Fish and Game announces chronic wasting disease surveillance hunt in North Idaho
BONNERS FERRY— In response to the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in a white-tailed deer in North Idaho, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission has announced a nine-day “surveillance hunt” beginning Aug. 24.
The commission’s goal is to collect 200 samples from harvested white-tailed deer to gain a better understanding of the disease's prevalence and spread. The hunt will take place around the same area that the body of the infected deer was found. Participating in the surveillance hunt will not affect a hunter’s ability to participate in other deer hunts.
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