Planning a hunting trip outside your home state? Due to the threat of deer diseases, particularly chronic wasting disease (CWD), each state in the United States of America has set in place various cervid* carcass importation and/or exportation regulations for cervid carcasses and carcass parts. This page is to help you find information on every state's regulations to help you with your hunting experience and to continue to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease. If traveling through more than one state, read each of the state's importation and exportation regulations as well as your final destination's. For more information on chronic wasting disease, visit cwd-info.org.
*Cervid species include white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou/reindeer, red deer, sika deer, axis deer, and fallow deer.
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Hunting Regulations
CWD Information
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CWD Strategic Surveillance and Response Plan (PDF)
Importation of Animal Parts:
Ban on the use of natural cervid urine collected from outside the state of Alabama, except under certain conditions. Synthetic deer urine products are not affected.
The importation of body parts of any member of the family Cervidae is prohibited from all states, territories, or possessions of the United States and is also prohibited from all foreign countries. Importation of the following is allowed:
Deer meat that has been completely deboned;
Cleaned skull plates with attached antlers, if no visible brain or spinal cord tissue is present;
Raw capes, if no visible brain or spinal cord tissue is present;
Upper canine teeth, if no root structure or other soft tissue is present;
Finished taxidermy products or tanned hides.
For more information, read Alabama's Regulations.
Alaska Hunting Regulations
Sitka Deer Hunting Regulations
Mule Deer Hunting Regulations
Elk Hunting Regulations
Caribou Hunting Regulations
Moose Hunting Regulations
The use of natural deer or elk urine for the use of hunting is prohibited.
The importation of whole carcasses and carcass parts from cervidae (including mule deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer and elk) and other CWD susceptible species into the state of Alaska is banned. Importation of carcass parts from such species is restricted to:
De-boned or processed meat that has been cut and wrapped commercially;
Quarters or other meat portions with no spinal column, including dorsal root ganglion, or head attached;
Hides with no head attached;
Clean and disinfected skull plates or whole skull (European mount), with no meat or nervous tissue attached;
Antlers with no meat or tissue attached;
Teeth; and
Taxidermy mounts or trophies.
A person who is notified that a carcass imported into the state tested positive for chronic wasting disease shall report these findings to the state veterinarian not later than seven days after receiving notification. For more information, read Chronic Wasting Disease and Alaska or the State of Alaska Import Requirements.
CWD Information (PDF)
It is unlawful to utilize any lure, attractant, or cover scent containing any cervid urine for taking wildlife.
Arizona Game and Fish Commission allows an individual to possess, transport, or import only the following portions of cervids lawfully taken in another state or country:
Boneless portions of meat, or meat that has been cut and packaged;
Clean hides and capes with no skull or soft tissue attached;
Antlers, clean skull plates or skulls with antlers attached with no meat or soft tissue remaining;
Finished taxidermy mounts or products (hunters may ship their harvested animal to a taxidermist); and
Upper canine teeth with no meat or tissue attached
Do not bring the brain, intact skull, or spinal column of deer or elk harvested in another state back into Arizona. For more information, visit the Chronic Wasting Disease Information (PDF).
CWD Status: Positive
Deer Hunting Regulations
CWD-Related Wildlife Regulations
It is unlawful to use natural scents or lures that contain natural deer and elk urine or other biofluids.
In 2005, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) adopted regulations to increase protection against chronic wasting disease entering the state via infected cervid carcasses. The following items are the only parts allowed to be imported, transported or possessed in Arkansas from any cervid harvested outside the boundaries of Arkansas (with the exception of deer harvested within Mississippi River levee system in Mississippi or Tennessee):
Antlers and/or antlers attached to clean skull plate or cleaned skulls (all tissue removed)
Meat with all bones removed
Cleaned teeth
Finished taxidermy products
Hides or tanned products
Hunters are allowed to possess parts of deer and elk harvested from within commercial wildlife hunting resorts in Arkansas provided that a CWD sample is collected and submitted to the AGFC. For more information, visit General Hunting Regulations.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the CWD Management Zone):
It is unlawful to import, transport or possess any part of a deer or elk from the CWD Management Zone* in any portion of the state outside the management zone, except:
Antlers and cleaned skulls
Hides
For more information, visit General Hunting Regulations.
*Find list of counties in the General Hunting Regulations Digest.
The importation of cervid carcasses or carcass parts from any state is banned due to the risk of Chronic Wasting Disease. Only the following items allowed to be imported:
Quarters and other portions of meat with no spinal column (backbone, spinal cord, etc.) or head attached;
Processed meat;
Hides with no heads attached;
Clean skull plates with antlers attached;
Antlers only;
Finished taxidermy heads;
And upper canine teeth.
For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease.
Big Game Hunting Regulations (PDF)
CWD Response Plan (PDF)
In January 2008, Colorado Parks & Wildlife removed the ban on importing cervid carcasses or carcass parts from other states. Currently regulations on the transportation of harvested terrestrial wildlife in Colorado state:
Wildlife for which a carcass tag is required by statute or by Commission Regulation must have such tag properly attached to the wildlife unless the wildlife consists of twenty (20) pounds or less of big game meat and is accompanied by a donation certificate.
Processed big game meat shall be accompanied by the carcass tag, or in the case of donated meat a donation certificate.
Except as provided by subsection four (4) below, wildlife for which no carcass tag is required must be personally accompanied by the license holder.
Wildlife shipped by common carrier must be accompanied by either the license, a photo copy of the license, or appropriate carcass tag, and if applicable, a donation certificate.
Evidence of sex regulations as provided in #003 shall apply while transporting any wildlife except for processed big game meat.
For more information, read the Colorado Big Game Brochure (PDF).
Annual Hunting and Trapping Guide
All use of natural deer urine products is prohibited, particularly for the purposes of taking or attempting to take or attract deer, or for the surveillance or scouting of deer
No person shall import or possess whole carcasses or carcass parts of any deer, moose, or elk from wild or captive herds from other states or Canadian Provinces where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed. Any states and provinces where chronic wasting disease is confirmed will be published in the Department's annual Hunting and Trapping Guide and on the Department's website.
This provision shall not apply to:
Meat that's de-boned;
Cleaned skullcaps;
Hides;
Taxidermy mounts.
It is unlawful to import or possess any cervid carcass or carcass parts originating from a state, Canadian province, country or any portion of the aforementioned jurisdictions thereof as determined by the Division, in which Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in free-ranging or captive Cervids. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following parts may be imported into the state:
Boned-out meat that is cut and wrapped;
Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or skull attached;
Hides or capes with no skull attached;
Clean (no meat or tissue attached) skull plates with antlers attached;
Antlers (with no meat or tissue attached);
Upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, or ivories); and
Finished taxidermy products.
