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If you hunt in a chronic wasting disease zone, remember that most deer with the disease look completely healthy. The CWD incubation period lasts 18 to 24 months, and only at the end stage will a deer look outwardly sick. That’s why it’s important to test all deer harvested in a CWD zone. That’s also why it’s important to keep up deer harvest pressure in CWD zones, including doe harvest, to help remove sick deer as soon as possible. Though most deer with CWD don’t look sick, they are still spread