CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE, 3 Hunting in a time of Chronic 
Wasting Disease ... details ahead on Passport to Texas.

Passport to Texas with support from the WSFR Program 

Chronic Wasting Disease is fatal to deer infected with it, 
but is not known to be transmissible to other animals or 
humans. Detected earlier this year in far West Texas, 
hunters may harvest deer from that area, with this caveat:

14 -- As far as hunters are concerned, the only changes that we 
have proposed at this time is that for any deer that is harvested in 
a containment zone, we are requiring that those deer be presented 
at a check station.

Mitch Lockwood is TPW big game program director. The 
containment zone is where the disease was first identified 
in the state. 

18 - We have two check stations established for the mule deer 
season this year: one being in van Horn and one being in 
Cornudas. And, so any deer that's harvested within that 
containment zone, those deer would need to be presented at the 
check station, where we would collect a CWD sample.

Lockwood says voluntary check stations will be set up in 
the high risk and buffer zones, which are adjacent to the 
containment zone.

14 -Texas Parks and Wildlife department will pay for the test and 
we will post the testing results on the website so hunters can find 
out the test results from the deer they harvested just as soon as 
they're made available from the lab. 
 
It will take about two weeks for results to be posted. Go to 
the TPW website for more information about the CWD 
management strategy.

The WSFR program ... supports our series and funds diverse 
conservation projects throughout Texas ... 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 



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