Chronic Wasting Disease has been documented in numerous ... is why MDC urges hunters who harvest deer in certain Missouri counties to test their kill so infected carcasses can't spread the disease ...

After those dates, testing is voluntary. Improper disposal of deer carcasses can increase the spread of CWD, threatening Missouri's deer population, according to MDC Cervid Program Supervisor ...

During the first two days of the firearm hunting season, the department requires residents in CWD management zones to get their deer tested. Most counties in northeastern Missouri fall in these zones.

Sep. 24—The Missouri Department of Conservation has announced voluntary CWD testing sites, including throughout Southwest Missouri. Each year, mandatory sampling of deer harvested in a CWD ...

When CWD is discovered in Missouri, the conservation department targets deer within one to five miles of where the positive test occurred. Landowners and MDC staff shoot a certain number deer ...

and threatens Missouri’s deer population, hunting culture, and economy. The CWD-positive cases were found through sampling and testing of more than 36,000 deer during the past deer-hunting ...

LOUIS – The Missouri Department of Conservation has ... county-specific firearms and antlerless permit numbers. While CWD testing was not mandatory during the CWD portion, voluntary CWD testing ...

The Missouri Department ... sent to an independent lab for testing. “We greatly appreciate the many thousands of hunters who brought their deer to mandatory CWD sampling stations over the ...

For the first time, Boone County hunters reported to mandatory chronic wasting disease testing sites Saturday and answered a simple question: “Where’d you shoot that deer?” Knowing where deer were ...

COLUMBIA — November firearm deer hunting season returns for Missouri residents but with new stipulations to stop the spread of a fatal disease. Saturday, Nov. 16, through Tuesday, Nov. 26, marks ...

MDC found the cases through sampling and testing of more than 36,000 deer ... in these localized areas to slow the spread of CWD and protect Missouri’s deer herd,” MDC Wildlife Health Program ...