MDC reminds hunters of new CWD regulations for cervid carcasses

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters, meat processors, taxidermists, and others that new regulations are now in effect regarding transporting deer, elk, and other cervid carcasses into Missouri and within the state, and there are new regulations on cervid-carcass-disposal requirements for meat processors and taxidermists.
The new regulations of the Wildlife Code of Missouri are part of MDC’s ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the deadly disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which affects deer, elk, and other members of the deer family, called cervids.
According to MDC, most deer hunters should not be affected by the new regulations and most meat processors and taxidermists are already properly disposing of deer carcasses.
Get more information on the regulation changes and other CWD information for fall deer hunting – including a map of the CWD Management Zone — from MDC’s 2020 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations & Information booklet, available where permits are sold and online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fall-deer-and-turkey-hunting-regulations-and-information.