ONEIDA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ)- A deer that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease in Oneida County, has prompted the DNR to renew the existing baiting and feeding ban for an additional three years.
The finding will also renew a two-year baiting and feeding ban in nearby Langlade County.
A CWD-positive one-year-old doe was harvested within ten miles of Lincoln County, which has already had a positive detection. The doe in Oneida County is the counties first CWD-positive wild deer.
DNR officials say the deer was found in the Crescent Township.
The DNR said they will continue to work with Deer Advisory Council members in surveillance around the location, conduct surveillance activities and establish additional CWD sampling locations prior to the 2018 deer hunting seasons.
The DNR is taking those additional steps to assess the potential geographic distribution of the disease.
