Overview

• Hunters will be allowed to take one additional deer from Jan. 5 to Jan. 31, raising the local limit to three.
• The special opening is available to all licensed B.C. hunters and includes antlered and antlerless mule and white‑tailed deer.
• The ministry says the goal is to lower deer density to reduce transmission opportunities, with local prevalence estimated at under 1%.
• Six cases of chronic wasting disease have been confirmed to date, with the Cranbrook area identified as the centre of a cluster.
• Separately, epizootic hemorrhagic disease was confirmed near Grand Forks after nearly 100 deer deaths, a wildlife illness distinct from CWD with no evidence of human transmission though meat from infected animals should not be eaten.