HELP MONITOR CWD:  Hunters have a role to play when it 
comes to monitoring deer for Chronic Wasting Disease 
details ahead…on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

The outlook for deer season is outstanding thanks to 
plentiful rainfall. White-tail program leader, Alan Cain. 

12—The rainfall that’s been very prevalent across the state this 
year, has also provided great vegetation for the mule deer and 
the pronghorn out there in West Texas. Hunters that are out 
there pursuing mule deer and pronghorn will have an excellent 
year [too].

To maintain healthy herds, biologists want hunters to 
help monitor deer for Chronic Wasting Disease [CWD]—a 
neurological disease that kills deer, but has no known 
effect on humans.

12—Chronic wasting disease has been a concern in Texas since 
2012—since the first discovery in the trans Pecos. We also had a 
new positive discovered in the Panhandle this past hunting 
season 2015.

TPW created mandatory containment and surveillance 
zones for CWD testing and rules for transporting 
harvested deer in parts of west Texas.

22—Hunters in those Chronic Wasting Disease zones that harvest 
a deer, are required to bring those deer to the check stations so 
our staff can pull a CWD sample. We do have another CWD zone 
in portions of Medina, Uvalde and Bandera counties; and that is a 
voluntary surveillance zone. So, we would appreciate all the help 
we can get from our hunters out there to bring deer in so we can 
monitor for CWD.
 
Find more information on the TPW website. The Wildlife 
restoration program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. 





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