A deadly disease that likely would devastate Indiana’s deer population is knocking at the door. And experts say it is a matter of when — not if — it comes barreling in.

Chronic Wasting Disease, which is fatal for any deer that contracts it, has been found in three neighboring states. In two of them, Michigan and Illinois, deer with CWD have been found within 30 miles of the Indiana border.

“Indiana cannot be surrounded on three sides and not have it come in at this point,” said Joe Bacon, an avid hunter and president of the Indiana Deer Hunter’s Association. “Hunters…