Testing for CWD will expand in Minnesota in 2025; ban on feeding deer, too

Last week, the Minnesota DNR added eight additional counties to a deer feeding and attractant ban, bringing the total of where the ban is in effect to 32 counties. It’s in those new areas, too, where deer hunters can expect mandatory whitetail testing for chronic wasting disease come the firearms opening weekend this fall.
“The feeding and attractant ban is one tool to reduce unnatural congregating of deer and lower the risk of CWD spread,” said Paul Burr, acting DNR big-game program coordinator in an agency news release. “We use this tool where it provides the greatest benefit to the health of Minnesota’s white-tailed deer.”

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