North Dakota NDFG 2023 Surveillance Season Reported 11 deer tested positive for CWD
CWD Test Results
Mon, 03/25/2024
With the 2023 chronic wasting disease surveillance season completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported 11 deer tested positive.
“The good news is that all these cases came from units where CWD has already been detected. None came from the southeastern part of the state where we were focusing our surveillance efforts,” said Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian. “However, CWD was detected right across our border in eastern Manitoba near Winkler, and again near Climax, Minn., where it was first found in 2021.”
Positive cases detected in 2023 came from units 3A1, 3A2, 3E1, 3E2 and 3F2.
Wildlife division chief Casey Anderson said that despite lower harvest success, the department met its surveillance goal in units 2B, 2G and 2G1. The objective is to achieve a sampling goal of 10% of the allocated deer gun licenses for a given year.
Game and Fish will use its 2023 surveillance data to guide CWD management moving forward.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that remains on the landscape and can cause long-term population impacts as infection rates climb.
More information about CWD can be found by visiting the department’s website, gf.nd.gov.
2023 Year Review
CWD efforts continue
Notable adjustments were made by Department officials in the effort to combat chronic wasting disease, an always fatal disease to deer and other cervids.
Big game hunters were told to note the 2023 chronic wasting disease proclamation for baiting and transportation requirements for deer, elk and moose as a precaution against the spread of chronic wasting disease.
Noteworthy items included:
Whole carcasses of animals harvested in North Dakota could have remained in the deer unit, or now could have been transported anywhere in the state. However, carcass waste must have been disposed of via landfill or waste management provider. This did not apply to heads dropped at CWD collection sites or lymph nodes submitted for CWD surveillance. Taxidermists and game processors could also accept intact carcasses of animals harvested within North Dakota but assumed responsibility for disposal.
A new management strategy that allowed baiting restrictions to be removed in a unit if the number of adult deer equivalent to at least 10% of the gun licenses allocated in the unit were tested for CWD within a year, and all the results were negative. If the sampling goal was not met or CWD was confirmed in the unit, the baiting restriction remained.
No new units were added to the baiting restriction list for 2023-24. Due to the timing of finalizing the proclamation, a one-year pause was placed on adding new units. Units 2K1 and 3B2 are scheduled to be added to the restriction list in 2024 due to a positive CWD detection during the 2022 hunting season within 25 miles in an adjacent unit. They would not be added if the 10% goal was reached in 2023 and all CWD test results were negative.
Hunters were prohibited from transporting into North Dakota the whole carcass or parts, except the lower-risk portions, of deer, elk, moose or other members of the cervid family harvested outside of North Dakota.
State Game and Fish Department officials will conduct surveillance of the state by region on a four-year rotation. In 2023, the CWD surveillance effort consisted of deer gun units in southeastern North Dakota. Outside of that area, hunters could still have their animal tested by taking it to a Game and Fish district office, any deer head collection site (primarily located in the surveillance area) or by using a mail-in self-sampling kit. A unit outside the annual surveillance zone was still eligible to have a baiting restriction removed if the sampling goal was met, or can be added as a restricted unit if a positive was found.
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2024/jan/2023-year-in-review
North Dakota 2023 Hunting Season Outlook CWD
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A total of 24 deer harvested in 2022-23 tested positive for chronic wasting disease, with CWD being detected for the first time in four hunting units (3A3, 3E1, 3F1 and 4F). From the 2022 hunter-harvested surveillance, CWD positive deer were also detected in 3A1 (eight mule deer), 3A3 (one mule deer), 3B1 (one mule deer), 3E1 (one mule deer), 3E2 (one mule deer), 3F1 (one mule deer), 3F2 (seven mule deer and one white-tailed deer), 4B (two mule deer) and 4F (one mule deer).
Surveillance will continue in these units to better understand CWD prevalence. As a result, this altered deer management strategies in these and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce the spread of the disease outside infected units; therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy remains in parts of the state. Baiting restrictions for deer now include hunting units 1, 2B, 3A1, 3A2, 3A3, 3A4, 3B1, 3C, 3D1, 3D2, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1, 3F2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F.
