Deer Hunters Asked to Provide DNR With Samples for CWD Testing

(Boone, IA)  —  The Iowa DNR is again collecting samples from deer hunters this year to try and prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD).  The DNR’s Tyler Harms says, “obviously, we are putting more effort into the areas where we know we have the disease in the wild. Six counties in northeast Iowa, three counties in south-central Iowa, and then one county in western Iowa.”  They will also take samples from the other 89 counties.  Harms says the samples help them stay on top of where the CWD hotspots are.  He credits hunters with cooperating and providing enough samples for an accurate picture of what is happening in the deer population.  The state’s second deer shotgun season starts Saturday.