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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible, always fatal, neurological disease that affects deer and other cervids such as elk, moose and reindeer/caribou.
 

CWD was detected in North Carolina in March 2022. In response, CWD Surveillance Areas with special regulations have been established. 

 

 

 
Login to your NC Go Outdoors account, Click on ”Report a Harvest”, and view your “CWD Testing” status for your reported harvest.

Login to your NC Go Outdoors account, Click on ”Report a Harvest”, and view your “CWD Testing” status for your reported harvest.

Follow the links below to learn more about CWD and its impact on deer, elk and other cervids, as well as hunters.

CWD Testing Chart

Note: In addition to the information in the table below, tissue samples from 3,660 deer have been collected and shipped for testing, with results expected in the next 4 -6 weeks.  

Last Updated: March 12th, 2024

  Current Sampling Year
July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
 
County Current Sampling Year
July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
# tested & CWD not detected # of CWD positives Total CWD Positives
All Years

Alexander

324 0 0
Alleghany

751

0 0
Ashe 934 0 0
Bladen 797 0 0
Cumberland 376 5 6
Davie 485 0 0
Forsyth 647 0 0
Franklin 567 0 0
Guilford 849 0 0
Harnett 651 0 0
Hoke 211 0 0
Iredell 1,057 0 0
Johnston 300 0 0
Robeson 472 0 0
Rockingham 1,878 0 0
Sampson 541 0 0
Stokes 1,202 1 2
Surry 1,100 4 9
Wilkes 1,201 0 1
Yadkin 979 2 4
Rest of State 16,944 0 0
Total 32,266 12 22