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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW)– There are still a lot of unknowns regarding Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD. That’s why, the DNR wants to regulate where a carcass can be transported to. Right now, CWD has been found in 55 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties.
A white-tailed deer buck leaping through tall grass.
If you harvest a deer in one of those counties, it can be moved to another CWD affected county, or…
“If you’re going to go outside of that into non-affected CWD counties, it has to be within 72 hours being taken to a licensed meat processor or taxidermist,” said Austin Schumacher, a DNR Conservation Warden.
You should register your deer before its taken to a meat processor, taxidermist or a self-service kiosk. Then the head is to be taken in to get tested with a hand-width length of neck. Testing is done by removing the deer lymph nodes.
“We’re asking for as many folks to test their deer, as possible,” said Brandon Stefanski, a DNR Wildlife Biologist. “We want adult deer, we really don’t want fawns because it doesn’t show up as well in fawns even if they have it.”
What they do know, though, is CWD is spread through deer to deer contact. Which is why deer baiting and feeding is prohibited in a majority of CWD-affected counties.
“Because you have more and more deer congregating around one small area, a lot of nose to nose contact possibly leaving those preons in a small area that makes the likelihood of spreading the disease,” Stefanski said.
Testing is free. In 2017, the average statewide turnaround for test results was 14 days. More than 9,800 deer were sampled last year with 602 positive detections.
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