As a hunter, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has always been on my radar, but watching it spread across 35 states has been nothing short of frustrating. Here in Montana, the disease first showed up in wild deer back in 2017, and it hasn’t slowed down since. Credit: unsplash Credit: unsplash loading... So far this year, from July 2025 to the present, three cases out of 107 animals have been confirmed. Credit: unsplash Credit: unsplash loading...Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) has been stepping up efforts: offering voluntary testing, upping tag numbers in CWD zones, tightening carcass transport rules, and encouraging hunters to properly dispose of remains.