ST. PAUL – Deer hunters can participate in Minnesota's late-season chronic wasting disease management hunt Dec. 19-21, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Deer permit areas open to this CWD management hunt are 605, 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648 and 649.

“CWD testing is voluntary for this year’s late CWD hunt, a change we made because we obtained enough samples during the opening weekend of firearms deer season to calculate the apparent prevalence and distribution of CWD in these areas,” said Erik Hildebrand, wildlife health supervisor with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “The hunt is another opportunity that hunters have to help manage this disease by harvesting additional deer in these areas.”

Hunters who would like to get their deer tested for CWD

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