Mandatory testing dates announced for Alabama's CWD Management Zone

Mandatory testing dates announced for Alabama's CWD Management Zone

Under Alabama’s Chronic Wasting Disease, CWD, Management Zone Regulation (220-2-.167), all deer harvested in the High-Risk Zone and the Buffer Zone of the state’s CWD Management Zone (CMZ) must be submitted for CWD testing during specific weekends of the 2025-2026 white-tailed deer season. The mandatory sampling weekends in the High-Risk Zone of the CMZ are Nov. 22-23, 2025; Dec. 6-7, 2025; and Jan. 17-18, 2026. The mandatory sampling weekends i…