Deer hunting season is a couple of months off, but the Missouri Department of Conservation is still taking measures to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease. One of those includes making it illegal to feed deer in CWD zones.

Jason Isabelle is the Cervid Program Supervisor for the with the Department of Conservation.

“So, the prohibition on placing feed and minerals for deer — the objective is to keep our deer population healthy,” Isabelle told Missourinet. “CWD is a disease in our deer herd that certainly threatens the health of our deer herd, threatens our hunting culture.”

He said the disease spreads whenever deer come in close contact with each other.

“Whenever you have a feed site or a mineral site that’s placed for deer, of course you’re attracting deer to that location. They

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