Deer and elk hunters who harvest game in hunting districts north of U.S. Highway 2 are encouraged to donate their animal’s head to determine if chronic wasting disease has entered Montana. Fish, Wildlife & Parks is collecting heads of hunter-killed deer and elk to test for the presence of the Read more
Winchester, VA — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is requesting continued assistance from deer hunters with the Department’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance efforts. The Department is making progress on collecting 550 deer heads for CWD testing from a 1,190 square mile area, but additional samples are Read more
Deer Confiscated; Hunters Reminded to Keep N.H. CWD-Free CONCORD, N.H. — Officials from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department announced today that two hunters have been cited for illegally importing whole deer from New York State, a state where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected. The two deer Read more
Winchester, VA — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is requesting assistance from deer hunters with the Department’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance efforts. The Department will be collecting about 550 deer heads for CWD testing from a 1,190 square mile area including most of western Shenandoah County, Read more
PIERRE, S.D. – Two deer have tested positive in South Dakota’s 2005 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks has been testing deer and elk from hunters, vehicle kills and sick animals encountered in the field. Currently, 595 results have returned from the 820 Read more
The Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters heading out of state to enjoy their sport, and to be aware that Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been found in free ranging and captive deer or elk populations in 14 states and two Canadian provinces. Chronic wasting disease has been diagnosed Read more
THERMOPOLIS – Wyoming received some good news and bad news about chronic wasting disease this week. Although another deer hunt area in the Big Horn Basin – hunt area 120 west of Thermopolis – has had a deer test positive for chronic wasting disease, 51 extra deer harvested following the Read more
Lincoln, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is asking deer hunters to again help monitor the status of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the state. Bruce Trindle, a fish and wildlife specialist in the disease section of the Commissions wildlife division, said biologists hope to collect retropharyngeal lymph Read more
FITCHBURG – The Department of Natural Resources has added a fifth agency operated deer registration/collection station to better serve hunters now through the traditional nine-day gun season in the western chronic wasting disease (CWD) Eradication Zone (DEZ). Heck’s Farm Market, 7266 State Highway 14, Arena, will be open weekends (Saturdays Read more
Three sites in northeastern Montana have been added to locations where hunters can drop off deer and elk heads to be tested for chronic wasting disease. The Pro Co-Op in Opheim, West Side Sports in Malta and Hi-Line Sports in Plentywood will have barrels available for CWD collection. Hunters are Read more