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

Last Updated: April 15th, 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

 337 0 0
Alleghany

770

 0 0
Ashe 967 0 0
Bladen 864 0 0
Cumberland 382 5 6
Davie 492 0 0
Forsyth 650 0 0
Franklin 574 0 0
Guilford 864 0 0
Harnett 659 0 0
Hoke 212 0 0
Iredell 1,075 0 0
Johnston 310 0 0
Robeson 484 0 0
Rockingham 1,980 0 0
Sampson 551 0 0
Stokes 1,207 1 2
Surry 1,139 5 10
Wilkes 1,259 0 1
Yadkin 989 2

4
Undetermined 0 0 1
Rest of State 19,975 0 0
Total 35,740 13 24