Any person who imports into Delaware any deer carcass or parts described in subsection and is notified that the animal has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease must report the test results to the department within 72 hours of receiving the notification. In order to facilitate the proper disposal of any infected material, the department may take into possession any imported carcass or carcass part of an animal if the animal has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. For more information, read State of Delaware Deer Regulations.
No person shall import or possess the carcass or parts thereof of any species in the family Cervidae originating from any place outside of Florida except:
Boned-out meat or products thereof;
Clean hides with no tissue or heads attached;
Antlers, antlers with a clean skull plate with no tissues attached or clean skulls with no tissue attached;
Finished taxidermy projects;
Clean teeth with no tissues attached.
Whole, bone-in carcasses and parts are permitted to be brought back to Florida from Alabama and Georgia with permits and proper disposal, see executive order 19-41. Form more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
To protect Georgia's deer herd, the importation of whole carcasses or parts are prohibited from any CWD positive state or Canadian province. If you harvest a white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose or caribou in a state having a documented case of CWD, you may bring back only the following carcass parts:
Boned-out meat;
Processed cuts of meat;
Clean skull plates with antlers attached (not the entire skull);
Clean antlers;
Finished taxidermy mounts; and
Clean upper canine teeth (aka buglers, ivories, whistlers).
For more information, visit Deer Hunting Regulations.
Hawaii currently does not have a ban on importation of cervid carcasses or parts.
Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations
Idaho does not allow the use of natural urine from deer, elk, moose, reindeer, and caribou for big game hunting.
July 26, 2018, Fish and Game Commission approved several new rules to prevent chronic wasting disease from entering Idaho, or managing the disease if it ever is found in Idaho. One of these rules include prohibiting the import into Idaho of the carcass or any part of a wild deer, elk, or moose from another state, province of Canada, or country (other than Canada) with any documented case of CWD. Exceptions to the carcass ban include:
Meat that is cut and wrapped;
Quarters or deboned meat that does not include brain or spinal tissue;
Edible organs that do not include brains;
Hides without heads;
Upper canine teeth (ivories, buglers, or whistlers);
Finished taxidermy;
Dried antlers; or
Cleaned and dried skulls or skull caps.
For more information, visit Big Game Seasons and Rules.
The importation of hunter-harvested deer and elk carcasses into Illinois is prohibited, except for:
Deboned meat, antlers, antlers attached to skull caps, hides, upper canine teeth (also known as “buglers”, “whistlers”, or “ivories”). Skull caps shall be cleaned of all brain and muscle tissue;
Finished taxidermist mounts; and
Carcasses or parts of carcasses with the spinal column or head attached may be transported into the State only if they are submitted to a licensed meat processor or a licensed taxidermist for processing within 72 hours after entry; licensed meat processors and taxidermists shall dispose of inedible tissue not exempted in subsection (a) in a properly permitted landfill or with a renderer.
AGENCY NOTE: Nothing in this Part shall prevent renderers regulated under the Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Act [225 ILCS 610] with Class A or B licenses from transporting cervid carcasses or parts into the State for the purpose of rendering. For more information, read the Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations (PDF).
The following requirements apply to all cervid species that have been found to carry chronic wasting disease (CWD) and those species that can successfully mate with potentially infected animals. These rules apply to their hybrids as well. Currently, the rule applies to elk and wapiti, as well as the following deer: red, Sika, Japanese, spotted (and their crosses), mule and whitetails. All listed cervids, regardless of their state of origin and whether the animal was obtained from a farmed facility or in the wild, are included in this rule.
Only the following may be imported into Indiana:
Cervid carcasses or carcass parts if no portion of the following materials are attached or otherwise included in the movement:
The head;
The spinal cord; and
The small intestine.
Cervid carcasses or carcass parts that include the materials listed above if they are delivered within seventy-two (72) hours after entry to one (1) of the following:
A meat processor inspected under state or federal regulations;
A commercial deer processor registered with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources under their rules;
A taxidermist licensed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources under their rules.
A person may move the following parts into the state:
Antlers, including antlers attached to skull caps, if the skull cap is cleaned of all brain and muscle tissue;
Upper canine teeth; and
Finished taxidermist mounts.
The rule contains additional provisions for imports directly to rendering and laboratories for diagnostic and testing purposes and research, with permission from the State Veterinarian. For more information, visit Cervid Carcasses, Meat, Parts Hunted Out-of-State.
Nonresident Hunting Regulations
The importation of cervid carcasses or carcass parts into Iowa from a CWD endemic area is prohibited, except for:
Meat from which all bones have been removed,
Cape,
And antlers (antlers may be attached to a clean skull plate from which all brain tissue has been removed).
Additionally, a person licensed by Iowa's Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to use or dispose of dead animal bodies shall not bring into the state a carcass from an area with a "significant prevalence" of CWD unless approval is granted by the state vet. For more information, read Iowa Administrative Codes 104.21 and 167.22.
Kansas currently does not have a ban on importation of cervid carcasses or parts. However, hunters are strongly urged to practice care when moving deer carcasses from Kansas DMUs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 17 and from other areas where CWD is known to occur. For more information, visit CWD Regulations for Kansas and Other States.
Cervid Importation Regulations (PDF)
Importation of Animal Parts: The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife promulgate administrative regulations governing the buying, selling, or transporting of wildlife. A person shall not import or possess a cervid carcass or carcass parts into Kentucky that has any part of the spinal column or head. A person importing a legally taken cervid carcass or carcass part may possess the following items:
Antlers;
Antlers that are attached to a clean skull plate;
A clean skull;
Clean upper canine teeth;
A finished taxidermy product;
The hide with no head attached; or
Quartered or de-boned meat.
A licensed taxidermist or deer processor who accepts a cervid head with an intact skull, spinal column, or spinal column part originating from another state of country shall contacts the law enforcement division of the department within forty-eight (48) hours after receiving the cervid head, spinal column, or spinal column part and provide the department the hunter’s:
Name; and
Address; and
Transfer all spinal column parts and the skull with the intact brain to the department once the skull plate has been removed.
Deer Harvested Out of State
It is unlawful to use or possess scents or lures that contain natural deer urine or other bodily fluids while taking, attempting to take, attracting or scouting wildlife, except natural deer urine products produced by the manufacturers or entities that are actively enrolled and participating in the Archery Trade Association Deer Protection Program, which have been tested using real-time quaking induced conversion and certified that no detectable levels of CWD are present and clearly labeled as such.
No person shall import, transport or possess any cervid carcass or carcass part originating outside of Louisiana, except for:
Meat that has been boned out;
Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
Cleaned skulls without tissue;
Capes;
Tanned hides;
Cleaned cervid teeth.
Additionally, transport of any cervid carcass or part of a cervid carcass originating from Louisiana lands east of the Mississippi River in East Carroll, Madison, Tensas and Concordia parishes to any other part of the state is prohibited, unless it is transported in the manner prescribed below.
