Chronic Wasting Disease

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is once again asking for hunters to provide lymph node samples from their harvested deer and elk this fall to test for CWD. In return, hunters may be eligible to win thousands of dollars in hunting gear...

A group of University of Wyoming researchers presents evidence that chronic wasting disease is driving evolution in mule deer. Holly Ernest, a UW professor of wildlife genomics and disease ecology, was part of a research group that examined a single genetic mutation that is tied to the progression of chronic wasting disease in mule deer. E...

Deer hunters and other interested persons are invited by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to a public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease (CWD) management within the Laramie Mountains Herd Unit (Hunt Areas 59, 60, 64). This herd unit has one of the highest prevalence rates of CWD in the state and any management actions taken will be done with public buy-in and participation, so assistan

These were Elk Hunt Areas 45 and 114.

This year brought unsettling news for Montana hunters and lovers of wild game meat:

The move is aimed at preventing the potential spread of chronic wasting disease from deer to the human-fed elk population.

CWD has not made its way onto Wyoming's elk feedgrounds, but some fear it's only a matter of time.

The deer were killed in early November.

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal nervous system disease that affects deer, elk and moose, according to the game and fish.

Morgan Pfander, regional wildlife population biologist, said Fish and Game collects samples from an animal's lymph nodes behind the throat at the base of the skull.