CWD Testing

State wildlife officials are reminding North Dakota deer hunters this weekend that deer-head coll...  More »

State wildlife officials are reminding North Dakota deer hunters this weekend that deer-head collection barrels will be removed from collection sites tomorrow. After that, hunters who would still like to submit deer heads for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis testing must take the head to a Game and Fish Department district office before Nov. 30. Officials this year are collecting samples from western and northeastern North Dakota. State wildlife officials tested samples from eastern North Dakota in 2007 and the central part of the state last year. A new cycle is to begin next year in the east. CWD affects the nervous system of members of the deer family and is always fatal.  « Less