MDC thanks deer hunters for help with CWD sampling

MDC staff collect tissue samples from the neck of a hunter-harvested deer to have them tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD). MDC collected more than 19,400 tissue samples during opening weekend for CWD testing.

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