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Nashville, TN<\/strong> – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has received results that 11 additional deer have tested positive with chronic wasting disease (CWD). The TWRA received the results from 140 deer that were harvested December 5th-16th in West Tennessee.<\/p>\nThe 11 deer testing preliminarily positive were from Fayette and Hardeman counties. There were six males and five females, ranging in age from 1 \u00bd to 3 \u00bd-years-old. All were from within a few miles of the original 13 positive deer. If confirmed, the total would be 24 CWD positive deer from Fayette County and Hardeman County.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports a preliminary positive detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer in Hardeman County and Fayette County.<\/p><\/div>\n
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\u201cThe instance of more positives was fully expected and this doesn\u2019t change our plan of response or recent regulation changes made by the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission,\u201d said Chuck Yoest, CWD Coordinator.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do expect to find even more positives in the CWD Management Zone since we have increased sampling and the disease occurs there. Increase sampling is to determine disease prevalence and spatial distribution,\u201d stated Yoest.<\/p>\n
CWD was originally confirmed in 13 deer in Fayette and Hardeman counties in December. On December 20th in a special called meeting, the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to establish a CWD management zone, which also includes McNairy County as a CWD positive deer was confirmed within 10 miles of that county\u2019s border.<\/p>\n
A new archery\/muzzleloader\/gun deer season has been added to Fayette, Hardeman, and McNairy counties running from January 7th-31st, 2019.<\/p>\n
Deer season will be open for all hunters of any age during the originally scheduled statewide Young Sportsman Hunt on January 12th-13th in these three counties.<\/p>\n
All hunters harvesting deer there and in McNairy County on weekends through the end of the month are required to check the deer at a physical check station. Hunters harvesting a deer on weekdays are encouraged to use the CWD dropoff locations in the CWD management zone and surrounding counties. For a location visit www.CWDinTennessee.com<\/a><\/p>\n The TWRA will continue to provide information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n