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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. 

 

 

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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 12,079 deer have been collected and shipped for testing, with results expected in the next 4 -6 weeks.  

Last Updated: Dec. 1st, 2023

  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

 15 0 0
Alleghany 74 0 0
Ashe 110 0 0
Bladen 238 0 0
Cumberland 85 0 1
Davie 29 0 0
Forsyth 79 0 0
Franklin 111 1 1
Guilford 79 0 0
Harnett 199 0 0
Hoke 49 0 0
Iredell 75 0 0
Johnston 67 1 1
Robeson 96 0 0
Rockingham 246 0 0
Sampson 85 0 0
Stokes 166 0 1
Surry 71 0 5
Wilkes 84 0 1
Yadkin 78 0 2
Rest of State 3,300 0 0
Total 5,336 2 12