Hunters encouraged to drop off bird wings, Chronic Wasting Disease samples

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise from Idaho Fish and Game.

POCATELLO — With archery play and galore upland crippled vertebrate seasons upon us, nan Idaho Department of Fish and Game is erstwhile again asking hunters to supply wings and Chronic Wasting Disease samples from crippled they harvest. Here’s what you request to know.

Wing collection

Hunters tin donate 1 fully-feathered helping from each upland crippled vertebrate they harvest successful a assortment of ways. They tin driblet their wings disconnected astatine department-run cheque stations aliases successful “wing barrels” located astatine celebrated entree routes passim nan hunting season.

Because cheque stations and helping barrels sometimes miss upland vertebrate hunters, Fish and Game uses a mail-in helping programme to summation nan number of sage and sharp-tailed grouse wings that are submitted. Many hunters who purchased a sage/sharp-tailed grouse licence will person a packet successful nan message pinch circumstantial directions and a pre-paid return envelope. Sage-grouse and sharp-tailed grouse hunters who did not person a mail-in helping letter cover and are incapable to find a helping tube site, but still wish to participate, should interaction their nearest location Fish and Game agency for much information.

Since juvenile and big birds molt their helping feathers differently, biologists tin usage this accusation to estimate chick accumulation that year. For sage-grouse, biologists tin moreover show if an big female successfully produced chicks that year. In addition, nan percent of juveniles and adults wings collected tin supply accusation connected accumulation rates. All of this accusation tin supply penetration into nan position of various crippled vertebrate populations and helps Fish and Game amended management.

Hunters tin driblet 1 fully-feathered helping from each upland crippled vertebrate they harvest successful “wing barrels” located astatine celebrated entree routes crossed nan authorities passim nan hunting season. Biologists usage accusation gained from nan wings to supply penetration into nan position of various crippled vertebrate populations.

CWD sample drop-off locations

Hunters who would for illustration their harvested deer, elk, aliases moose tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) person a fewer places to taxable samples from cheque stations to location offices to drop-off locations statewide.

Currently, successful nan Southeast Region, location is 1 CWD drop-off location astatine nan Fish and Game location agency located astatine 1345 Barton Road successful Pocatello. Big crippled hunters tin driblet disconnected their insubstantial samples from their deer, elk, aliases moose utilizing nan instructions and materials provided astatine nan location agency location—even aft hours aliases connected weekends. Hunters tin besides petition assistance pinch sample postulation astatine nan location agency during normal business hours. Testing is free.

Additional CWD sample drop-off locations will beryllium established astir nan Southeast Region arsenic soon arsenic October 1.

Information astir CWD, including really to cod samples, and wherever to taxable them by region tin beryllium recovered connected Fish and Game’s CWD webpage https://idfg.idaho.gov/cwd.

CWD, which has been detected successful Idaho, is simply a contagious and fatal neurological illness that affects deer, elk, and moose populations. There is nary cure for this fatal disease.