DNR confirms CWD in wild deer in Waushara County [Video]

WAUTOMA, Wis. (WSAW) – The Wisconsin DNR has confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease in a wild deer in Waushara County.

The deer was found dead in early February in the town of Wautoma, within 10 miles of the Marquette and Portage County borders.

This detection will cause the following:

• Waushara County will renew the ban already in place.
• Marquette and Portage counties currently have three-year baiting and feeding bans in place from positive detections within the county, so this detection will not impact those counties.

The deer was a three-year-old buck and is the first confirmed wild CWD-positive deer detected in Waushara County.

The DNR and the Waushara County Deer Advisory Council plan to host a public meeting. More details will be provided in the future via a news release and on the DNR’s Hearings and Meetings Calendar. At the meeting, DNR staff will provide information about CWD in Wisconsin and local testing efforts within Waushara County.

State law requires that the DNR enact …