The Missouri Department of Conservation has placed freezers at locations in the area counties to collect samples for CWD testing. Each site has a freezer that will preserve the samples, which will be picked up later by MDC staff for CWD testing. To submit a deer head for testing, hunters will be required to cut off the head in advance, so it can be left in the freezer.
The goal is to provide hunters an additional way of submitting their harvested deer for voluntary CWD testing. These self-serve drop sites will enable hunters to submit deer heads for sampling at their convenience throughout the 2024-2025 fall deer hunting season.
The sample drop-off sites in the Northwest region include:
- Linn Co.— New Boston Fire Department, 15831 HWY 129
- Linn Co.— Linn County USDA Office, 121 Pershing Rd. in Brookfield
- Livingston Co.— Chillicothe MDC Office, 15368 LIV 2386
- Carroll Co.— Tina Quick Shop, 15534 HWY 65 in Tina
- Ray Co.— Lawson Fire and Rescue Station #1, 402 East 6th St. in Lawson
- Clinton Co.— D-Tone General Store, 1006 West South St. in Plattsburg
- Caldwell Co.— Polo Realty, 101 East Elm Street in Polo
- Chariton Co.— Turps Best Baits LLC, 12209 HWY 5 in Marceline
- Chariton Co.— The Bottle LLC, 212 W HWY 24 in Salisbury
- Mercer Co.— Crossroads Liquor & Sporting, 502 North College in Princeton
- Grundy Co.— American Sportsman LLC, 3007 East 10th St. in Trenton
- Grundy Co.— MFA Laredo, 410 East 2nd St. in Laredo