Wildlife officials collect over 170 chronic wasting disease samples
A mule deer buck with strands of velvet hanging from its antlers trots through the National Bison Range Aug. 29. (Scott Shindledecker/Daily Inter Lake)
Through opening weekend of the general hunting season, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has collected more than 170 samples from harvested deer, elk and moose to test for chronic wasting disease across Northwest Montana.
All together, hunters submitted samples from 15 elk, 11 mule deer, one moose and 146 white-tailed deer at FWP CWD Sampling Stations in the region during opening weekend...
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