Overview
- Mississippi confirmed its first CWD-positive deer in Prentiss County from a hunter-harvested buck during the 2025 Velvet Season.
- Prentiss County was already inside the North Mississippi CWD Management Zone, so officials announced no changes to boundaries or regulations.
- Since 2018, Mississippi has recorded 447 CWD-positive white-tailed deer across 18 counties, and the state is urging hunters to submit samples at freezer sites or participating taxidermists.
- Florida reported its second-ever CWD case, detected through routine screening of a young doe struck by a vehicle in Holmes County.
- Florida set a special management zone covering Holmes, Jackson and Washington counties with enhanced surveillance, mandatory carcass checks, and roughly 90 test results pending.