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Nov. 15, 2022Jefferson City, Mo. | By: Jeremy Werner
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Conservation is thanking the many deer hunters who participated in its mandatory sampling efforts in 34 counties this past weekend to test for chronic wasting disease.
The MDC says they collected tissue samples from more than 19,400 deer. CWD sampling consists of MDC staff removing lymph nodes from the necks of harvested deer for testing.
Tissue samples are sent to an independent lab for testing. The opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season is the most popular two days for most deer hunters in Missouri.
Hunters typically harvest between a quarter to a third of the state’s total annual deer harvest during those two days.
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