CWD in Arkansas

Where in Arkansas Has CWD Been Found?

In February 2016, an elk harvested in the fall of 2015 near Pruitt in Newton County tested positive for CWD. This was the first documented case of the disease in the State of Arkansas. Also in February 2016, a white-tailed deer was found sick near Ponca in Newton County and tested positive CWD. An initial sampling effort in the vicinity of these cases found a total CWD prevalence of 23 percent in white-tailed deer from northern Newton County. Additional CWD positives have been found in Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Franklin, Independence, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Pope, Randolph, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Stone, Union, Van Buren and Washington counties. Visit CWD related wildlife and hunting regulations for the entire CWD Management Zone and associated regulations. AGFC continues their surveillance activities and encourages Arkansans to report all sick deer and elk, 833-356-0824.