Approved parts or de-boned meat transported from other states or lands east of the Mississippi River must be legally possessed from the state it was taken. Approved parts and de-boned meat from other states must contain a possession tag with the hunter's name, out-of-state license number (if required), address, species, date and location (country and state) of harvest. Any and all bones shall be disposed of in a manner where its final destination is an approved landfill or equivalent. For more information, read the Cervid Carcass Importation.
Importation of Animal Parts: It is illegal for hunters, who travel to any other states and provinces to hunt deer, elk, caribou or moose, to transport any carcass parts that pose a risk of containing CWD prions with the exception of New Hampshire, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland/Labrador. Hunters may return to Maine only with:
boned-out meat,
hardened antlers (with or without skull caps),
hides without the head portion, and
finished taxidermy mounts.
If still attached, skull caps should be cleaned free of brain and other tissues. At this time, no state or province can claim to be free of CWD. Accordingly, this regulation against importing potentially high-risk carcass parts applies to wild deer, caribou, moose or elk taken in any state and province outside Maine, (with the exception of New Hampshire, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland/Labrador) and to cervids killed in commercial hunting preserves everywhere. For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
A person may not import a whole carcass of a dead deer, elk, or moose into Maryland from another state or province's designated CWD containment, surveillance, or management area, unless the final destination of the carcass is within the Maryland CWD Management Area or with a CWD-approved Maryland processor or taxidermist. Travelers may pass through any part of Maryland with whole carcasses from other state/province CWD areas if the carcasses will not remain in the state for more than 24 hours, and no parts are disposed of or remain in the state. A person may import only the following parts of a carcass into Maryland if the final destination is within the state but outside the CWD Managemant Area:
meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
hind quarters and front shoulders with no spinal column or backbone attched;
meat without backbone;
cleaned hide with no head atteched;
skull plate cleaned of all meat and brain tissue;
antlers with no meat or soft tissue attached;
upper canine teeth, also known as buglers, whistlers, or ivories; and
finished taxidermy mount or tanned hides.
Any person who imports or prossesses a cervid or part of a cervid that was tested for CWD is another state or province and is notified that the cervid tested positive, muct report the test results to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources within 24 hours of receiving the notice. For more information, visit Cervid Importation Regulations.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the CWD Management Area):
Due to the detection of CWD in Allegany County, DNR has implemented a number of measures to prevent the unintentional spread of CWD to other locations in Maryland or surrounding states. The changes outlined below apply only to the CWD Management Area* (CWDMA), regardless of whether it was taken on private or public land. Whole deer carcasses or deer parts cannot be transported out of the CWDMA, except for:
Meat with no part of the spinal column; backbone, or head attached;
Hind quarters and front shoulders with no spinal column or backbone attached. Hunters MUST have checked in their deer and obtained a confirmation number in order to transport a quartered deer;
Cleaned hide with no head attached;
Skull plate cleaned of all meat and brain tissue;
Antlers with no meat or soft tissue attached;
Finished taxidermy mounts or tanned hides; and
Whole deer carcasses cannot be transported except to an approved processor or taxidermist listed on the DNR website.
*CWD Management Area: all public and private lands of Allegany County and Washington County.
Importation of Animal Parts: No person shall possess, transfer, process, receive or import into Massachusetts carcasses or carcass parts from deer or other member of the family Cervidae from any state, province or country within which CWD has been identified in either wild or captive deer or other cervids, as determined by the director in consultation with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with the exception of:
Meat which has been cut and wrapped (commercially or privately),
Deboned meat,
Hides with no head attached,
Cleaned skull caps (no muscle or brain tissue attached) with attached antlers,
Antlers with no muscle or brain tissue attached,
Fixed taxidermy mounts, or
Upper canine teeth (also known as "buglers", "whistlers", or "ivories").
The importation of brains, spinal columns, or any meat or parts containing brain or spinal column tissue is expressly prohibited. For more Information, visit Regulations Relating to Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Transmission of CWD Video
Urine-based scents are legal, provided these products have the Archery Trade Association (ATA) symbol marked on the packaging or bottle.
No cervid carcass or carcass part may be imported into Michigan, with the exception of:
Deboned meat;
Quarters or other parts of a cervid that do not have any part of the spinal cord or head attached;
Finished taxidermy products;
Cleaned teeth;
Antlers; and
Antlers attached to a skullcap cleaned of brain and muscle tissue.
If you are notified by another state or province that a deer, elk, or moose you brought into Michigan tested positive for CWD, you must contact the DNR Wildlife Disease Lab within two business days (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at 517-336-5030 and provide details. In addition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture may have regulations on importation from Canada; contact them at 301-851-3300. For more information, visit the CWD in Michigan page.
Importation of Animal Parts: Carcasses of any deer, elk, or moose species harvested anywhere outside of Minnesota cannot be brought into the state. Nonresidents transporting whole or partial-carcasses on a direct route through Minnesota are exempt from this restriction. Carcasses of all deer, including fawns, taken within a CWD Management Zone must remain in the zone until a "not detected" test is confirmed. No carcass movement restrictions exist for deer harvested outside the CWD Control Zones or CWD Management Zones in Minnesota. This applies to the CWD Surveillance Areas. Items that may be transported are:
Meat that is boned out or that is cut and wrapped (either commercially or privately);
Hides and teeth;
Antlers or clean (no brain tissue attached) skull plates with antlers attached;
Nonresidents transporting whole or partial carcasses on a direct route through Minnesota are exempt from this restriction.
For more information, read the Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations.
CWD Fact Sheet (PDF)
It is unlawful to import, transport, or possess any portion of a cervid carcass originating from any state, territory, or foreign country where the occurrence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed by either the state wildlife agency, state agriculture agency, state veterinarian, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). It is unlawful to transport any portion of a cervid carcass outside of an MDWFP-defined CWD Management Zone. It is unlawful to transport any portion of a cervid carcass outside of an MDWFP-defined CWD Management Zone from Arkansas or Louisiana lands east of the Mississippi River that lie within that zone. This rule shall not apply to the importation of:
Meat from cervids that has been completely deboned;
Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates or cleaned skulls where no tissue is attached to the skull;
Finished taxidermy and antler products;
Hides and tanned products;
Any portions of white-tailed deer originating from the land between the Mississippi River levees in Arkansas.
For the purpose of this rule, cervids include any member of the Cervidae family, including white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, mule deer and caribou. For more information, visit the MDWFP Deer Program.
The importation, transportation, or possession of cervid carcasses or cervid carcass parts taken from or obtained outside of Missouri is prohibited, except for:
Hides or capes from which all excess tissue has been removed;
Antlers attached to skull plates or skulls cleaned of all muscle and brain tissue;
Upper canine teeth;
And finished taxidermy products.
As of 2020, hunters may no longer transport whole deer or elk carcasses into the state.
Heads from deer or elk with the cape attached and no more than six inches of neck in place may be brought into Missouri only if they are delivered to a taxidermist within 48 hours of entering Missouri.
