Successful Monitoring and Control of Chronic Wasting Disease Depends on Support from Local Hunters

The Department of Natural Resources will be stationed in the Northeast Region of Wisconsin during the deer hunting season this fall. They will be collecting samples from whitetail deer taken during bow hunting, T-zone and the normal gun hunt. With the participation of local hunters the DNR hopes to receive deer samples from a large geographic area. Samples will be tested for any signs of chronic wasting disease. There were not any cases of chronic wasting disease found in the Northeast Region when it was tested in 2002. With continued monitoring in all of Wisconsin and support from local hunters, management of chronic wasting disease can be achieved.