NASHVILLE, Tenn (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission has made changes to deer hunting regulations in continued response to chronic wasting disease (CWD) which was found in three southwestern Tennessee counties last winter.

The commission approved the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s recommendation to establish a new CWD deer hunting unit for the counties in which we have found CWD-positive deer (Fayette, Hardeman, and Madison) and counties within 10 miles of a positive CWD deer location (Chester, Haywood, McNairy, Shelby and Tipton). The goal of these modified regulations in unit CWD is to keep CWD from spreading and to keep the number of infected deer to a minimum.

For the three-day August (23-25) deer hunt, muzzleloaders were authorized, in addition to archery, for use in Unit CWD. Selected public lands will also be open to hunting in…