There is no longer a requirement that deer or elk parts coming into the state be reported to the MDC carcass transport hotline. Read Missouri Carcass Transport and Disposal Regulations for more information.
For more information, read Wildlife Code of Missouri, page 8 (PDF).
All deer harvested from CWD Management Zone counties must be Telechecked before any parts are transported out of the county of harvest. Hunters wishing to transport any part of the deer with the spinal column or brains present may only do so if they deliver the carcass to a meat processor or the head to a taxidermist within 48 hours of exiting the county.
The following parts may be transported out of CWD Management Zone counties without restriction:
Meat that is cut and wrapped or that has been boned out
Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached
Hides from which all excess tissue has been removed
Antlers or antlers attached to skull plates or skulls cleaned of all muscle and brain tissue
Upper canine teeth
For more information, visit Carcass Transport Regulations.
*For the 2020–2021 deer seasons, the CWD Management Zone includes Adair, Barry, Cedar, Chariton, Christian, Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Hickory, Howell, Jefferson, Knox, Linn, Macon, Mercer, Oregon, Ozark, Perry, Polk, Putnam, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Warren, and Washington counties.
CWD Management
CWD in Montana
2020-2021 Montana has proposed legislation to prohibit the use of scents derived from deer, elk, or moose as bait or masking human scent if the urine originated in a CWD positive state or province.
It is unlawful to transport into Montana the whole carcass or certain carcass parts of white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose or elk from states or provinces with documented occurrences of CWD in wild populations or on private game farms. Those states and provinces currently include Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Only the following carcass parts may be transported into Montana from the states listed above:
Upper canine teeth, also known as "buglers", "whistlers" or "ivories";
Finished head, partial body or whole body mounts already prepared by a taxidermist.
Keep in mind that "Evidence of Sex Requirements" must always be met when transporting any of these parts into Montana. Questions concerning carcass transport may be directed to FWP Enforcement at 406-444-2452 or to your home state's wildlife division. For more information, visit Hunting Regulations.
Exportation of Animal Parts:
For any deer, elk or moose harvested in Southern Montana CWD Management Zone*, the whole carcass, whole head, brain or spinal column from the animal may not be removed from Carbon or Yellowstone counties unless the animal has tested negative for CWD.
Carcass parts that may be taken out of the TRZ include:
Meat that is cut and wrapped or meat that is boned out;
Skull plates or antlers with no meat or tissue attached;
Skulls that have been boiled and cleaned to remove flesh and tissue;
Head, partial body or whole-body mounts prepared by a taxidermist.
For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease Management.
*The Northern Montana CWD Management Zone will include hunting districts 400, 401, 600, 611, 640, 641, and 670. In addition, the Fort Peck Reservation will follow the Northern CWD Management Zone regulations. The Southern Montana CWD Management Zone will include portions of hunting districts 575, 520, 590, all of 502 and 510, and the southern portion of MFWP Region 7, which is being included in anticipation of CWD positive cervids being found in that area in 2019.
Big Game Hunting Regulations
Importation of Animal Parts: Nebraska currently does not have a ban on importation of cervid carcasses or carcass parts.
It is unlawful for a person or any agent or employee of a person to knowingly bring into Nevada the carcass or any part of the carcass of certain animals, including, without limitation, any elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, moose or alternative livestock; or possess the carcass or part of the carcass of such an animal in Nevada. A person or any agent or employee of a person may bring into Nevada the following parts of the carcass of any elk, deer, moose, or alternative livestock:
The meat with no part of the spinal column, brain tissue or head attached, except that one or more bones of the legs or shoulders may be attached;
The hide or cape with no part of the spinal column, brain tissue or head attached;
The clean skull plate with antlers attached and no part of the brain tissue attached;
The antlers with no meat or tissue other than antler velvet attached;
The taxidermy mount with no meat or tissue other than antler velvet attached;
The upper canine teeth, including, without limitation, the bugler, whistler and ivory teeth.
For more information, visit Nevada's CWD Information.
No person shall import into the state any hunter killed cervid carcass or parts of a cervid carcass from CWD positive jurisdictions except for:
Whole carcasses harvested in New York state;
De-boned meat;
Antlers attached to skull caps from which all soft tissue has been removed;
Upper canine teeth, also known as buglers, whistlers or ivories, from which all soft tissues has been removed;
Hides or capes with no part of head attached;
Finished taxidermy mounts; or
Tissues prepared and packaged for use by diagnostic or research laboratories.
For more information, visit Help Our Herd!
Carcass Transportation Rules Video
It is illegal to bring carcasses and carcass parts of deer, elk or moose into New Jersey from states and Canadian provinces confirmed with CWD. It is safe and legal to bring the following deer parts to New Jersey from areas where CWD is present:
Meat that is cut and wrapped (either commercially or privately);
Quarters or other portions of meat to which no part of the spinal column is attached;
Meat that has been deboned;
Antlers with no tissue attached;
Clean skull plates with no lymphoid or brain tissue attached;
Clean skulls with no lymphoid or brain tissue attached;
Upper canine teeth (also known as buglers, whistlers or ivories).
For more information, visit Guidance to NJ Residents Who Hunt Deer, Elk or Moose in States Where CWD is Present.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Units 19, 28 and 34):
It is unlawful to transport dead deer, elk or their parts taken from any chronic wasting disease (CWD) control area designated by the Director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. The exceptions are:
Meat that is cut and wrapped either privately or commercially within the control area;
Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the head or spinal column attached;
Clean skull plates with antlers attached; Skull plate must be immersed in a bath of at least one part chlorine bleach and two parts water with all meat and tissue removed;
Upper canine teeth, also known as ivories;
Antlers with no meat or tissue attached; and
Finished heads mounted by a taxidermist within the control area.
You may not remove the whole head and spinal column. You must keep proof of sex with all game species until transported where it will be consumed or placed in cold storage. For more information, read the New Mexico Hunting Rules and Info.
No person shall import into New York or possess the brain, eyes, spinal cord, tonsils, intestinal tract, spleen, or retropharyngeal lymph nodes, or any portion of such parts, of wild, captive, or captive-bred deer, elk, or moose obtained from or taken outside New York, or any carcass containing such parts, except that:
1) such parts, or carcasses containing such parts, may be imported and possessed as specimens in a bona fide laboratory research study provided that such parts or specimens are disposed of in accordance with accepted laboratory practices;
2) such parts, or carcasses containing such parts, may be shipped or transported through New York;
3) such parts, or carcasses containing such parts, may be imported and possessed pursuant to bullet point 1) below.
No person shall import into New York or possess in New York the carcasses or parts of wild, captive, or captive-bred deer, elk, or moose obtained from or taken outside New York, except that:
1) carcasses and parts of wild deer, elk, or moose taken in the following states and provinces may be imported and possessed provided that all such carcasses and parts are marked with a legible label bearing the following information: the species of animal, the state, province, or country where the animal was taken, and the name and address of the person who took the animal.
