OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) —Starting in 2026, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) will be implementing mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease in the Ogden hunting unit.

The DWR shared that hunters will be required to submit a sample from deer harvested during the general-season any-legal-weapon buck deer hunt.

“The Ogden unit was selected because it has the most recent detection of CWD in the state, with the closest positive on the East Canyon unit,” Stout said. “That detection was in an elk, with no other deer detections nearby, which is abnormal for the typical progression of CWD. We would like to learn more about how CWD is behaving in this unit and determine an accurate prevalence of the disease.”

The hunt runs from Oct. 17-25, 2026. Any hunter who harvests an animal will b

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