Jan 9, 2026 2:01 PM GREAT FALLS – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck taken by a hunter east of Stanford in Hunting District 419. Multiple rounds of testing confirmed that the deer was positive for CWD. This is the first time CWD has been Read more
PABLO, MT – A second incidence of Chronic Wasting Disease is suspected on the Flathead Indian Reservation from a sample test returned Wednesday from a harvested whitetailed deer. CSKT’s Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation and Conservation staff received the initial positive test results Nov. 12 from the State Laboratory. Read more
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been detected in the Hog Heaven Management Unit from a harvested mule deer. The sample was recently submitted by the CSKT Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation and Conservation (DFWRC) staff and the positive results were received from the State Laboratory on Read more
Dec 18, 2024 3:30 PM BILLINGS – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected this season in a mule deer buck from hunting district (HD) 515 and a whitetail buck from HD 525, both harvested by hunters. This is the first time CWD has been detected in these HDs. The mule Read more
Hunters are encouraged to submit samples for CWD testing GREAT FALLS – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck taken by a hunter north of Great Falls in Hunting District 404. This is the first time CWD has been detected in that Hunting District. Two tests Read more
TWIN BRIDGES – Chronic wasting disease was recently detected in an elk on the north end of the Ruby Mountains in Hunting District 322. CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose. It’s always fatal, and there is no known cure. It was first Read more
Oct 24, 2024 11:20 AM KALISPELL — Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a white-tailed deer in Kalispell. This is the first time CWD has been detected in a wild herd in Hunting District 170, which encompasses most of the Flathead Valley. FWP received reports of a symptomatic Read more
Nov 22, 2023 5:21 PM DEER LODGE – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was recently detected in a mule deer buck that was harvested by a hunter in hunting district (HD) 213 west of Deer Lodge. This is the first time CWD has been detected in the HD and in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Read more
Feb 7, 2023 3:20 PM First confirmed case of CWD within Great Falls city limits GREAT FALLS – Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a mule deer buck found dead within the city limits of Great Falls in January. The Read more
GALLATIN GATEWAY – Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer buck that was harvested by a hunter in hunting district 304. This marks the first detection in hunting district 304. The deer was harvested near Gallatin Gateway, along the Read more