Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has received the first CWD-positive results for an elk located in southeast Montana. This was only the fourth elk across the state to test positive, and a fifth elk tested positive in southwest Montana soon after.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission recently confirmed that a deer in Conway County and another deer in Stone County have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both deer were harvested during the recent alternative firearms season.
Oklahoma hunters who harvest deer or elk within the boundaries of a Selected Surveillance Areas (SSA) affected by CWD (Cimarron, Texas, and Woodward counties, and parts of Major and Woods counties.) must process those animals before leaving the SSA. Click below to learn about exceptions.
Montana hunters can help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease in Montana’s herds of elk, deer, and moose by getting your animal tested. By testing your animal for CWD, you are not only protecting our herds, but also the future of our hunting opportunities.
This year, chronic wasting disease testing will still be focused in some areas of Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula as well as the Upper Peninsula. The counties for CWD testing in 2024 include Antrim, Arenac, Baraga, Benzie, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Clare, Dickinson, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Houghton, Iosco, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Ogemaw, Ontonagon, Otsego and Schoolcraft.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) encourages all deer and elk hunters to attend an upcoming workshop about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a fatal wildlife disease that affects the nervous system of cervid animals.