Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Areas and Special Regulations Please refer to ncwildlife.org for the most current CWD testing locations, interactive maps, and regulations.
Gates
Northampton
Alleghany
Ashe
Warren
Surry
Hertford
Person
Caswell
Rockingham
Stokes
Vance
Halifax
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Forsyth
Bertie
Franklin
Guilford
Avery
Orange
Nash
Durham
Edgecombe
Caldwell
Davie
Tyrrell
Yancey
Martin
Dare
Madison
Wake
Iredell
Davidson
Wilson
Burke
Randolph
Chatham
McDowell
Catawba
Pitt
Rowan
Hyde
Buncombe
Haywood
Johnston
Beaufort
Greene
Swain
Lee
Lincoln
Rutherford
Henderson
Wayne
Harnett
Cabarrus
Graham
Stanly
Jackson
Moore
Gaston
Craven
Lenoir
Polk
Macon
Cherokee
Pamlico
Clay
Jones
Cumberland
Hoke
Sampson
Union
Anson
Duplin
Carteret
Onslow
Scotland
Robeson
Bladen
Pender
Columbus
New Hanover
Brunswick
Two Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Areas are defined for the 2024–2025 hunting season. Each surveillance area contains a Primary Surveillance Area of counties in which CWD has been confirmed, and a Secondary Surveillance Area of other nearby counties.
SURVEILLANCE AREA 1
SURVEILLANCE AREA 2
CARCASS TRANSPORT RESTRICTIONS
Carcasses and carcass parts may not be transported out of the county of harvest, except to a contigu- ous Primary Surveillance Area county and except for the deboned, caped, cleaned, or taxidermy parts described below. Carcasses and carcass parts may not be transported out of the county of harvest, except to a contiguous Primary or Secondary Surveillance Area county and except for the deboned, caped, cleaned, or taxi- dermy parts described below.
Primary Surveillance Areas
Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin Mandatory Testing Dates: Nov. 23–25, 2024
Cumberland Mandatory Testing Dates: Nov. 16–23, 2024
Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Rockingham Mandatory Testing Dates: Nov. 23–25, 2024
Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson Mandatory Testing Dates: Nov. 16–23, 2024
Secondary Surveillance Areas
Non-surveillance Area
Carcass and carcass parts may be transported state- wide, including into or through Surveillance Areas.
All counties not listed above No Mandatory Testing
Carcass Transport Restrictions The transportation of a deer carcass or carcass parts out of a primary or secondary surveillance area is prohibited except for the following, or as otherwise permitted by the Wildlife Commission: • Meat that has been boned out such that no pieces or fragments of bone remain • Caped hides with no part of the skull or spinal column attached • Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates, or skulls free from meat or brain tissue • Cleaned lower jawbones with teeth or cleaned teeth • Finished taxidermy products and tanned hides
Mandatory and Voluntary Testing Hunters that harvest a deer in either Surveillance Area during the 2024–2025 season dates in the table above must submit a sample, within two weeks of harvest, to the Wildlife Commission for CWD testing. Samples may be submitted to a Commission-staffed facility, to a Cervid Health Cooperator, or deposited in a Commission CWD Testing Drop-off Station. In addition to the mandatory testing dates listed above, voluntary sampling is available across the state in CWD surveillance areas and non-surveillance areas. Updated information on locations for submitting samples for CWD testing will be available by September 1, 2024, at ncwildlife.org .
Please be aware that the NCWRC coop- erates with numerous taxidermists and deer processors across North Carolina for routine surveillance for Chronic Wasting Disease. If you use these services your deer may be tested for CWD without your knowledge, but the NCWRC will inform you of the test results. Fawn Rehabilitation Fawn rehabilitation within CWD Surveillance Areas is prohibited. Fawns may not be trans- ported out of these Surveillance Areas and cannot be accepted by fawn rehabilitators.
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