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Please contact Brien Webster ([email protected]) for more details.
Weatherby will host Wyoming Game and Fish for a CWD workshop on Thursday, August 26th. This workshop will include hands on lymph node removal as well as the most current information on CWD in Wyoming. This event will be held in Weatherby’s parking lot, please bring a lawn chair to be most comfortable. We’re capping the event at 24 individuals, please RSVP at your earliest convenience.
Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, affects our deer and elk herds and has been spreading across Wyoming in recent years. CWD is fatal to deer and elk and there are currently no treatments. Why should hunters care? CWD is spread through body fluids, such as saliva or urine, and can be contracted by direct contact with an infected animal or environmental exposure. Elk and deer in Wyoming congregate, especially during winter months, which increases the likelihood of CWD spreading. The result of increased CWD spread is a decrease in deer and elk numbers, which should be of utmost concern to Wyoming hunters.
Chronic Wasting Disease continues to expand across the state of Wyoming. A quick look at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s interactive CWD map shows positive CWD detection in most hunt areas around the state.
A major knowledge gap related to CWD, and one that prevents effective management decision making, is the prevalence of CWD in areas that are under sampled. Under sampled hunt units typically have earlier season hunts, with most animals found in the backcountry, making it hard for personnel with WGFD to obtain samples from hunter-killed animals.
This is where you, the hunter, can play a vital role in CWD management in the state of Wyoming! How? By taking and submitting samples from deer and elk you kill in the backcountry.
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August 26, 2021 at 5:30pm - 8:30pm
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CONTACT
Pete Kassab
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