Minnesota DNR To Sample For Deer Disease
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The state Department of Natural Resources is encouraging hunters in southeast Minnesota to submit deer for chronic wasting disease sampling.
The DNR said Thursday it will collect 450 samples from deer at eight locations throughout the state's southeast corner as firearms season begins this weekend. It says the fatal disease was discovered in neighboring Allamakee County, Iowa, and working with hunters is the best way to detect it early in Minnesota.
The agency says CWD hasn't been found in the 348 and 349 permit areas, but the disease management plan calls for inspections when a new infection is discovered nearby. It says sampling takes only a few minutes.
The DNR is also reminding hunters that deer must be registered in person if they were harvested in the southeast permit areas.
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