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Iowa Deer Season Includes Testing Animals for CWD

Iowa Deer Season Includes Testing Animals for CWD

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The deer season in Iowa includes some continued testing of the animals taken to see if Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)  has spread in the herd. Department of Natural Resources spokesman, Tyler Harms

 

Harms says the positive tests for C-W-D in wild deer have all come in counties along the border in eastern Iowa. Harms says that dictates the number of tests they run.

 

Harms expects hunters to take around 100-thosuand deer when all the seasons are complete.

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