The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tested 1,224 animals for chronic wasting disease during the 2025 sampling season. Game and Fish confirmed 16 deer tested positive for CWD, all of which were taken by hunters.
Deer that tested positive for CWD came from the following units:
3A1 (five mule deer, one whitetail)
3D2 (two mule deer)
3E1 (one mule deer and one whitetail)
3E2 (one mule deer)
3F1 (one whitetail)
3F2 (two mule deer and one whitetail)
2B (one whitetail)
CWD was not previously detected in units 2B and 3D2.
Game and Fish will use its 2025 surveillance data to guide CWD management moving forward. Regulations related to CWD are set annually by proclamation.
CWD is a fatal disease of deer, moose and elk that remains on the landscape and can cause long-term population impacts as infection rates climb.
More information about CWD can be found by visiting the department’s website, gf.nd.gov/cwd.
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