Following a similar report in December, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) received a positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) test result in a hunter-harvested deer in Humphreys County, the first positive case for Humphreys County, west of Nashville.
This means CWD has now been confirmed in 21 of Tennessee’s 95 counties. There are at least 26 counties in the official management CWD Management Zones, which means there are special rules and regulations hunters and landowners must abide by.
Potential changes for deer management were discussed at the January meeting of the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission (TFWC). The Commission will meet in March to finalize changes it discussed at the January meeting. Watch the January TFWC meeting below:
CWD is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of cervids, including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and moose. The agency partners with certified laboratories to test samples, and TWRA has submitted approximately 11,000 samples for testing this hunting season…