Idaho Fish and Game has a CWD strategy and monitoring efforts.
Areas close to states with known CWD cases will be sampled every year and other areas in Idaho on a rotational basis. Hunting units are grouped into our CWD sampling areas.
View the map below to see focused sampling areas for 2022-2023. Hunters who harvest deer or elk in these areas are encouraged to provide Fish and Game with samples from their harvested animal. If you harvest a deer outside sampling areas or elk from anywhere in the state, we will be happy to take and submit samples from your animal.
Sampling Efforts
CWD samples tested by unitAnnual Sampling Areas
CWD Management Area: Required Deer, Elk, and Moose
Game units include: 14 and 15
Deer, Elk, and Moose
Game units being sampled include: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 12, 13, 21, 21A, 29, 30, 30A, 37, 37A, 51, 58, 59A, 59, 60, 60A, 61, 62, 62A, 63A, 64, 65, 66, 66A, 67, 69, 71, 72, and 76
2022 Focus Sampling Area
Deer, Elk, and Moose
Game units being sampled include: 16, 16A, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 28, 36B, 54, 55, 56, 57, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78
Video: What is Fish and Game doing about CWD?
CWD Explained in Videos