(i) United States: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont;
(ii) Canada: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec;
2) carcasses and parts of wild deer, elk, or moose taken outside New York, except for those states and provinces listed above, may be imported and possessed provided that the parts listed in the first paragraph have been removed;
3) carcasses and parts of captive or captive-bred deer, elk, or moose taken or obtained from outside New York may be imported and possessed provided that the parts listed in the first paragraph have been removed;
4) any meat of wild deer, elk, or moose may be imported and possessed provided that such meat does not contain any parts listed in the first paragraph;
5) the following parts may be imported and possessed: the hide; the cape; the antlers; the cleaned skull-cap with antlers attached; finished taxidermy mounts; tanned hides; and the upper canine teeth; and
6) carcasses and parts may be transported and shipped through New York.
For more information, visit Big Game Importation Restrictions.
Importation of whole carcasses from any member of the family Cervidae (e.g., deer, elk, moose, or reindeer/caribou) from any state, Canadian province, or foreign country outside of North Carolina is prohibited. Anyone transporting cervid carcass parts into North Carolina must follow processing and packaging regulations, which only allow the importation of:
Meat that has been boned out such that no pieces or fragments of bone remain;
Caped hides with no part of the skull or spinal column attached;
Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates, or cleaned skulls free from meat, or brain tissue;
Cleaned lower jawbone(s) with teeth or cleaned teeth; or
Finished taxidermy products and tanned hides.
All carcass part(s) or container of cervid meat or carcass parts must be labeled or identified with the:
Name and address of individual importing carcass parts;
State, Canadian province, or foreign country of origin;
Date the cervid was killed; and
Hunter’s license number, permit number, or equivalent identification from the state, Canadian province, or foreign country of origin.
These rules are intended to prevent the unintentional transportation and release of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) into the environment. CWD is a fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk, moose and reindeer/caribou, and can have devastating long-term effects to cervid herds and hunting. The infectious agent of CWD can contaminate new environments by way of disposal of carcass tissues, particularly those of the brain and spine. The number of states that have documented CWD continues to increase; at the time of publishing, surveillance efforts by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission have not resulted in the detection of CWD in North Carolina.
For more information, visit Hunting Regulations.
It shall be unlawful to transport into or within North Dakota the whole carcass or carcass parts of: a white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, elk, or members of the cervid families from states or provinces with documented occurrences of CWD in wild population or farmed cervids; a white-tailed deer or mule deer from deer hunting units 3A1, 3B1, 3F2, 4B and 4C in North Dakota; a moose from moose hunting units M10 and M11 in North Dakota; and an elk from elk hunting units E2 and E6 in North Dakota; except the following lower-risk portions of the carcass:
Meat that is cut and wrapped either commercially or privately;
Skull plates with antlers attached having no hide or brain tissue present;
Intact skulls with the hide, eyes, lower jaw and associated soft tissue removed, and no visible brain or spinal cord tissue present;
Upper canine teeth, also known as “buglers”, “whistlers”, or “ivories”; and
Finished taxidermy heads.
The entire city limits of a city that shares a border with one or more of the following hunting units M10, M11, E2, E6, 3A1, 3B1, 3F2, 4B and 4C shall be included in that unit. Any harvested cervids coming from states, provinces or countries that have free-ranging or captive deer, moose or elk diagnosed with CWD, and importation of harvested elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, moose, or other cervids or their parts are restricted. It shall be lawful to transport moose and deer carcasses between adjoining/adjacent CWD carcass restricted units.
For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease Proclamation.
Transportation Regulations
CWD Information: What You Need to Know (PDF)
Importation of Animal Parts: No person shall possess all or any part of a cervid carcass from an area published by the division and posted on the Ohio division of wildlife website at wildohio.gov unless the carcass is kept in the area where legally taken, killed or processed, except when the cervidae carcass consists only of any of the following:
Meat that is cut and securely and completely wrapped either commercially or privately with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
Antlers attached to a skull cap from which all soft tissue has been removed;
Upper canine teeth from which all soft tissue has been removed;
Hides and capes without any part of the head or lymph nodes attached;
Finished taxidermy mounts;
Any soft body tissue wrapped and packaged for use by a diagnostic research laboratory.
Any person may transport any cervid carcass or carcass part legally taken or processed from areas published by the division and posted on the Ohio division of wildlife website at wildohio.gov through Ohio provided the carcass or parts thereof is not off-loaded from the vehicle in which it entered the state. For more information, visit Diseases in Wildlife: Chronic Wasting Disease.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the Disease Surveillance Area 2015-01):
Regulations require hunters to bring deer carcasses harvested within the Disease Surveillance Area* (DSA) boundaries to an ODNR Division of Wildlife inspection station for sampling during the deer-gun and deer muzzleloader seasons; prohibits the placement of or use of salt, mineral supplement, grain, fruit, vegetables or other feed to attract or feed deer within the DSA boundaries; prohibits hunting of deer by the aid of salt, mineral supplement, grain, fruit, vegetables or other feed within the DSA boundaries; and prohibits the removal of a deer carcass killed by a motor vehicle within the DSA boundaries unless the carcass complies with deer carcass restrictions.
Normal agricultural activities including feeding of domestic animals as well as hunting deer over food plots, naturally occurring or cultivated plants and agriculture crops are not prohibited.
Hunters harvesting deer during Ohio’s gun seasons within the DSA are required to deliver their deer to a carcass inspection station.
Hunters will be asked to provide their 18-digit confirmation number from the game check process as well as the location where the deer was killed. Tissue samples will be taken and tested for CWD. Hunters are strongly encouraged to complete the game check process before proceeding to the inspection, but division staff will be able to assist with checking deer. Hunters that harvest a deer and wish to have it mounted will still need to bring their deer to a carcass inspection station. Samples will not be taken at the time, but staff will collect additional information so samples can be collected later.
Hunters who plan to hunt in the DSA are encouraged to consider having deer processed commercially to ensure high-risk carcass parts are properly disposed of. Hunters who plan to process their deer are strongly encouraged to double-bag all high-risk carcass parts and set them with household trash for pickup. For more information, visit Diseases in Wildlife: Chronic Wasting Disease.
*Disease Surveillance Area: Townships of Richland, Salem, Crane, Eden, Jackson, Mifflin, Pitt, Antrim, Marseilles, Goshen, Grand, Salt Rock, Grand Prairie, Montgomery, Big Island.
No person shall import, transport, or possess any cervid carcass or part of a cervid carcass from outside the boundaries of Oklahoma. The following items are the only exceptions:
Antlers or antlers attached to clean skull plate or cleaned skulls (all tissue removed);
Animal quarters containing no spinal materials or meat with all parts of the spinal column removed;
Hides or tanned products.
For more information, see CWD Information.
Importation of Animal Parts
Ban on the possession and use of commercial deer and elk urine scent attractants that contain or are derived from any cervid urine.