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2023/aug-sep/2023-hunting-season-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota 2022 Hunting Season Outlook CWD
A total of 26 deer harvested in 2021 tested positive for chronic wasting disease, with CWD being detected for the first time in three hunting units (3D1, 3E2 and 3C). From the 2021 hunter-harvested surveillance, CWD-positive deer were also detected in 3A1 (six mule deer and three white-tailed deer), 3B1 (one mule deer) and 3F2 (11 mule deer and two white-tailed deer). Surveillance will continue in these units to better understand CWD prevalence. As a result, this altered deer management strategies in these and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce the spread of the disease outside infected units; therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy remains in parts of the state. Baiting restrictions for deer now include hunting units 1, 2B, 3A1, 3A2, 3A3, 3A4, 3B1, 3C, 3D1, 3D2, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1, 3F2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F.
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2022/aug-sep/2022-hunting-season-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota 2021 Hunting Season Outlook CWD
A CWD-positive white-tailed deer buck harvested in hunting unit 3A2 in 2020 altered deer management strategies in that and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce spread of the disease outside infected units; therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy remains in the northwestern part of the state. From the 2020 surveillance, CWD-positive deer were detected in 3A1 (two mule deer), 3A2 (one white-tailed deer), 3F2 (nine mule deer and five white-tailed deer) and 4B (one mule deer). Increased surveillance will continue in these units to better understand CWD prevalence.
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2021/aug-sep/2021-hunting-season-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota 2020 Hunting Season Outlook CWD
Because deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in hunting units 3A1 and 3B1, deer management strategies were altered in those and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce the spread of the disease outside those two units. Therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy remains in the northwestern part of the state.
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2020/aug-sep/2020-hunting-season-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota 2019 Hunting Season Outlook CWD
Because deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in hunting units 3A1 and 3B1, deer management strategies were altered in those and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce the spread of the disease outside those two units. Therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy was applied in the northwestern part of the state.
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2019/aug-sep/hunting-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota 2018 Hunting Season Outlook CWD?
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2018/aug-sep/hunting-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota 2017 Hunting Season Outlook CWD?
https://gf.nd.gov/magazine/2017/aug-sep/hunting-outlook#white-tailed-deer
North Dakota reported 24 deer from the 2022 hunting season tested positive.
CWD Test Results
Mon, 03/13/2023
With most chronic wasting disease testing completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported 24 deer from the 2022 hunting season tested positive.
Eight deer were from hunting unit 3F2; eight from unit 3A1; two from unit 4B; and one from units 3B1 and 3E2. Single positive deer were also found in four new units – 3A3, 3E1, 3F1 and 4F – where the disease had not been previously detected.
Wildlife division chief Casey Anderson said the department is encouraged the number of cases was on par with results from the 2021 hunting season when 26 cases were found.
“While we certainly wish the number was zero, this stable trend is a good thing and supports our current management approach,” he said.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that remains on the landscape and can cause long-term population impacts as infection rates climb. The 2022 results come while the state legislature considers a bill that would strip the Game and Fish Department’s ability to restrict baiting as a means to combat CWD.
“Baiting restrictions are one of only a few tools the department has to try to slow down how fast CWD spreads,” said Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian. “Artificially concentrating deer from August through November puts more animals in contact with each other and each other’s bodily fluids. That’s a lot of unnecessary risk that’s hard to justify in areas where CWD has been detected.”
CWD forces Game and Fish to make tough decisions that leave some folks unhappy, Anderson said.
“That said, the department is charged with protecting the health of the deer herd for current and future use,” he said. “It’d be irresponsible of us to ignore the serious threat CWD poses, and we hope to have every tool available to do our job. Unfortunately, with CWD, we don’t get a redo.”
Confirmed cases included 22 hunter harvested mule deer; one harvested white-tailed deer; and one mule deer hit by a vehicle. The estimated infection rates among mule deer were 4.9% in unit 3F2 and 9.8% in unit 3A1. Only 4.4% of hunters submitted heads for testing in units where the department focused its surveillance efforts.
