PINEDALE – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department first confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154 near Bondurant this past September, from a hunter-harvested buck mule deer. A second CWD-positive buck mule deer was confirmed in this hunt area in late November 2023. While Read more
PINEDALE – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 92. The disease was detected in a cow elk in November. Elk Hunt Area 92 is in the Pinedale Region and shares a small border with Elk Hunt Area 98 to the Read more
CASPER – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 122. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested cow elk in early November. Elk Hunt Area 122 is in the Casper Region and is bordered by three areas where CWD was Read more
News Release Date: November 14, 2023 Contact: Morgan Warthin, 307-344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) recently confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the carcass of an adult mule deer buck found near Yellowstone Lake in the Read more
Jackson – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 154. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvested buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 154 is in the Jackson Region and is bordered by three areas that Read more
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Deer Hunt Area 131. The disease was detected in a targeted mule deer buck near Rock Springs that was euthanized by wildlife managers in late April. Deer Hunt Area 131 is in the Green Read more
Lander – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 127. The disease was detected in a cow elk in November. This marks the fifth elk hunt area where CWD has been detected this year. Elk Hunt Area 127 is Read more
CWD detected in new Wyoming elk hunt area CODY – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Area 59. The disease was detected in a cow elk in early November. Elk Hunt Area 59 is in the Cody Region and Read more
CODY – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Elk Hunt Areas 47 and 49. The disease was detected in two hunter-harvest bull elk Oct. 12 and Oct. 15. Elk Hunt Areas 47 and 49 are located in the Cody Region and are Read more
Jackson – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in Wyoming’s Deer Hunt Area 155. The disease was detected in a hunter-harvest buck mule deer in September. Deer Hunt Area 155 is in the Jackson Region and is bordered by two areas that Read more