Please refer to ncwildlife.gov/cwd for the most current information on where CWD has been found in North Carolina, CWD testing locations, interactive maps, and regulations. Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Surveillance Areas and Special Regulations
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Restrictions on fawn rehabilitation, wildlife feeding & baiting, and attractants & scents. A Special Early Season is open in these counties in August and opening dates for blackpowder and gun seasons are earlier in some of these counties. See pages 62 and 64. Restrictions on fawn rehabilitation, wildlife feeding & baiting, and attractants & scents. No further restrictions on fawn rehabilitation, wildlife feeding & baiting, or attractants & scents.
Cumberland, Forsyth, Sampson, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin No Mandatory Testing
CWD Management Areas
Edgecombe, Halifax, Martin, Pitt No Mandatory Testing All counties not listed above No Mandatory Testing
CWD Surveillance Areas
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Carcass Transport and Disposal Restrictions
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 Ar- eas and CWD Management Areas is prohibited. Fawns may not be transported out of these Areas and cannot be accepted by fawn rehabilitators. Wildlife Feeding and Baiting The placement of minerals or salt to purposely congregate wildlife is prohibited in CWD Sur- veillance Areas and CWD Management Areas. The placement of bait, food, or food products
to purposefully congregate wildlife is prohibited from January 2 – August 31 in CWD Surveil- lance Areas and CWD Management Areas, except for: • Bird feeders • Hunting in urban archery seasons in partici- pating municipalities • Other activities specifically permitted by the Wildlife Commission Attractants and Scents In addition to the statewide regulations defin- ing legal use of attractants and scents, found on page 55, the possession or use of products containing natural substances collected by a hunter from a legally harvested cervid in North Carolina is prohibited in CWD Surveillance Areas and CWD Management Areas.
The restrictions on transporting deer carcasses from CWD Surveillance and Management Ar- eas have been removed. See page 64 for new statewide requirements for disposing of deer carcasses originating from inside North Carolina. See page 57 for restrictions on cervid carcass and cervid carcass parts originating from outside North Carolina. Voluntary Testing Voluntary testing is available across the state in all areas. Samples may be submitted to a Commission-staffed facility, to a Cervid Health Cooperator, or deposited in a Commission CWD Testing Drop-off Station. Updated information on locations for submitting samples will be avail- able by September 1, 2026 at ncwildlife.gov/cwd .
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North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations
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