Hunting deer? Testing now required in 4 hunt zones, including Madera

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Deer play starts Saturday, and hunters crossed 4 hunt zones, including Madera, are present required to trial their catches for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Friday.

The zones wherever investigating is required see D7, X9a, X9b and X9c. A representation of the zones tin beryllium found online.

The regulations are successful effect to recent CWD detections successful the area. Fish and Wildlife says the tests volition assistance them amended recognize the grade of the existent outbreak, pass decision-makers, and assistance support California’s cervid and elk herds by limiting the dispersed of CWD.

The section says hunters volition person 10 days to implicit the testing. Hunters successful the mandatory sampling zones are besides required to supply their name, GO ID, cervid tag oregon papers number, and harvest determination on with their samples.

A how-to-video, printable guide, and information paper for CWD sampling, information postulation and self-sample submissions tin beryllium found connected CDFW's website.

Permissible CWD sampling methods include:

• Bringing the deer, oregon conscionable the head, to a California CWD sampling presumption oregon CDFW bureau (wildlife.ca.gov/CWD/Sampling-Station)
• Bringing the cervid caput to a participating nutrient processor oregon taxidermist (wildlife.ca.gov/CWD/Meat-Processors-Taxidermists)
• Hunters whitethorn self-sample their cervid and bring the retropharyngeal lymph nodes straight to a California CWD sampling presumption oregon CDFW bureau (wildlife.ca.gov/CWD/Sampling-Station)

“Hunters successful California person ever played a captious relation successful the conservation and wellness of our cervid herds, and we request their assistance contiguous much than ever to assistance negociate CWD,” said Dr. Brandon Munk, elder wildlife veterinarian astatine CDFW.

CDFW says hunters tin cheque trial results by entering their document/tag fig successful the “Find Your CWD Testing Results” conception of CDFW’s Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance web pages. Result volition beryllium posted wrong 3 to 5 weeks of testing.