During the year of CWD reporting in Wisconsin in 2023, April 1, 2023, by March 31, DNR reports that 17,329 wild deer were tested, and 1586 stated that they were positive.
This is compared until 2022, when samples were taken 17 206 and 1 492 positively. Erin Larson, a DNR health specialist, forwarded a report to the Natural Resources Council, saying that for the first time the Wild Deer Fountains in Polk, TreMpealeau, Jackson and Waoushara tested a positive result for CWD.