The Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that a hunter-harvested deer has tested positive for the state’s first identified case of the deadly Chronic Wasting Disease.
The positive test came from a 2-year-old male white-tailed deer that was hunted on private property in Lanier County in south Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is taking additional samples from the area and has established a management territory that touches a five-mile radius around the location of the positive sample.
“I want to assure our hunters that deer hunting will continue to thrive in Georgia, despite this current discovery,” Georgia DNR Commissioner Walter Rabon said. “Working together with our hunters and all Georgians, we will manage CWD and maintain healthy deer herds.”
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