icy Colo. lake near Coors brewery

  January 10, 2013 4:24 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Colorado wildlife officials with help from Coors employees rescued a large mule deer stranded on an icy lake near the Golden brewery. Colorado Parks and Wildlife district spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill says the animal wandered onto the frozen lake or was chased by a predator and appeared... more »

• Deer crashes through carpet store

  November 7, 2012 10:01 AM

  CASTLE SHANNON, Pa. (AP) - This deer wasn't caught in the headlights. It was called on the carpet. A Pittsburgh-area carpeting store has been cleaning up after the wild animal smashed into the store and ran amok Tuesday. Jill Horvatic, an employee of Stout Carpeting in Castle Shannon, tells WPXI-TV... more »

• Five deer in Iowa test positive for chronic wasting disease

  September 4, 2012 7:22 PM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - State officials say five deer at a breeding center in southwest Iowa have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, prompting the facility to be quarantine. Three of the deer at the center in Pottawattamie County and a deer at a hunting preserve in Davis County... more »

• Jeep, deer collision closes I25

  October 30, 2011 6:51 AM

  North bound I-25 at MM162 is now open after being shut down for more than an hour early this morning. Colorado State Patrol says a jeep hit a deer, and then started on fire. The road is closed while the crash is cleaned up. That happened a little... more »

• Deer counting to be done by air

  December 1, 2010 3:39 PM

  The Colorado Division of Wildlife will use a low-flying helicopter to conduct annual aerial deer surveys in eastern Colorado in the coming weeks. Flight dates are weather-dependent, but generally, the flights will start around December 15 and continue until December 22 in Crowley, Kiowa, Pueblo, Otero, Bent, Prowers, Bent and... more »

• Poacher sought near Eleven Mile Reservoir

  October 29, 2010 2:28 PM

  DENVER, Colo.-- The Colorado Division of Wildlife and Operation Game Thief are offering a $1,000 reward for information about a poaching incident that happened in Park County. A bull elk and a buck mule deer were shot near Eleven Mile Reservoir last weekend. The carcass of the elk was... more »

• Outfitter, guide indicted on game-baiting charges

  August 27, 2010 8:24 AM

  A longtime Colorado hunting outfitter and a hunting guide indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver are accused of putting out hundreds of pounds of salt to lure deer and elk for their clients. State and federal authorities say Dennis Eugene Rodebaugh of Meeker and Brian Douglas Kunz... more »

• Wildlife cam photographs hovering lights

  August 26, 2010 9:58 AM

  A motion-activated camera at a Fort Worth family's favorite hunting spot is capturing shots of mysterious objects. Lisa Brock-Piekarski's game camera is supposed to take pictures of the deer on her Archer City hunting lease, but the pictures show something she can't explain. "What I see looks almost... more »

• I-25 & Bijou: Vehicle vs. deer

  July 30, 2010 8:25 AM

  A vehicle struck and killed a deer on I-25 in Colorado Springs. The deer is on the southbound side of the road, just past Bijou. The deer is not blocking traffic, but is causing curiosity slowing. more »

• The Thunderbirds are here

  May 23, 2010 3:51 PM

  The Air Force Thunderbirds have arrived in Colorado Springs. The squadron of F-16 aerial demonstration jets will perform for the graduation ceremony at the US Air Force Academy on Wednesday. The pilots conducted a re-enlistment ceremony for about 20 airmen at Peterson Air Force Base. Dr. David Benke,... more »

• LA shelter meal goes wild with bear tacos

  May 11, 2010 11:15 AM

  It was a wild night at a Skid Row shelter in Los Angeles. The Union Rescue Mission offered a dinner Monday night of tacos made from wild elk, deer, sheep, pig, black bear and antelope. A hunting group donated about 250 pounds of fresh game meat as part... more »

• $1200 reward for poachers

  May 6, 2010 1:39 PM

  Eight deer were slaughtered around the town of La Veta on Tuesday. The Division of Wildlife is offering a hefty reward to find those responsible. "Anyone who comes forward with information is eligible for a $1,200 cash reward from the Division of Wildlife's Operation Game Thief fund," said Lance Gatlin,... more »

• Health department warns of hantavirus threat

  April 13, 2010 6:59 PM

  As the time for spring cleaning arrives, public health officials are warning about the danger of hantavirus. "Hantavirus is a serious respiratory disease carried by wild rodents, including deer mice, and the cotton rat, both common in the Pueblo County area," stated Dr. Christine Nevin-Woods, public health director at... more »

• Morning greeting committee

  April 8, 2010 9:55 AM

  The morning commute is so much nicer when it includes a herd of deer as a greeting committee. This photo was emailed to news@newsfirst5.com by a viewer. If you see news happen, send it our way. more »

• Free hunting seminar in Colorado Springs

  March 14, 2010 11:27 AM

  There will be a free hunting seminar on Monday, March 15 from 6 to 9 p.m., at DOW office on 4255 Sinton Road in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Division of Wildlife will be holding the seminar to help big game hunters prepare for the 2010 seasons. The DOW staff... more »

• 62 pronghorn released on Colorado's Western Slope

  March 8, 2010 10:27 AM

  Wildlife officers have transferred 62 pronghorn captured on private property near Pueblo to the Gunnison basin to boost the population in Colorado's Western Slope. In late February, a low-flying helicopter and about 100 Colorado Division of Wildlife biologists, staff and volunteers rounded up the animals from an area near Pueblo... more »

• Deer jumps into SUV, injures driver

  January 22, 2010 1:38 PM

  A Georgia man was commuting to work when a deerjumped through the window of his SUV, and head-butted him. The deer's back end was hanging out of the vehicle as Clarence Johnson and his surprised passenger drove down the road. "I was just riding listening to Ricky Smiley and... more »

• Deer lives with Ohio veterinarian

  December 24, 2009 4:49 PM

  So you thought a dog was man's best friend? You obviously haven't met Dillie. The white-tailed deer has been living with a family in Canal Fulton, Ohio for the past five years. She was originally rescued as a fawn, then taken in when it became clear she... more »

• I-25 completely reopened

  December 17, 2009 5:56 AM

  A stretch of I-25 is completely reopened this morning, following a deadly overnight accident that shut down the interstate for a time. The Colorado State Patrol reports that a car hit a deer at around 1:30 this morning. Another vehicle, trying to avoid that accident, rolled into the medium.... more »

• Deer leaps from balcony, swims in pool

  November 5, 2009 10:45 AM

  Neighbors thought it was a prank. But yes, it really was a deer swimming laps in a pool. Surveillance video from the Ashley Arms Historic Apartments in Gastonia, North Carolina shows the deer swimming for about 15 minutes inside the indoor pool. "Shock and surprise," said Meredith Gaddis,... more »

• Seven year-old hit by deer while playing football

  October 13, 2009 9:55 AM

  A 7 year-old Ohio boy playing a game of backyard football was tackled by a deer. Brandon Hiles says he encountered the buck when the ball rolled into woods while he was playing with friends Saturday in Wintersville, about 125 miles east of Columbus. The boy says the buck ran... more »

• Mighty caribou herds dwindle, warming blamed

  October 5, 2009 8:42 AM

  Here on the endlessly rolling and tussocky terrain of northwest Canada, where man has hunted caribou since the Stone Age, the vast antlered herds are fast growing thin. And it's not just here. Across the tundra 1,500 kilometers (1,000 miles) to the east, Canada's Beverly herd, numbering more than... more »