Look up your CWD testing results, see the current season's sampling results, view CWD-positive wild deer locations with an interactive map, previous years' sampling results and learn how you can collect lymph nodes to submit your own samples for testing below.
Previous years' sampling results
2019- 2020 (July through June) CWD sampling results
Additional details on these results will be posted as they are available.
Surveillance area Total samples collected Positive North Central CWD Management Zone Totals 3,961 0 Southeast CWD Management Zone Totals 12,494 33 Southeast CWD Control Zone Totals 1,159 0 Central Surveillance Area Totals 544 0 Opportunistic Samples - Statewide Totals 413
3 2018-2019 (July through June) CWD sampling results
Summary CWD sampling results from July 2018 through June 2019 are available below.
Statewide results: July 2018 through June 2019
Surveillance effort Total samples collected Positive Total samples collected statewide 8,040 34 Opportunistic sampling 252 4 Fall 2018 mandatory CWD surveillance
Surveillance area Total samples collected Positive Deer Permit Area 603 1,250 9 Southeast (excluding DPA 603) 3,122 3 North central 888 0 Central 462 0 CWD Management Zone (DPA 603) surveillance
Surveillance effort Dates Total samples collected Positive Special hunts Dec. 21-23, 2018, and Dec. 28-30, 2018 644 3 Landowner shooting permits Jan. 1-13, 2019 409 0 U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services deer removal Jan. 22–March 30, 2019 493 12 Southeastern Minnesota
Surveillance effort Dates Total samples collected Positive Special hunts Jan. 25-27, 2019, and Feb. 1-3, 2019 360 1 Landowner shooting permits Jan. 12-20, 2019, in Houston County;
and Feb. 23-March 10, 2019, in Winona County33 0 U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services deer removal Jan. 22–March 30 47 2 North central Minnesota
Surveillance effort Dates Total samples collected Positive Landowner shooting permits March 2-24 14 0 U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services deer removal March 17-29 66 0 2017-2018 (July through June) CWD sampling results
Fall 2017 mandatory CWD surveillance
Surveillance area Total samples collected Positive North-central 7,945 0 Central 2,623 0 Southeast
(excluding DPA 603)1,341 0 CWD Management Zone (DPA 603) surveillance
Surveillance effort Dates Total samples collected Positive Fall hunting seasons Sept. 16–Dec. 31, 2017 1,185 6 Late hunt Jan. 6-14, 2018 275 0 Landowner shooting permits Feb. 10–Mar. 10, 2018 19 0
CWD-Positive wild deer in Minnesota
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Collect a lymph node sample for your own private test
Hunters not in a testing area can pay to have their own tests done by submitting a lymph node sample to the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory or Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, which will do individual testing for a fee.
For more information:
- University of Minnesota: Lab website or by phone at 612-625-8787. (The lab also has created a document with information for hunters who want to get their deer sampled for CWD but are outside of mandatory surveillance efforts in Minnesota.)
- Colorado State University: Lab website
The video below shows how to collect a lymph node sample for submission.