If you hunt in Alabama, you know that the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been found in the extreme northwest corner of the state in Lauderdale County. State Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Director Chuck Sykes said it is no surprise.
In 2018 CWD was detected in Mississippi and Tennessee within 50 miles of the Alabama state line. “We’ve been looking in this area hard ever since CWD was found in Mississippi and Tennessee,” Sykes said. “This is not a surprise. We knew if it came to Alabama by natural means, this is where it would come in. Nothing we’re doing is a knee-jerk reaction. We were prepared for this.”
What WFF has done is enact their CWD Surveillance and Response Plan. In that plan, all of Lauderdale and Colbert counties are designated as a CWD Management Zone (CMZ). According to the Outdoor Alabama web site, there will be no seasonal or daily bag limit restrictions (antlered and unantlered) within the CMZ, and no antler restrictions for deer harvested on privately-owned or open-permit public lands through the remainder of the 2021-2022 deer season.
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