Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.167 - Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone Rule

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Hunters
SHALL
submit samples
			 for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing from all deer harvested on any
			 Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Special Opportunity Area (SOA), Community
			 Hunting Area (CHA), State Waterfowl Refuges, or Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area (PHDA) located within a CWD High Risk Zone (HRZ) or Buffer Zone (BZ) at
			 the WMA Check Station, or Drop-off Sampling freezer locations, or a scheduled
			 DCNR Mobile Sampling location.
(2)
			 Hunters
SHALL
submit samples for CWD testing from all deer
			 harvested within the High Risk Zone (HRZ) of the Chronic Wasting Disease
			 Management Zone (CMZ) at DCNR mobile sampling locations or Drop-off Sampling
			 freezer locations on scheduled dates announced by press release and posted to
			 the website below. All other days, hunters are encouraged to submit samples for
			 CWD testing.
www.outdooralabama.com/CWD-Info
(3) Hunters
SHALL
submit samples
			 for CWD testing from all deer harvested within the Buffer Zone (BZ) at DCNR
			 mobile sampling locations or Drop-off Sampling freezer locations on scheduled
			 dates announced by press release and posted to the website below. All other
			 days, hunters are encouraged to submit samples for CWD testing.
www.outdooralabama.com/CWD-Info
(4) All deer harvested in the (CMZ) must be
			 properly recorded and reported through the Game Check System pursuant to
			 Regulation
			 220-2-.146.
(5) No cervid or cervid body parts taken from
			 the HRZ shall be transported outside of the HRZ. This restriction shall not
			 apply to meat of a cervid species that has been completely deboned; cleaned
			 skull plates with attached bare antlers, if no visible brain or spinal cord
			 tissue is present; unattached bare antlers or sheds; raw capes, if no visible
			 brain or spinal cord tissue is present; upper canine teeth, if no root
			 structure or other soft tissue is present; and finished taxidermy products or
			 tanned hides.
(6) No cervid or
			 cervid body parts taken from the BZ shall be transported outside the CMZ. This
			 restriction shall not apply to meat of a cervid species that has been
			 completely deboned; cleaned skull plates with attached bare antlers, if no
			 visible brain or spinal cord tissue is present; unattached bare antlers or
			 sheds; raw capes, if no visible brain or spinal cord tissue is present; upper
			 canine teeth, if no root structure or other soft tissue is present; and
			 finished taxidermy products or tanned hides.
(7) Deer processors or taxidermists shall
			 apply for a DCNR Carcass Disposal Transport permit when transporting outside of
			 the designated zones, as applicable.
www.outdooralabama.com/CWD-Info
(8) Cervid rehabilitation shall not be
			 permitted within a CMZ nor shall Cervid be transported out of a CMZ for
			 rehabilitation purposes.
(9)
			 Hunters may find DCNR Best Management Practices for carcass disposal at the
			 following link:
www.outdooralabama.com/CWD-Info
.
(10) There shall be no baiting or
			 supplemental feeding of wildlife within the CMZ. Grain, salt products,
			 minerals, or consumable natural and manufactured products may not be placed or
			 put out for wildlife with the following exceptions:
(a) Seed or grain used solely for normal
			 agricultural, forest management, or wildlife food plot production
			 purposes.
(b) Feed solely placed
			 inside an active hog trap.
(c) Feed
			 for attracting birds and squirrels with common bird and squirrel feeders placed
			 within 100 feet of a residence or occupied building.
(d) Feed as permitted by the Commissioner of
			 the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.