CWD Management Actions

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease that affects several species of deer. First detected in Wisconsin in 2002, the geographic distribution of the disease in the wild deer population has increased. While CWD affects a greater proportion of the deer population in southwestern Wisconsin, the number of deer affected by this disease can vary widely both within a county and across the entire state. Results on how CWD affects Wisconsin’s deer population were recently released by the DNR.
There are several possible management actions that can be taken in response to a detection of CWD on the edge or outside the area where the disease is well established with a goal of slowing the spread of the disease to new parts of the state.

For each of the following actions, please indicate the option that you would prefer to see implemented as part of a management response to a new detection of CWD.

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* 1. Mandatory testing of all harvested deer within 3 miles of a new detection:

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* 2. Harvest permits issued to landowners within 3 miles of a new detection:

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* 3. Precision removal of deer by agency staff within 3 miles of a new detection:
Note: this action may only be implemented with landowner permission, if the hunting season has ended, the harvest quota has not already been achieved, and landowner permits are also available.

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* 4. Additional antlerless permits issued to hunters for the deer management unit with a new detection:

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* 5. Additional firearm hunting opportunities for the deer management unit with a new detection:

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* 6. Baiting and feeding ban in the deer management unit with a new detection:

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* 7. Carcass movement restrictions for the deer management unit with a new detection:
Note: under carcass movement restrictions, only "lower risk" carcass parts may leave the county unless going to a licensed taxidermist or permitted meat processor. Lower risk carcass parts include: cut and wrapped meat, quarters of meat with no part of the spinal column, deboned meat, hides without the head, finished taxidermy heads, clean antlers, clean skulls or skull plates and upper canine teeth.

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