TOWN OF CRESCENT, WI (WSAU-WXPR) — The DNR has confirmed that a wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Oneida County, in the Town of Crescent.
As required by law, this finding renews Oneida County’s existing baiting and feeding ban for another three years. Additionally, this positive test will renew the two-year baiting and feeding ban in Langlade County.
The CWD-positive one-year-old doe was harvested on a disease surveillance permit issued within a 10-mile radius of the recent Lincoln County positive detection. This is Oneida County’s first CWD-positive wild deer.
The DNR’s Eric Lobner says the Oneida County detection is a direct result of our surveillance efforts put in place after a deer tested positive for CWD in Lincoln County.
The Department is taking several steps in light of the most recent detection, including sampling vehicle-killed deer and working with local County Deer Advisory Councils.