Game and Fish will use its 2022 surveillance data to guide its CWD management strategy moving forward. More information about CWD can be found by visiting the department’s website, gf.nd.gov.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department reports 26 deer tested positive during the 2021 hunting season
CWD Test Results
Wed, 02/23/2022
With most chronic wasting disease testing completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reports 26 deer tested positive during the 2021 hunting season.
Fourteen were from hunting unit 3F2, eight from unit 3A1, and one was found in unit 3B1. Single positive deer were also found in three units (3C, 3D1 and 3E2) where the disease had not been previously detected.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines as infection rates climb.
The estimated infection rates in unit 3F2 were 4.9% in mule deer and 3% in whitetail deer. In unit 3A1, the estimated infection rate in mule deer was 6.9%. Approximately 4.9% of hunters turned in heads for testing in units where the Department was focusing surveillance efforts.
Game and Fish will use its 2021 surveillance data to guide its CWD management strategy moving forward. More information about CWD can be found at gf.nd.gov/cwd.
https://gf.nd.gov/news/5266
North Dakota NDGF Deer in Minnesota Suspected of CWD, Surveillance Expands to Unit 2B
Deer in Minnesota Suspected of CWD, Surveillance Expands to Unit 2B
Thu, 11/04/2021
Following Wednesday’s announcement from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources of a suspected case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer southwest of Climax, Minn., the state Game and Fish Department is increasing its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance efforts to include Unit 2B in eastern North Dakota.
Hunters in deer gun Unit 2B are encouraged to submit the head of their harvested animal for testing in Fargo, Grand Forks or Hillsboro. Game and Fish Department staff will also be stationed at the Hillsboro location on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. through the deer gun season to sample deer heads hunters wish to keep.
Game and Fish wildlife veterinarian Dr. Charlie Bahnson said CWD is a fatal brain disease of deer that can cause long-term population effects as infection rates climb.
“It is a different disease than epizootic hemorrhagic disease that was detected in many parts of the state this fall,” Bahnson added. “Hunter-Harvest Surveillance provides information that is critical to track and manage CWD.”
Heads of adult or yearling deer can be dropped off at these collection sites:
Fargo – NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, 4035 19th Ave. N. Grand Forks – Tractor Supply Co., 4460 32nd Ave. S. Hillsboro – Cenex, 105 Sixth St. SW
More information on CWD, including collection locations, is available on the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov.
CWD Test Results Tue, 01/19/2021
With most chronic wasting disease testing completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reports 18 deer tested positive during the 2020 hunting season.
Fourteen were from hunting unit 3F2, two were from unit 3A1 and one was from unit 4B. A white-tailed deer harvested in unit 3A2 also tested positive and was the first detection in the unit.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines as infection rates climb.
The estimated infection rates in unit 3F2 were 5.1% in mule deer and 2.2% in whitetail deer. It was less than 2% in other positive units. Approximately 7% of hunters turned in heads for testing in units where the Department was focusing surveillance efforts.
Game and Fish will use its 2020 surveillance data to guide its CWD management strategy moving forward. More information about CWD can be found at gf.nd.gov/cwd.
Minnesota CWD suspected in a wild deer harvested along northwestern Minnesota’s border
DNR News Release
For Immediate Release:
Nov. 3, 2021
For more information: Contact DNR Information Center by email or call 888-646-6367.
CWD suspected in a wild deer harvested along northwestern Minnesota’s border
Area deer hunters asked to submit samples for testing at stations in Climax, Neilsville The first suspected case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer along Minnesota’s border with North Dakota has prompted the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to implement voluntary CWD sampling for all deer harvested in this area during the 2021 firearms season.
Hunters who harvest deer in permit areas 261 and 262, which are located between Moorhead on the south and Oslo on the north, are strongly encouraged to leave samples at self-service stations in Neilsville and Climax. Once exact locations are established for these two stations, details and instructions will be available on the DNR website, alongside information about sampling stations in CWD surveillance, management and control zones.
Preliminary test results from a deer harvested southwest of Climax strongly indicate a CWD infection. Confirmation of the initial result is expected next week.
No cases of CWD had been reported in wild or captive deer in nearby areas, and no CWD sampling requirements were in place. The hunter voluntarily collected the sample and paid for a private test. When preliminary results came back positive, the hunter contacted the DNR.