Except for the following parts, no person shall import all or parts of a cervid (deer/elk family) carcass into Oregon from another state or country. Common cervid species include deer, elk, moose, and caribou.
Meat that is cut and wrapped commercially or privately;
Hides and/or capes with no head attached;
Skull plates with antlers attached that have been cleaned of all meat and brain tissue;
Upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, ivories);
For more information, read the Game Mammal General Seasons and Regulations (PDF).
CWD Management Area Designations (MAP)
Within Deer Management Areas, the use or possession of cervid urine-based attractants in an outdoor setting is prohibited.
The importation of high-risk cervid carcass parts into Pennsylvania from other states where CWD is known to exist is banned. Low-risk carcass parts that may be brought into Pennsylvania, including:
Meat without the backbone,
Skull plate with attached antlers if no visible brain or spinal cord material is present,
Tanned hide or raw hide with no visible brain or spinal cord material present,
Cape if no visible brain or spinal cord material is present,
Upper canine teeth if no root structure or other soft material is present, and
Finished taxidermy mounts.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the Deer Management Areas):
Transport out of any Pennsylvania DMA only low-risk parts, including:
If you plan to hunt in CWD-positive areas, have your animal processed in the area of the state where it was harvested so high-risk body parts can be properly disposed of. For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease.
The use or possession of deer scents/lures that contain natural cervid (including deer, moose, elk) urine, gland oil, feces, tissue, blood or any other bodily fluids while taking, attempting to take, attracting, or scouting wildlife is prohibited.
No person shall import into Rhode Island or possess in Rhode Island the carcasses or parts of wild cervid taken in or originating from a Chronic Wasting Disease endemic area, or carcasses or parts of captive or captive-bred cervids from outside Rhode Island. Except that the following parts:
Meat may be imported and possessed provided that all such meat from an individual animal shall be boned, cut up, packaged and wrapped and such meat shall not be commingled with the meat of any other;
The hide or cape;
The skull-cap with antlers attached, free of blood and brain matter;
The antlers;
The upper canine; and
Fresh head and cape – in addition to the marking requirements below, the required tissue must be tested by a certified USDA laboratory and must be certified to be Chronic Wasting Disease free. This certification must be in writing and must be provided prior to importation of a fresh and cape into the state of Rhode Island.
All cervid carcasses and carcass parts imported into Rhode Island, or packages or containers containing such carcasses or carcass parts, shall be affixed with a legible label bearing the following information: the species of animal, the State, Province or Country where the animal was taken or where the shipment originated, the name of the person who took the animal or the name of the shipper, the address of the taker or shipper and, for transport through the State, the destination of the shipment. Hunter harvested carcasses, parts or meat taken outside Rhode Island shall also bear the marking, tagging or labeling required by the State where the animal was taken.
A person may transport or ship cervid carcasses or carcass parts through Rhode Island provided that all such carcasses and carcass parts are not disposed of in any manner or delivered to any person in Rhode Island and provided that all such carcasses and parts are marked as described above. For more information, read Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation, Feeding, and Baiting of Cervids in Rhode Island (PDF).
It is illegal to possess or use, for the purpose of hunting or scouting any wild animal in S.C., any substance or material that contains or purports to contain any excretion collected from a cervid (deer) including urine, feces, blood, gland oil, or other body fluid. This does not prohibit the use of synthetic products or substances collected by a hunter from deer legally harvested in S.C.
In an effort to protect against the spread of CWD into South Carolina, the following regulations have been adopted in regards to interstate transportation of hunter-harvest deer and elk. No person may import or possess a whole cervid carcass or carcass part from an infected state except for the following:
Clean (no meat or tissue attached) skulls or skull plates with antlers attached;
Antlers (detached from the skull plate);
Clean upper canine teeth, also called “buglers,” “whistlers” or “ivories;”
And finished taxidermy heads.
Hunters traveling elsewhere should check with the wildlife agency in their destination state to determine its CWD status and to determine what restrictions the state may have on the movement of carcasses. For more information, visit Deer Hunting Regulations.
Whole or partial cervid carcasses and head with antlers attached may not enter this state unless delivered to a licensed taxidermist, a game processor, or to the hunter’s domicile. Cervid carcasses passing through the state are exempt from this section.
CWD Information / CWD Video Seminar
The use or possession while hunting of natural deer urine will be prohibited beginning March 1, 2019
If you harvest a deer, elk or moose from any state or Canadian province, it must be properly processed before bringing it back into Tennessee. No person may import, transport, or possess in Tennessee a cervid carcass or carcass part from any state or Canadian province except as provided herein:
Meat that has bones removed;
Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates, or cleaned skulls (where no meat or tissues are attached to the skull.);
Finished taxidermy and antler products; or
Hides and tanned products.
Exportation of Animal Parts out of the Unit CWD :
Honor carcass transportation restrictions for Tennessee.
For more information, visit CWD Carcass Importation Restrictions.
* Unit CWD includes Chester, Crocket, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Shelby, and Tipton counties.
White-tailed Deer Hunting Regulations
No deer/elk carcasses or parts of carcasses can enter Texas from a state or country known to have CWD, with the exceptions of:
Cut quarters with all brain and spinal cord tissue removed Boned meat Cut and wrapped meat Caped hides with skull not attached Skull plate with antlers attached and cleaned of all soft tissue Finished taxidermy products
The skinned or unskinned head of a susceptible species may be transported to a taxidermist, provided all brain material, soft tissue, spinal column and any unused portions of the head are disposed of in a landfill in Texas permitted by TCEQ. The deer head wavier form to transport the intact head may be obtained. For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease.
No deer/elk carcasses or parts of carcasses can be transported out of a CWD Zone* in Kimble County, Trans-Pecos, South Central, Panhandle, and Val Verde County with the exception of:
The skinned or unskinned head of a susceptible species may be transported to a taxidermist, provided all brain material, soft tissue, spinal column and any unused portions of the head are disposed of in a landfill in Texas permitted by TCEQ. The deer head wavier form to transport the intact head may be obtained.
*CWD Zone: Kimble County, Trans-Pecos, South Central, Panhandle, Val Verde County. For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease.
Importation of Animal Parts: The Division of Wildlife Resources has taken measures to prohibit the import of deer, elk and moose carcasses from known infection areas. Only the following parts of wild deer, elk and moose may be imported from designated infection areas from other states:
Quarters or other portion of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
Meat that is boned out;
Skulls plates with antlers attached that have been cleaned of all meat and tissue;
Upper canine teeth known as buglers, whistlers or ivories; and
Finished taxidermy heads
It is unlawful to import dead mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, moose or their parts, except for the carcass parts listed above, from the states, provinces, game management units, equivalent wildlife management units, or counties list on the Division of Wildlife Resources webpage (click here). Additional areas may be added as necessary.
