Officials ask any hunters that dropped off a deer for taxidermy or processing at the facility to assist with the investigation by contacting DEEP EnCon investigator Kiely at 860-424-3333.

The disease was found in a four-and-a-half-year-old male deer in Berrien County. This was just around 400 yards from the first CWD-positive deer’s harvest location, in Lanier County.

While deer collisions can happen throughout the year, the state tends to see a spike in the fall, with 417 deer-related crashes between October and December of 2023, AAA data shows.

The disease, a fatal neurological condition affecting deer, elk, and moose, was detected in a two-and-a-half-year-old male deer harvested by a hunter in Lanier County. What we know: ...