The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking deer hunters to help monitor Chronic Wasting Disease in northeast Wisconsin and surrounding counties.
This year's monitoring will complete multi-year, statewide CWD sampling efforts that began in 2018. The northeast counties included in this effort are Brown, Calumet, Door, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago.
The DNR has made CWD testing available and accessible to every hunter in the state by offering free testing and various options to make the sample drop-off process fast and convenient for hunters. Active CWD sampling efforts are currently underway in counties where CWD has already been found.
"We especially encourage hunters in northeast Wisconsin and around our other CWD surveillance areas to get their adult deer tested this season," said DNR Wildlife Health Conservation Specialist Amanda Kamps. "Each test result helps us better understand CWD distribution."
Hunters can take their animals to self-service kiosks, various meat processors or taxidermists, or to a DNR official by appointment.
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