“Thanks to this hunter’s early discovery, we have the chance to act quickly and be proactive,” said Seth Goreham, acting wildlife research manager for the DNR. “We’re asking hunters to submit samples so we can determine the extent of CWD in the area and take steps to help control the spread.”
Testing is free for deer harvested in permit areas 261 and 262 as well as any other deer permit area designated a CWD surveillance, management or control zone. Hunters outside a CWD zone can collect lymph node samples and pay a small fee for a CWD test. Complete video instructions on how to properly collect a lymph node sample and laboratory information is available on the DNR website.
CWD is a fatal neurological disease that affects cervids, including white-tailed deer. It is found globally and in about half of the states in the U.S. CWD remains relatively rare in Minnesota, but is a concern as there is no known cure.
The DNR continues to take aggressive steps to combat CWD and its spread. So far 118 cases of CWD have been documented in Minnesota’s wild deer herd, most of them in the southeastern part of the state. The disease is also being actively and aggressively managed near Bemidji, the Brainerd Lakes area and in the south metropolitan area.
Complete information about CWD is available on the DNR website at mndnr.gov/cwd.
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A CWD-positive white-tailed deer buck harvested in hunting unit 3A2 in 2020 altered deer management strategies in that and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce spread of the disease outside infected units; therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy remains in the northwestern part of the state. From the 2020 surveillance, CWD-positive deer were detected in 3A1 (two mule deer), 3A2 (one white-tailed deer), 3F2 (nine mule deer and five white-tailed deer) and 4B (one mule deer). Increased surveillance will continue in these units to better understand CWD prevalence.
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021
North Dakota 18 deer tested positive for CWD during the 2020 hunting season, with most testing completed
Oct. 25, 2021
Hunters Encouraged to Have Deer Tested for CWD
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2021 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease from select units in the central and western portion of the state.
Samples will be tested from deer taken from units 2H, 2I, 2J1, 2J2, 2K1, 2K2, 3A1, 3A2, 3A3, 3A4, 3B1, 3B3, 3C, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1, 3F2, 4A, 4B and 4C.
CWD is a slow-moving brain disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause population-level impacts under high infection rates.
“Many folks are aware of the fairly bad epizootic hemorrhagic disease year we’ve had,” said Game and Fish veterinarian Dr. Charlie Bahnson. “While EHD is a different disease from CWD, it illustrates the impact diseases can have on our wildlife populations. And unlike EHD, which is cyclical, CWD can become an increasing, annual pressure on our herd.”
Knowing where CWD is in the state and how many deer are infected is critical for managing the disease.
“One major goal is to confidently determine what areas do not have CWD,” Bahnson said. “We need to test a lot of deer to make that assessment, which is why hunters’ willingness to help is so important.”
Hunters are encouraged to drop off heads of adult or yearling deer at collection locations. Fawns and head-shot deer cannot be tested. Hunters wishing to keep the heads can bring them to a Game and Fish district office during business hours to have them sampled.
Results will be provided within four weeks, barring delays, by visiting My Account on the department’s website, gf.nd.gov, where you can also add or update contact information. Click Additional Info for CWD results for lottery licenses or Inbox for results for first-come, first-served licenses.
Hunters should note whole carcasses or heads of deer taken from units 3A1, 3A2, 3B1, 3F2, 4B and 4C may not be transported outside of the unit. Exception: hunters can transport whole deer carcasses between adjoining CWD carcass restricted units.
More information on CWD, including transportation restrictions, is available at the Game and Fish website.
North Dakota Outdoors
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2021 • NUMBER 2 • VOLUME LXXXIV
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A CWD-positive white-tailed deer buck harvested in hunting unit 3A2 in 2020 altered deer management strategies in that and surrounding units. The goal is to minimize the CWD prevalence rate and reduce spread of the disease outside infected units; therefore, a more aggressive harvest strategy remains in the northwestern part of the state. From the 2020 surveillance, CWD-positive deer were detected in 3A1 (two mule deer), 3A2 (one white-tailed deer), 3F2 (nine mule deer and five white-tailed deer) and 4B (one mule deer). Increased surveillance will continue in these units to better understand CWD prevalence.
