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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected this season in a mule deer buck from Montana hunting district (HD) 515 and a whitetail buck from HD 525, both harvested by hunters. This is the first time CWD has been detected in these HDs.

The U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) released its latest chronic wasting disease (CWD) map last month. It noted that currently, “Chronic wasting disease has been detected in free-ranging cervids in 35 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces and in captive cervid facilities in 19 states and three provinces.”

Planning a long-distance drive to your next hunt? Before you depart, it’s best to think not only about what you may need to help you hunt on unfamiliar ground, but what you’ll need to get you there and back.

It’s no secret the NRA has been a leading advocate of Hunters for the Hungry programs since the early 1990s. This November, we advance our advocacy and celebrate our creation of National Wild Game Meat Donation Month to inspire hunters everywhere to share surplus game.

Consider now the contents of a kit of tools that will help you get game from field to freezer efficiently, cleanly and most easily this fall.

A second wild whitetail deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Oklahoma.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed that a road-killed 4.5-year-old whitetail has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). It is the first known case of CWD in Florida.

A white-tailed deer in the Oklahoma Panhandle has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), marking the first confirmed case in a free-ranging wild deer in the state.

Any space including a garage, shop or storage shed can be turned into a game-processing center. Learn about hoists, knives, vacuum sealers, grinders and dehydrators you need to build your own butcher shop.