Hunters: Chance to win great prizes when you submit a CWD sample

CHEYENNE — Hunters are critical to monitoring chronic wasting disease in Wyoming, a fatal disease that affects moose, elk and deer. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is once again asking hunters to provide lymph node samples from their harvested deer, elk and moose this fall to test for CWD. In return for samples, hunters may be eligible to win hunting gear.

“Elk and deer hunters are on the front line helping Game and Fish to understand the distribution and prevalence of CWD by collecting and submitting samples for testing,” said Jessica Jennings-Gaines, Game and Fish wildlife disease specialist. “This raffle is one way to show appreciation for their efforts.”

Hunters who submit samples from focus and mandatory hunt areas can win prizes when they submit an usable lymph node sample — that means the correct tissue and in good condition to be tested. Those targeted hunt areas are:

DEER: 1-6 (mule deer only), 22, 41, 47, 65, 70, 78-82, 84, 88, 89, 92, 94, 100, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135, 138-146, 148, 150-157, 160 and 171.

The following deer hunt areas require mandatory sample submission: 88, 89, 41 (Type 1 only), 47 (Type 1 only), 157 and 171.

ELK: 23, 55, 56, 58-61, 66, 70, 71, 75, 77-85, 87-91, 93, 95 and 96.