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
2018 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 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 493 12 Southeastern Minnesota
Surveillance effort 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 County)33 0 U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services deer removal 47 2 North central Minnesota
Surveillance effort Total samples collected Positive Landowner Shooting Permits (Dates) 14 0 U.S. Department of Agriculture – Wildlife Services deer removal 66 0 2017 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 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.