Wright County Government: Hunters May Have To Have Tested For CWD This Weekend

Press release from the Wright County Government:

November 1, 2021

Saturday, Nov. 6 marks the opening of the 2021 firearms deer hunting season and, depending on where you hunt, if you shoot a deer on opening weekend, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will require that the deer be brought to a sampling station to be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Hunters need to check the number of the deer permit area where they will be hunting to determine if CWD sampling is required.

To learn more about why the DNR is doing CWD sampling and where it is required, click here: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2021/10/25/chronic-wasting-disease-testing-mandatory-deer-opener-cwd-zones

This press release was produced by the Wright County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.