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Iowa’s bow hunting season for deer is open and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is encouraging all hunters, landowners and farmers to keep an eye out for chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease is a neurological disease that affects white-tailed deer, elk and moose. The disease is fatal. Currently it is only found in a small area of Allamakee County in northeast Iowa. To help stop the spread of the disease people are encouraged to report any deer that appear sick to local conservation officers and don’t harvest animals that appear sick. Also, safely dispose of deer carcasses. The disease is spread from sick to healthy deer through bodily fluid exchange, and indirect transmission is possible through contaminated soil.