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Carcass Transportation Restrictions and Disposal
CWD Management Zones are areas where CWD is known to exist and where carcass transportation restrictions are in effect.
To prevent the spread of CWD from infected areas of Montana to other parts of the state, the whole carcass, whole head, brain, or spinal column from any deer, elk, or moose harvested within a CWD Management Zone CANNOT be removed from that Management Zone unless the animal has tested negative for CWD. These parts should be bagged and disposed of in a landfill or may be left at the kill site on public lands and with landowner permission on private lands.
Animal parts that CAN be removed from a CWD Management Zone include:
- Meat that is cut and wrapped or separated from the bone
- Hides with no heads attached
- Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached
- Skull plates, antlers, or clean skulls with no meat or tissue attached
- Upper canine teeth
- Head, partial body, or whole-body mounts prepared by a taxidermist
Carcass Transportation Restrictions for bringing animals to me from out-of-state hunting trips
To guard against importing CWD from other states, Montana regulates the transportation of hunter-harvested deer, elk, and moose from CWD-infected states. It is illegal to bring into Montana the carcass of any deer, elk, or moose from the states and Canadian provinces where CWD has been detected.
As of 2019, those states and provinces were Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
What hunters are allowed to bring home:
- meat that is boned, cut and wrapped; quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
- hides with no heads attached;
- clean (no meat or tissue attached) skull plates with antlers attached;
- antlers with no meat or tissue attached;
- upper canine teeth, also known as "buglers", "whistlers" or "ivories;"
- finished head, partial body or whole body mounts already prepared by a taxidermist; or
- tested and certified disease-free animals.