Hunters are encouraged to have their deer tested for the fatal disease in Brown, Calumet, Door, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago counties.
There are four ways to submit samples:
- Self-service kiosks open 24/7
Kiosks have supplies for hunters to drop off their adult deer’s head with 5 inches of neck attached for testing. Check the DNR’s CWD sampling page before your hunt to find a location near you. - In-person with cooperating meat processors, taxidermists and other businesses
Visit a cooperating partner for assistance with CWD testing. - At-home lymph node sampling
Hunters can extract the retropharyngeal lymph nodes using an instruction kit provided by the DNR and return them to the DNR for testing. Contact your local wildlife biologist to get a kit. - By appointment with local DNR staff
Hunters can contact their local wildlife biologist to schedule an in-person appointment.
The DNR has an online form where hunters can register deer, find a CWD sampling location and enter information on their kill.
Scientists say chronic wasting disease is a fatal condition that affects the nervous systems of deer, elk and moose. They say CWD is highly contagious among deer, and can linger in soil or other infected deer.
The bowhunting season begins Saturday and runs through Jan. 9. The gun deer hunt runs from Nov. 20-28.
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