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Wyoming Needs CWD Samples from Goshen Rim, Sheep Mountain Deer
Submitted by: TBC Press
Posted on: 09/29/20
News # 13925
Continued monitoring of CWD over time is important to help Game and Fish understand the potential impacts of the disease as well as evaluate management actions for deer and elk. This will be a challenge for Game and Fish, as valid estimates of prevalence require large sample sizes in focused areas across the state.
The Game and Fish Wildlife Health Laboratory has limited testing capacity to monitor CWD across the entire state, so focused sampling will rotate hunt areas each year. Hunters are very important in helping Game and Fish understand the disease and achieve CWD monitoring goals.
The Laramie Region’s goal is to collect samples from at least 200 adult deer harvested in Hunt Area 15 in the Goshen Rim herd, and 200 in Hunt Areas 61, 74, 75, 76 and 77 in the Sheep Mountain herd. Game and Fish is asking hunters that harvest deer in these specific hunt areas to submit samples for testing at the following locations:
Check stations:
- Highway 130 in West Laramie on Oct. 1-4 and 9-11, or any other check stations established throughout the state during big game seasons.
Select meat processors and taxidermists:
- H’s Custom Cuts, 49 Rock Lake Rd in Wheatland. Oct. 1, 3, 4, 10 & 11. A head collection box will also be available 24 hours a day at H’s Custom Cuts.
- Home on the Range Meat Processing, 12108 Deike Ct., Cheyenne, Oct. 3 & 10.
Laramie Game and Fish office - Your harvested deer may be sampled at the Laramie regional office at 1212 S. Adams St. In most cases, you may need to leave the head at the office until a warden or biologist is available to sample your animal.
Head drop boxes available 24 hours a day:
- Laramie Game and Fish office, 1212 S. Adams St., on the south side of the building
- Forest Service Road 111 in Arlington
- H’s Custom Cuts, 49 Rock Lake Road in Wheatland
- Bow River Ranger Station, Forest Road 101 south of Elk Mountain
For additional information, please contact the Laramie Game and Fish office at (307) 745-4046.
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Publishers Notes: OUT OF STATE HUNTERS, FISHERMEN & OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS; Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, there could be limitations for OUT of STATE hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts to include a 14-day quarantine requirement or negative COVID-19 testing alternative. Please check with the State's Department of Natural Resources BEFORE you travel or apply for the 2020 Fall Hunts.
As OUR COUNTRY REOPENS AGAIN (from the COVID-19 pandemic) and continue to enjoy outdoor activities, ALL outdoor enthusiasts (man, woman, child) should follow the guidelines set by nps.gov. These guidelines include; social distancing, the Leave No Trace principles, including pack-in and pack-out, to keep outdoor spaces safe and healthy.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department needs help from hunters this fall to collect samples from deer for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing in target hunt areas. For the 2020 hunting season, the Laramie Region will focus CWD sampling efforts on adult deer harvested from Goshen Rim (Hunt Area 15) and Sheep Mountain (Hunt Areas 61, 74, 75, 76 and 77.
Since 1997, the Wyoming Game and Fish has been monitoring the distribution and prevalence of CWD to better understand how this disease affects the health of Wyoming’s deer and elk populations. Initial surveillance goals focused on the detection of CWD in new areas of the state along with monitoring the disease. This disease has now been identified in most deer hunt areas across Wyoming and necessitates a shift in focus of the program from detection to monitoring.
