Chronic wasting disease surveillance hunt planned for north Idaho deer population [Video]

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The Idaho Fish and Game commission (IDFG) is conducting a chronic wasting disease surveillance hunt in late August.

According to IDFG, the hunt will take place over 9 days starting on Aug. 24.

Chronic wasting disease, which is lethal in deer with no known cure, has been found in deer populations in and

“In response, Fish and Game will offer 300 white-tailed deer tags for a [chronic wasting disease] surveillance hunt to run August 24 through September 1,” IDFG said.

Discounted $10 tags will be sold in person on Aug. 22 in Bonners Ferry at a location that has yet to be announced by IDFG.

“If any tags remain, those will be sold at the Panhandle Regional Office in Coeur d’Alene beginning on the morning of August 23,” IDFG said.

All hunters involved in the surveillance work will be required to agree to state stipulations before the hunt begins on Aug. 24. The hunt map published by …