Big game hunters who tag a deer or elk early in the season are asked to stop at one of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Chronic Wasting Disease check stations the opening weekend of major rifle seasons, one of which will be at Celilo Park.  ODFW staff will be sampling animals for this deadly disease recently detected in Idaho near Oregon’s northeast border.  Hunters can also contact their local ODFW office to arrange for district staff to get a sample or ask their meat processor or taxidermist.  New this year, hunters transporting deer, elk or other wildlife parts who encounter a CWD check station are required to stop to have their animal sampled.  Hunters or vehicles that are not transporting wildlife carcasses or parts do not need to stop.  Hunters are also not required to go out of their way to drive by a check station, though ODFW encourages every hunter transporting a deer or elk to stop by if they are in the area.