With the deer bow, elk, and moose seasons opening soon, North Dakota Game and Fish Department officials remind hunters there are options for getting their animals tested for chronic wasting disease.

A list of locations where hunters can drop off heads is available at the N.D. Game and Fish Department’s website at gf.nd.gov.

Self-sampling kits are also available to hunters who wish to have their animal tested but are unable to drop the head off at a collection site. The kits allow hunters to remove the lymph nodes and ship them to the department’s Wildlife Health Lab for testing. A sampling kit request form can be found on the department’s website, gf.nd.gov.

Also of note, whitetail or mule deer carcass or carcass parts taken from deer hunting units 3A1, 3A2, 3B1, 3C, 3D1, 3E2, 3F2, 4B and 4C in North Dakota; a moose from moose hunting units M10 and M11; or an elk from elk hunting units E2 and E6; may not be transported to a collection site outside of the unit. However, deer carcasses may be transported between adjoining CWD carcass restricted units, and moose carcasses between units M10 and M11.