Non-residents transporting harvested deer, elk, or moose carcasses through Utah may do so if they do not stay in Utah more than 24 hours, do not leave any part of the animal carcass in Utah, and do not have their deer, elk, or moose processed in Utah. For more information, visit Chronic Wasting Disease in Utah.
CWD Q&A
It is illegal to possess and use natural urine-based deer lures when hunting deer in Vermont.
Importing or possessing carcasses of legally taken deer or elk, or carcass parts of deer or elk, from states and Canadian provinces that have had Chronic Wasting Disease, or from captive hunt or farm facilities, is illegal except for:
Meat that is cut up, packaged and labeled with hunting license information and not mixed with other deer or elk during processing;
Meat that is boneless;
Hides or cape with no part of the head attached;
Clean skull-cap with antlers attached;
Antlers with no other meat or tissue attached;
Finished taxidermy heads; and
Upper canine teeth with no tissue attached.
For more information, visit Big Game Hunting.
It is illegal to possess or use products containing natural deer urine, scent gland secretions, or other bodily fluids while taking, attempting to take, attracting, or scouting wildlife in Virginia.
Importation or possession of whole deer carcasses or any parts not included in the list below originating from anywhere outside of Virginia is now prohibited:
Boned-out cut and wrapped meat;
Quarters of meat with no spinal column or head;
Cleaned (no brain tissue attached) skull or skull plates with or without antlers attached;
Clean antlers with no meat or other tissues attached; and
Upper canine teeth.
To avoid citation or prosecution, all of the above must be labeled with species, state/province of origin, and name and contact information for the person who killed or owned the animal. For more information, visit Transporting Carcasses Into and Out of Virginia.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the CWD Disease Management Areas):
As of 2020, the CWD Disease Management Area (DMA) 1 encompasses all of Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, and Warren counties. CWD DMA2 encompasses all of Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Page, and Rappahannock Counties. Whole deer carcasses and parts containing brain or spinal cord tissue originating from within DMA2 may be transported anywhere within both DMA1 and DMA2. Whole deer carcasses and carcass parts containing brain or spinal tissue originating from within DMA1 may be transported anywhere within DMA1 only. Deer killed within any of these counties cannot be taken out of the DMA unless they have been processed into one of the following forms:
For more information, visit Transporting Carcasses Within and Out of the Containment Areas.
Importation of Animal Parts: If you hunt deer, elk, or moose in the states or provinces listed on the Department of Fish and Wildlife (click here), only the following items may be imported to Washington to reduce the risk of transmitting chronic wasting disease:
Meat that has been de-boned in the state or province where it was harvested and is imported as boned-out meat;
Skulls and antlers, antlers attached to the skull plate, or upper canine teeth (bugler, whistlers, ivories) from which all soft tissue has been removed;
Hides or capes without heads attached;
Tissue imported for use by a diagnostic or research laboratory; and
For more information, visit the Chronic Wasting Disease page.
Importation of Animal Parts: Hunters are prohibited from transporting cervid carcasses or carcass parts of any deer or elk from all CWD-positive states, except for Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania; where it applies only to the state designated CWD containment area or CWD disease management areas, except for:
Boned out meat or quarters; and
Thoroughly cleaned skull plates and antlers.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the CWD Containment Area): Hunters are prohibited from transporting cervid carcasses or carcass parts beyond the boundaries of Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Morgan counties (shaded area) except for the following:
Clean skull plate (no meat or tissue attached) with antlers attached;
Hunters may transport whole cervid carcasses that were not killed inside Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Morgan counties through the containment area. For more information, visit Hunting Regulations.
Importation of Animal Parts: Whole carcasses and parts of carcasses from CWD positive states and provinces are not allowed into Wisconsin unless taken to a meat processor or taxidermist within 72 hours of entry into Wisconsin or the following exceptions:
Clean skulls with no lymphoid or brain tissue attached; and
For more information, visit Carcass Movement Restrictions.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the CWD-affected Counties): The movement of both whole wild-deer carcasses and carcass parts from the CWD-affected counties (PDF) can only be moved within all of the CWD-affected counties and an adjacent county. However, hunters are allowed to take whole cervid carcasses or carcass parts harvested in the CWD-affected counties into any part of Wisconsin, provided the carcass or carcass parts are taken to a licensed taxidermist or meat processor within 72 hours of registering a Wisconsin deer. Meat processors and taxidermists are excluded since they must follow strict rules regarding waste disposal, thereby removing the risks associated with improper disposal. Without being brought to a licensed taxidermist or meat processor the only parts from legally-harvested wild cervids from within the CWD-affected counties that may be transported beyond those deer management units adjacent to the CWD-affected counties include:
No deer, elk or moose taken from any other state, province or country within areas designated by the appropriate jurisdictional agency as positive for CWD in either deer, elk or moose shall be imported into Wyoming. The Department requires that deer and elk hunters transport only the following items from areas where CWD is known to exist:
Cut and wrapped meat;
Boned meat;
Animal quarters or other pieces with no portion of the spinal column or head attached;
Hides without the heads;
Cleaned (no meat or other tissue attached) skull plates with antlers attached; and
Antlers with no meat or other tissue attached.
The head, spine and other nervous tissue shall be left at the site of the kill or bagged and disposed of in an approved landfill. NOTE: Nothing in these requirements allows hunters to remove evidence of sex, species or horn or antler development as required in the regulations. For more information, visit Proper Carcass Disposal and Transport.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within the CWD Monitoring Focus Areas): No deer, elk or moose taken or possessed from any hunt area shall be transported to any other hunt area within Wyoming or to any other state, province or country. Deer, elk and moose carcasses harvested from any hunt area in Wyoming may be transported within Wyoming to a camp, a private residence for processing, a taxidermist, a processor, or a CWD sample collection site in Wyoming, provided the head and all portions of the spinal column remain at the site of the kill or such parts are disposed of in any approved landfill in Wyoming. Only the following parts of any deer, elk or moose harvested from any hunt area in Wyoming may be transported to any other hunt area in Wyoming:
Edible portions with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
Cleaned hide without the head;
Skull plate or antlers that have been cleaned of all meat and brain tissue;
Teeth; or
Only the following parts of any deer, elk or moose harvested from any hunt areas in Wyoming may be transported to other states, provinces or countries:
Cleaned hide without the head or skull plate;
Antlers that have been cleaned of all meat and brain tissue;
Whole deer, elk and moose carcasses harvested from any area shall not be transported out of Wyoming. NOTE: Nothing in these requirements allows hunters to remove evidence of sex, species or horn or antler development as required in the regulations. For more information, visit Proper Carcass Disposal and Transport.
Currently, there currently is no legislated restriction on the transport of hunter-killed cervid carcasses into Alberta. However, hunters are asked to be aware of the CWD status of the area/jurisdiction where they are hunting and to abide by the recommendations for carcass transportation. For more information, read Chronic Wasting Disease--Information for Hunters.
