Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

CWD Zones: To detect and manage this disease, the department has designated CWD Zones.
Precautions for Hunters: Precautions while handling and processing any species susceptible to CWD.
Statewide Carcass Disposal Restrictions: Statewide carcass disposal requirements apply to all harvested white-tailed deer and mule deer.
How to Bring Harvest to Check Stations: Guidelines on transporting to CWD check stations.
Out-of-State Harvest: Carcass Movement Restrictions: Restrictions on carcasses that can enter Texas.
Exotic CWD-Susceptible Species: CWD rules apply statewide to harvested exotic CWD susceptible species.
Bexar County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Bexar County.
Brooks County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Brooks County.
Cherokee County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Cherokee County.
Coleman County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Coleman County.
Duval County Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for Duval County
Frio and Zavala County Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for Frio and Zavala Counties.

Gillespie County Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for Gillespie County.
Gonzales County Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for Gonzales County.
Hamilton County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Hamilton County.
Hunt County Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for Hunt County.
Kimble County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check station for Kimble county.
Lubbock County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Lubbock County.
Panhandle Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for the Texas panhandle.
South Central Texas & Medina County Zone Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check station for south central Texas.
Sutton County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Sutton County.
Trans-Pecos Check Stations: Zone location map, description and check stations for Trans-Pecos Texas.
Val Verde County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Val Verde county.
Washington County Check Station: Zone location map, description and check stations for Washington County.