MDWFP Provides CWD Sampling for Hunters Statewide
11/16/2018 8:37:12 AM
From MDWFP
JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) encourages hunters to participate in voluntary statewide Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) sampling efforts during the 2018–2019 hunting season. MDWFP has set up 21 drop-off freezers across the state for hunters to deposit deer heads for testing (location list and map below). Instructions and materials are on-site and MDWFP staff check the freezers weekly.
In addition, MDWFP will operate check stations for hunters to bring their harvested deer for CWD sampling.
Check station locations and dates of operation:
- Onward Store AND the intersection of Highways 465 and 61 (boat ramp)
- Saturday, November 17
- Friday, November 23
- Saturday/Sunday, December 29/30, January 5/6
- Ecru Volunteer Fire Department AND Pontotoc County Compound (across from Prater’s Grocery on Highway 41)
- Saturday, November 17 & 24, December 29, and January 5
- Friday, November 23
All hunters who submit a sample will complete a uniquely numbered biological sample card that will assist them in accessing test results online.
For more information regarding CWD, visit our website at www.mdwfp.com/cwd or call us at
(601) 432-2199. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mdwfp or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDWFPonline.
Statewide Drop-Off Locations
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NORTH REGION
North Region Office
457 CR 36
Enid, MS 38927
Elvis Presley Lake
(24 hours a day)
72 CR 995
Tupelo, MS 38804
Charlie Capps WMA
(24 hours a day)
98 Lake Rd.
Rosedale, MS 38769
Malmaison WMA
(24 hours a day)
126 Malmaison HQ Rd.
Holcomb, MS 38940
Chickasaw WMA
(24 hours a day)
770 Highway 32
Houston, MS 38841
Upper Sardis WMA
(24 hours a day)
1019 CR 251
Etta, MS 38627
Trace State Park
(24 hours a day)
2139 Faulkner Rd
Belden, MS 38826
New Albany Fairgrounds
(24 hours a day)
112 Fairgrounds Circle
New Albany, MS 38652
Ecru City Maintenance Building
(24 hours a day)
29 Main Street
Ecru, MS 38841
CENTRAL REGION
Black Prairie WMA
(24 hours a day)
744 Fire Tower Rd.
Crawford, MS 39743
Mahannah WMA
(24 hours a day)
1370 Anderson-Tully Rd.
Redwood, MS 39156
Caney Creek WMA
(24 hours a day)
6373 West Moore Tower Rd.
Forest, MS 39074
Pearl River WMA
(24 hours a day)
506 Highway 43 South
Canton, MS 39046
Lake Tom Bailey
(24 hours a day)
3224 North Shore Dr.
Toomsuba, MS 39364
Neshoba County Lake
(24 hours a day)
10360 Rd 1711
Philadelphia, MS 39350
SOUTH REGION
South Region Office
(Mon–Fri 8:00 am–5:00 pm)
1201 N. Clark Ave.
Magnolia, MS 39652
Purvis VFD
(24 hours a day)
805 Main St.
Purvis, MS 39475
Oak Grove Station 2 FD
(24 hours a day)
236 Old Okahola School Rd.
Purvis, MS 39475
Old River WMA
(24 hours a day)
6377 Highway 43 North
Poplarville, MS 39470
Pascagoula River WMA
(24 hours a day)
816 Wade Vancleave Rd.
Moss Point, MS 39562
Natchez State Park
(24 hours a day)
230-B Wickcliff Rd.
Natchez, MS 39120
Wilkinson County (Lake Mary Cottages)
(24 hours a day)
14932 Highway 24
Woodville, MS 39669
