SHEBOYGAN COUNTY (NBC 26) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Friday that a wild deer harvested in Sheboygan County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
The DNR said in a news release that the CWD-positive deer was an adult doe harvested during this year's archery deer season. Specifically, it was harvested in Plymouth township in Sheboygan County. This is the first wild deer that tested positive for CWD in Sheboygan County, and the DNR said its location is also within ten miles of adjacent Fond du Lac County.
According to the DNR, state law requires the department to place a ban on baiting and feeding deer in counties or portions of counties within a 10-mile radius of a deer that tests positive for CWD or tuberculosis. As Sheboygan and Fond du Lac counties have already been identified as counties affected by CWD, the counties already have bans in place. The DNR said this new case of CWD will renew a three-year baiting and feeding ban in Sheboygan County and a two-year ban in Fond du Lac county.
The DNR will work to investigate this case, including sampling deer killed by cars (when feasible) and sampling deer harvested in hunts. The DNR encourages people to report sick deer. Click here for more information.
