Lincoln County deer hunters required to test for CWD

Ralls, Pike, Marion counties must test, too By Stan Schwartz Troy Free Press Jake Sieve, with the Missouri Department of Conservation, said hunters hunting deer in Lincoln County must now have their kills tested for chronic wasting disease. He noted that this is new for Lincoln County and includes Ralls, Pike and Marion counties. During the November Portion, hunters who harvest a deer in designated counties must take the deer—or its head—on the day of harvest to a mandatory CWD sampling station. Opening day for firearms is Nov. 17. Sampling stations may be found by following this link, https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/chronic-wasting-disease/mandatory-cwd-sampling “It’s kind of that time of year where everything is really about to kick off for us,” Sieve said about him and the other MDC agent in Pike County, Dirk Otterstein. Sieve was speaking to the Bowling Green Rotary Club and noted that the previous weekend was the duck hunting season opener.

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