LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offers free chronic wasting disease testing as the regular archery deer hunting season draws near.

According to the AGFC, hunters can help the commission track the disease by dropping off a sample from their harvested deer at one of the testing locations throughout the state.

AJ Riggs, a wildlife health biologist for the AGFC, says the commission has 101 freezers set up around the state for hunters to drop off their samples. Riggs says the state has 36 taxidermists who will pull samples from the deer that are brought in.

According to Riggs, any hunter who submits a deer that tests positive for the disease will receive a call from the commission using the phone number provided with the deer. Data will be collected and

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