(Kalispell) – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is offering two free instructional workshops in northwest Montana for hunters to learn how to collect chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples from deer, elk and moose.
Participants at the workshops should bring a deer, elk, or moose carcass or head with 2-4 inches of neck remaining below the jaw from a recent harvest if they have one. FWP will provide demonstrations for all participants on removing the lymph nodes used for CWD sampling, and those with their own animal heads will get hands-on experience removing these.
The first workshop will be Thursday, October 19th in the parking lot of Libby Sports Center from 6 to7 pm. A second workshop will be held in Kalispell on October 23rd at the FWP office from 6 to 7 pm.