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Baiting Restrictions in North Dakota Hunters are reminded it is unlawful to hunt big game over bait, or place bait to attract big game for the purpose of hunting, in deer units 3A1, 3A2, 3A3, 3A4, 3B1, 3C west of the Missouri River, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1, 3F2, 4A, 4B and 4C. The restriction is in place to help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease, a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines if left unchecked. In addition, baiting for any purpose is prohibited on all North Dakota Game and Fish Department wildlife management areas. Hunting big game over bait is also prohibited on all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service national wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas, U.S. Forest Service national grasslands, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed lands, and all North Dakota state trust, state park and state forest service lands. More information on CWD can be found at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov
North Dakota CWD Big Game Transport Rules, Hunting Big Game Over Bait, 26 deer have tested positive to date Big Game Transport Rules
Hunting Big Game Over Bait
Tue, 01/19/2021
With most chronic wasting disease testing completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reports 18 deer tested positive during the 2020 hunting season.
Fourteen were from hunting unit 3F2, two were from unit 3A1 and one was from unit 4B. A white-tailed deer harvested in unit 3A2 also tested positive and was the first detection in the unit.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines as infection rates climb.
The estimated infection rates in unit 3F2 were 5.1% in mule deer and 2.2% in whitetail deer. It was less than 2% in other positive units. Approximately 7% of hunters turned in heads for testing in units where the Department was focusing surveillance efforts.
Game and Fish will use its 2020 surveillance data to guide its CWD management strategy moving forward. More information about CWD can be found at gf.nd.gov/cwd.
CWD Surveillance Continued
Since 2009, 26 deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in the state. Those animals that tested positive were from hunting units in parts of southwestern and northwestern North Dakota
Testing in North Dakota for the invariably fatal disease began in 1998 with roadkilled, sick and suspect animals. In the early 2000s, Game and Fish increased CWD surveillance efforts by annually collecting samples from hunter-harvested deer, elk and moose Typically, surveillance efforts from hunter-harvested deer focuses on a third of the state on a rotating basis, and those areas where wildlife managers are trying to manage for CWD. In 2020, given the COVID situation, Department wildlife managers prioritized efforts and focused resources and personnel in the southwestern and northwestern parts of the state where the disease continued to be of greater concern CWD test results for the 2020 deer gun season weren’t available at the time of publication.
***North Dakota CWD TSE Prion
North Dakota, to date, CWD has been detected in 26 cervid (personal communication Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department...November 23, 2020).
FEBRUARY 2020 • NUMBER 7 • VOLUME LXXXII
Eight deer taken during the 2019 North Dakota deer gun season tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
All were antlered deer taken from areas previously known to have CWD – six from unit 3F2 and two from 3A1. Bahnson said six of the eight were mule deer, with two whitetails from unit 3F2. CWD was not detected in any deer harvested in the eastern portion of the state where hunterharvested surveillance was conducted last fall. In addition, no elk or moose tested positive.
“Only about 15% of hunters submit heads for testing in units where CWD has been found, so the infection rate is more meaningful than the raw number of positive animals found,” Bahnson said. “Approximately 3% of harvested mule deer were infected with CWD in unit 3F2, and roughly 2% in unit 3A1. Our infection rate in whitetails in 3F2 was about 1%.
“Overall,” he continued, “we could probably live with these current infection rates long-term, but they suggest an upward trend and we’ve certainly seen an expansion in the known distribution of the disease. We need to continue to try to limit the spread within our herds as best as we can.”
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines if left unchecked.
Bahnson said the eight positive deer put the total at 11 detected since September 1. As previously reported, two mule deer taken in September tested positive for CWD – one was harvested during the archery season from deer gun unit 4B, and one during the youth season in unit 3A1. CWD was also detected in a whitetailed deer from unit 3F2 that was euthanized in December following a report from the public that it appeared sick and was displaying erratic behavior.
Game and Fish will use its 2019 surveillance data to guide its CWD management strategy moving forward. More information about CWD is available on the Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov/cwd.
Taking aim at chronic wasting disease: Fatal deer disease a focus as rifle hunting season approaches
Written By: Brad Dokken | Nov 4th 2019 - 8am.
