With the 2020 deer hunting season underway, hunters are reminded by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to follow the deer carcass transport regulations and to dispose of deer carcass waste appropriately.
The movement of deer carcasses infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a pathway for the disease to spread and leaving carcass parts on the landscape is a possible route for disease transmission to other deer.
Hunters are encouraged to dispose of deer carcass waste in a licensed landfill that accepts this waste or in a dumpster designated for deer carcass waste.
If a municipality allows deer disposal curbside or at a transfer station, the carcass should be double bagged.
A map with the CWD sampling locations and deer carcass disposal locations is on the DNR website as well as in the Hunt Wild app.
