IDFG photo
A healthy Idaho whitetail buck was caught on camera chasing does. In an effort to monitor the health of Idahos deer herds, IDFG is asking Panhandle hunters to voluntarily participate in a program that collects deer tissue samples at check stations as a precautionary measure to stem chronic wasting disease. No records of CWD exist in idaho, but it has been reported in some neighboring states.
September 22, 2019
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Chronic wasting disease
Chronic wasting disease, the sickness that affects elk, deer and moose and has been reported in 24 states including parts of the states of Montana, Utah and Wyoming, may be knocking on Idaho’s door but no reports have been logged in the Gem state.