To date, 17 deer – all wild – have tested positive for CWD in North Dakota, Bahnson said. First detected in 2009 in south-central North Dakota, CWD in the past year has been found in northwest North Dakota and, most recently, McKenzie County in the North Dakota Badlands, where a mule deer buck shot with a bow in September in hunting Unit 4B tested positive.
The deer in 4B was tested as part of a routine sampling effort. A second mule deer buck taken during the September youth season in Unit 3A1 in Divide County also tested positive.
Both deer appeared perfectly healthy, Bahnson said. That’s been the case with most of the nearly 30,000 deer Game and Fish has tested since it began sampling for the disease in 2002, he said.
Deer found near Williston tests positive for CWD
Written By: Forum staff reports | Mar 19th 2019 - 2pm.
BISMARCK — A white-tailed deer found dead just south of Williston in late February has been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
The find means CWD is much farther south than previously thought, officials said.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that can cause long-term population declines if left unchecked. Since 2009, 14 other deer have tested positive for CWD in North Dakota; 13 from Grant and Sioux counties in hunting unit 3F2 in the southwest, and the other taken last fall from the northwest in Divide County.
The deer found near Williston is the first documented case of a mortality due to CWD in North Dakota. Previous deer found with CWD were hunter harvested before they became sick. This latest deer was severely emaciated and had an empty digestive tract, officials said.
The Game and Fish Department will collect additional samples for testing through targeted removal over the next week or so. In addition to the targeted removal and testing, Game and Fish will review the need to amend the current CWD proclamation to reflect the new CWD positive.
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in McKenzie County
Two mule deer taken in September tested positive for chronic wasting disease, including one during the archery season from deer gun unit 4B in McKenzie County, where CWD had not previously been found. The other deer was harvested during the youth season in unit 3A1 in Divide County where CWD was first detected last fall.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department wildlife veterinarian Dr. Charlie Bahnson said the finding in 4B marks the first detection of CWD in the badlands.
“This is an iconic place to hunt big game where people travel to from across the state,” Bahnson said. “By no means does this first detection spell doom for hunting in this area, as long as we are proactive in trying to keep infection rates from climbing. We also need to reduce the chance of CWD spreading to new areas.”
Game and Fish will review its CWD management strategy after the deer rifle season and will consider making revisions for next season. While unit 4B does not have carcass transportation restrictions in place for 2019, Bahnson does recommend that hunters in 4B submit their deer for testing, and avoid transporting high-risk carcass parts, such as the brain and spinal column, outside of the hunting unit.
North Dakota CWD 2020
NORTH DAKOTA CAPTIVE CERVID FARMING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2021
North Dakota NDGF Deer in Minnesota Suspected of CWD, Surveillance Expands to Unit 2B
TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2020
North Dakota Eight deer taken during the 2019 deer gun season tested positive for chronic wasting disease CWD TSE Prion
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020
North Dakota 11 Positive Chronic Wasting Disease CWD TSE Prion detected since Sept 1, 2019
North Dakota Outdoors Articles
- Keeping CWD in Check (10/2020)
- Chronic Wasting Disease (05/2019)
News Releases
- 2020 Final CWD Testing Results (01/19/2021)
- 2020 Hunters Encouraged to Have Deer Tested for CWD (10/26/2020)
- 2020 Hunters Reminded of Big Game Transport Rules (8/31/2020)
- Bowhunters in Williston Area Asked to Help with CWD Surveillance (08/29/2019)
- 2019 Hunters Reminded of Big Game Transport Rules (08/26/2019)
- Targeted Deer Test Negative for CWD (04/03/2019)
- Deer Found Near Williston Tests Positive for CWD (03/19/2019)
- Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in New Area of North Dakota (12/21/2018)
News Articles and Blog Posts
Video News
- 2020 Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance (09/29/2020)
- 2019 Chronic Wasting Disease Update (09/26/2019)
- North Dakota Outdoors Webcast - Deer Season CWD Surveillance (10/18/2018)
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Informational Video
- 2020 Advisory Board Meeting CWD Presentation (Presentation begins at 01:13:15 in the video)
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