CWD Proclamation Signed
Thursday, May 10, 2012 The 2012 proclamation establishing guidelines for
transporting deer, elk and moose carcasses and carcass parts into and within
North Dakota is now in effect as a precaution against the possible spread of
chronic wasting disease.
Hunters harvesting a big game animal this fall in North Dakota deer unit
3F2 cannot transport a carcass containing the head and spinal column outside of
the unit unless it’s taken directly to a meat processor. The head can be removed
from the carcass and transported outside of the unit if it is to be submitted to
a State Game and Fish Department district office, CWD surveillance drop-off
location or a licensed taxidermist.
If the deer is processed in the field to boned meat and the hunter wants to
leave the head in the field, the head must be legally tagged and the hunter must
be able to return to or give the exact location of the head if requested for
verification.
In addition, hunting big game over bait is prohibited in deer units 3C,
3E1, 3E2, 3F1 and 3F2. Bait, in this case, includes grain, seed, mineral, salt,
fruit, vegetable nut, hay or any other natural or manufactured food placed by an
individual. Bait does not include agricultural practices, gardens, wildlife food
plots, agricultural crops, livestock feeds, fruit or vegetables in their natural
location such as apples on or under an apple tree, or unharvested food or
vegetables in a garden.
Hunters are prohibited from transporting into North Dakota the whole
carcass, or certain carcass parts, of deer, elk, moose or other members of the
cervid family from areas within states and provinces with documented occurrences
of CWD in wild populations, or from farmed cervid operations within states and
provinces that have had farmed cervids diagnosed with CWD. Only the following
portions of the carcass can be transported:
Meat that is cut and wrapped either commercially or privately. Quarters or
other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached. Meat
that has been boned out. Hides with no heads attached. Clean (no meat or tissue
attached) skull plates with antlers attached. Antlers with no meat or tissue
attached. Upper canine teeth, also known as buglers, whistlers or ivories.
Finished taxidermy heads. The following game management units, equivalent
wildlife management units, or counties have had free-ranging deer, moose or elk
diagnosed with CWD, and importation of harvested elk, white-tailed deer, mule
deer, moose or other cervids from these areas are restricted.
North Dakota – Deer unit 3F2. Gutted/eviscerated carcasses being taken to a
North Dakota meat processor are exempt, as are heads removed from the carcass
and taken to a licensed taxidermist or provided to the North Dakota Game and
Fish Department for submission for CWD surveillance purposes. Alberta – Wildlife
management units 150, 151, 163, 234, 236, 256, 728. Colorado – All game
management units. Illinois – Counties of Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, DeKalb,
Ogle, LaSalle, Stephenson. Kansas – Counties of Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins,
Sheridan. Minnesota – DPA 602. Nebraska – Upper Platte, Platte, Plains,
Sandhills, Frenchman, Buffalo and Pine Ridge units, which include the counties
of Cheyenne, Kimball, Sioux, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Sheridan, Box Butte, Dawes,
Banner, Cherry, Hall, Garden, Keith, Red Willow, Deuel, Grant, Arthur. New
Mexico – White Sands Missile Base (GMU 19), GMU 28, GMU 34. New York – Any deer
taken within the CWD containment areas of Oneida and Madison counties.
Saskatchewan – All wildlife management units. South Dakota – Prairie units
WRD-21A, WRD-27A, WRD-27B; Black Hills units BHD-BH1, BHD-BD3, BHD-BD4. Utah –
16A, 16B, 16C, 13A, 13B, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D. Virginia – Frederick
County. West Virginia – Hampshire County. Wisconsin – Any deer registered with a
Wisconsin DNR Red Registration Tag from the area designated as the Disease
Eradication Zone or Herd Reduction Zone including deer management zones 54B-CWD,
70-CWD, 70A-CWD, 70B-CWD, 70C-CWD, 70D-CWD, 70E-CWD, 70F-CWD, 70G-CWD, 71-CWD,
73B-CWD, 73E-CWD, 75A-CWD, 75B-CWD, 75C-CWD, 75D-CWD, 76-CWD, 76A-CWD, 76M-CWD,
77A-CWD, 77B-CWD, 77C-CWD, Washburn County. Wyoming – All deer and elk units. In
addition, the following states and provinces have had farmed deer, elk, moose or
other cervids diagnosed with CWD, and importation of farmed deer, elk, moose and
other cervid carcasses or their parts are restricted: Alberta, Colorado, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, South
Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Additional areas will be added as necessary and listed on the North Dakota
Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov.
Because each state and province has its own set of rules and regulations,
hunters should contact the state or province in which they will hunt to obtain
more information.
Hunters with questions can contact the North Dakota Game and Fish
Department at (701) 328-6300, or email ndgf@nd.gov.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
North Dakota Another 3F2 Mule Deer Tests Positive for CWD
Monday, December 13, 2010
North Dakota Another Deer From 3F2 Tests Positive for CWD
Thursday, March 18, 2010
CWD Found in Southwestern North Dakota Deer
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