Exportation of Animal Parts (Within At Risk Wildlife Management Units):
To contain the potential spread of CWD, only the following carcass parts may be transported out of At Risk Wildlife Management Units:
Quarters or portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached hind quarter with tag attached also has evidence of sex and species);
Boned-out meat (ensure the quarter with tag attached and evidence of sex and species does not get boned out);
Processed meat (commercially cut and wrapped);
Heads that will be submitted to a Fish and Wildlife office outside the CWD At Risk area;
Cleaned skull caps with antlers attached (no meat or tissue attached);
Hides with no heads attached; and
It is mandatory that all deer heads from deer harvested within the At Risk areas be submitted for CWD testing. For more information, read Chronic Wasting Disease--Information for Hunters.
Non-resident Hunting Regulations
Surveillance and Management Plan for CWD (PDF)
Prior to bringing cervid meat or parts into British Columbia, the following carcass preparations are required:
Remove head, hide, hooves, mammary glands, all internal organs and spinal column (high risk tissues) at the kill site. Leave these parts at the location of harvest.
Debone meat prior to departure from the jurisdiction of origin.
Remove antlers and bone plate from the remainder of the skull. The bone plate and antler bases should be treated with a solution of 2% chlorine (bleach).
Leave at hide origin location of harvest or seal in a waterproof container to ensure that no fluids, tissue or hair can escape.
It is illegal to use or possess scents, chemical attractants and other substances that contain urine, faeces, saliva or scent glands of cervids.
No person shall possess, import or attempt to import a cervid, or a part from a cervid, that has been killed outside Manitoba, unless the head, hide, hooves, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs and spinal column have been removed. A person may possess or import:
The antlers and the connecting bone plate from a cervid if, before entering Manitoba, they are detached from the remainder of the skull and all hide and other tissue has been removed, and treated with a solution of not less than 2% chlorine;
An unprocessed hide or portion of a hide from a cervid if, before entering Manitoba, it is detached from the rest of the cervid, and no later than five days after entering Manitoba, it is delivered to a tanner or taxidermist to be processed, and from the time of entry into Manitoba until it arrives at its intended destination, it is stored in a waterproof container from which no fluid, tissue or hair can escape; or
A cervid, or a part of a cervid, that is processed before entering Manitoba.
A person can transport a cervid, or a part of a cervid, through Manitobato a destination elsewhere if it has been killed outside Manitoba in the part of Saskatchewan north of the 55th parallel of latitude and east of the 105th meridian of longitude, in the part of Ontario north of the 51st parallel of latitude, or in Nunavut or the Northwest Territories; and has not been prepared in the manner specified in the first paragraph. While in Manitoba, the cervid, or the part from the cervid, must be sealed in a waterproof container from which no fluid, tissue or hair can escape.
Unless written authorization has been obtained from the director, no person shall possess a substance that contains the urine, feces, saliva or scent glands of a cervid.
Currently, there is no ban on the importation of animal parts. However, permit is required to move, sell, or barter any wildlife or wildlife parts. For more information, visit Hunting.
No dead wildlife that is prescribed as a potential carrier of a disease or other condition, or prescribed parts or derivatives of such wildlife shall be imported into or transported in the Northwest Territories, unless the person is permitted, in accordance with the regulations, to import or transport it. For more information, visit Applying for a Hunting Licensing.
No person shall, while in a wildlife habitat, possess or use a product that contains or purports to contain any body part of a member of the deer family, including urine, blood or other fluids. This regulation has been put in place in an effort to prevent introducing Chronic Wasting Disease to Nova Scotia’s deer population. For more information, visit Hunting and Furharvesting Summary of Regulations.
Products that contain bodily fluids (urine, gland oil, feces, saliva, etc.) of a member of the deer family (including deer, moose, and elk) are not permitted to be possessed or used for the purposes of hunting in Ontario.
A person shall not possess the whole or any part of the antlers, head, brain, eyes, tonsils, hide, hooves, lymph nodes, spleen, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs or spinal column of a cervid that has been killed outside Ontario, with the exception of:
Tanned skin;
Canine teeth with no tissue attached; or
Antlers or a skull cap with antlers attached, as long as there is no tissue or skin attached to them and they are separate from the skull.
A person may possess a hide or the skin of the head if,
It is kept in a container from which nothing can escape until it is processed by a tanner or taxidermist and all other tissue has been removed; and
The person delivers the hide or skin of the head to a tanner or taxidermist for processing within five days of it coming into Ontario.
A person who possesses a hide or skin (per above paragraph) and disposes of it shall do so in a waste disposal site as defined in Part V of the Environmental Protection Act.
The above paragraphs does not apply to a person who is temporarily in transit through Ontario and uses a container from which nothing can escape. For more information, visit Regulating Possession of Cervids to Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease.
Currently, Prince Edward Island does not have a ban on importation of animal parts.
The import and possession of whole carcasses or any part of the brain, spine (and spinal cord), retropharyngeal lymph nodes, eyes, tonsils, testicles, or internal organs (spleen, liver, heart, kidneys, mammary glands, bladder, etc.) of cervids (except caribou) killed outside Québec is prohibited. Pathogenic prions are concentrated in these organs in cervids with CWD.
The following animal parts, however, may be brought into Québec:
Boneless meat or skinless quarters with nospine or head attached;
Degreased or tanned hide and leather;
Antlers without velvet;
Disinfected skull caps* with noskin, meat, or tissue attached;
Teeth without meat or tissue attached; and
Any part mounted by a taxidermist.
For more information, visit Operation to Control and Monitor Chronic Wasting Disease in Cervids.
*To disinfect the skull, soak it in a solution containing at least 2% sodium hypochlorite (generally, this solution corresponds to a mixture of 50% bleach and 50% water) for 15 to 20 minutes.
CWD Information for Hunters
Currently, there is no ban on importation of animal parts in Saskatchewan. However, it is recommended if you hunt out of province, only bring back low-risk parts (deboned meat, cleaned skull plate, antlers, finished taxidermy mount). For more information, visit Overview of Chronic Wasting Disease in Saskatchewan.
Yukon, like British Columbia and Alaska, regulates the import of species susceptible to CWD. You cannot import whole cervid carcass into Yukon, except:
Edible meat completely detached from the head and backbone;
Cleaned skull caps with antlers;
Cleaned teeth removed from the head;
Tanned hides.
Carcasses that are in transit through Yukon are exempt, provided they are in a labelled (hunter name, address, species, and harvest location) container that ensures no fluids or tissue can leak. Cervids harvested in the Northwest Territories or in the two northern hunting zones in British Columbia that border Yukon are exempt because the risk that cervids there have CWD is equivalent to those in Yukon. For more information, visit Yukon Hunting Regulations.
These states and provinces have been identified to be chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive by the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance:
United States
Canada
CWD has also been found in the Republic of Korea, Norway, and Finland.
If there are any updates or changes needed to be made to the information provide, please contact merril.cook@ncwildlife.org.