In all cases, the hunter tagging the animal should keep the tag, together with the parts of the animal they're keeping.īeginning in 2022, stopping at a CWD check station when you pass it on the highway became mandatory if you are transporting harvested wildlife. Also use t he Wildlife Transfer Record when you leave your animal with meat processors or taxidermists. This form is online or on page 100 of the 2022 Big Game Hunting Regulations. Remember you're required to stop if transporting a deer or elk.Īlso, if you're transporting animal parts for another hunters, you'll need to have a Wildlife Transfer Record. CWD check station map Other ways to get your animal testedĪdditional locations may be announced, look for highway signs alerting you to location. These new locations are different than those we have used in the past. Fairgrounds in Prineville, OR and Celilo State Park in The Dalles, OR. Elgin Rodeo Grounds, 790 S 8th Ave, Oct.Prineville, Crook County Fairgrounds, Oct.Celilo State Park (exit 97 off I-84), Oct.However, in November 2021 CWD was found in two hunter-harvested mule deer in Idaho within 30 miles from the Snake River and Oregon border.
As of December 2021, CWD has not yet been detected in Oregon.
Over the past 50 years, CWD has been detected in captive and/or wild cervids in 26 states and four provinces. These factors - highly infectious, long-lived prions, diagnosis using deceased animals – leave wildlife managers with challenges for minimizing the effects of CWD in animal populations once it has become established. Live animal testing is used on some occasions but the tests are conducted mostly in research and require animal capture. This makes commercial elk and other Cervid ranches highly susceptible to CWD, in addition to wild Cervids that often gather in large herds in the winter.ĬWD is usually diagnosed by testing brain or lymph tissues from dead animals. The more animals are congregated the easier it is for CWD to pass from one to another. In addition, the disease-causing agents, called prions, are shed by infected animals and can persist in the soil for years, potentially infecting other animals. It’s spread by nose-to-nose contact between animals and through urine, feces, blood and saliva. of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.Ĭhronic Wasting Disease is a fatal, infectious disease that affects members of the Cervid family such as deer, elk and moose.
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