CWD Sample Drop-Off Locations

FWC seeks meat processors and taxidermists to join fight against CWD

The FWC is seeking meat processors and taxidermists from select counties to help test for chronic wasting disease. Meat processors selected for this program will receive $20 for each deer head submitted for testing, and taxidermists will receive $30 for each sample taken and submitted for testing.

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The following lists will be updated as more locations are confirmed. Please view our Sample Collection Procedures infographic for instructions on how to submit a sample.

Please Note: Whole deer carcasses and high-risk carcass parts from the CWD Management Zone cannot be exported out of the zone. Learn more about Florida's rules related to carcass importation.

Locations within the CWD Management Zone

Holmes

Westville Meat Market & Processing

Address: 2569 R M Ward Road Westville, FL 32464

Bonifay Forestry Office

Address: 28889 Forestry Drive Bonifay, FL 32425
Samples can be dropped off 24/7 at the brown barn building with the white door (take the entrance on the west side of the property)

Esto Volunteer Fire Department

Address: 3312 2nd Avenue S. Bonifay, FL 32425

Jackson

Larry Joe Harris Taxidermy

Address: 4287 Piano Road Graceville, FL 32440

Backwoods Wildlife Game Processing

Address: 2596 Obert Road Cottondale, FL 32431

Campbellton Volunteer Fire Department

Address: 5210 Dothan St Campbellton, FL 32426

Jackson County Fire Rescue - Graceville

Address: 5422 Cliff St Graceville, FL 32440

Washington

Pine Log WMA

Coordinates: 30.418482, -85.863717
The first left hand turn traveling south bound on SR 79, right after the Pine Log Creek Bridge.

Participating Taxidermists and Meat Processors

The following taxidermists and meat processors will offer no-cost CWD testing throughout the 2025-2026 hunting season.

Bay

DOA Wild Game Processing

Address: 12427 Veal Rd. Panama City, FL 32404

Bradford

Wildlife Art Creations

Address: 3188 Se County Road 21b Melrose, FL 32666

Citrus

Everything Outdoors

Address: 7705 N Brahma Terrace Crystal River, FL 34428

Columbia

Wildlife Transitions Taxidermy

Address: 423 SE Julia Ter Lake City, FL 32024

Escambia

Tom’s Taxidermy

Address: 2699 Pleasant Valley Drive Cantonment, FL 32533

McDavid Meat Processing

Address: 1311 South Pine Barren Rd McDavid, FL 32568

Thompson's Meat Supply

Address: 7791 T-Jar Drive Pensacola, FL 32526

Gulf

Forgotten Coast Taxidermy

Address: 2011 Garrison Ave Port St Joe, FL 32456

Highlands

D3 Taxidermy LLC

Address: 2910 Grand Concourse Sebring, FL 33875

Hillsborough

JC Taxidermy

Address: 1915 Streetman Dr Lithia, FL 33547

Holmes

Westville Meat Market & Processing

Address: 2569 R M Ward Road Westville, FL 32464

Indian River

Frank's Taxidermy

Address: 4675 US Highway 1 Vero Beach, FL 32967

Jimbo's Wild Game Processing

Address: 7065 21st St. SW, Vero Beach, FL 32968

Tony's Trophy Mounts

Address: 2846 58th Ct. Vero Beach, FL 32966

Jackson

Larry Joe Harris Taxidermy

Address: 4287 Piano Road Graceville, FL 32440

Mac’s Wild Game Processing

Address: 2478 Hollister Road Marianna, FL 32446

Backwoods Wildlife Game Processing

Address: 2596 Obert Road Cottondale, FL 32431

Outdoor Addiction Taxidermy

Address: 1643 Mill Rd Alford, FL 32420

Donny Lipford

Address: 4885 Old Spanish Trail Marianna, FL 32448

Lake

Robin Kirkland Taxidermy

Address: 30643 Flatwoods Rd Leesburg, FL 34748

Leon

Reinhardt’s Replicas

Address: 2000 Farms Rd. Tallahassee, FL 32317

Levy

Possum Trail Processing

Address: 1350 NW 110th St. Chiefland, FL 32626

Wally & Sons Wild Game Processing

Address: 9691 NW CR 345 Chiefland, FL 32626

Marion

Brady Deer Processing

Address: 13955 N US Highway 441 Citra, FL 32113

The Whitetail Workshop

Address: 11921 NW 193rd St. Micanopy, FL 32667

Nassau

Reed's Processing

Address: 37610 Pineridge Rd Hilliard, FL 32046

Red's Taxidermy

Address: 54051 Huckberry Ln Callahan, FL 32011

Sarasota

Antler Fur and Feather Taxidermy

Address: 3503 N Lockwood Ridge Rd Sarasota, FL 34234

Suwannee

Ray Watson's Meat Processing

Address: 52316 185th Road Live Oak, FL 32060

Volusia

J&J Outdoors

Address: 890 Cowpen Rd Osteen, FL 32764

Wakulla

Whiddon's Processing

Address: 255 Stokley Rd. Crawfordville, FL 32327

Walton

Broadhead Taxidermy

Address: 375 Raley Road DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433

Sample Dropbox Locations

The following locations will provide sample dropboxes for no-cost CWD testing throughout the 2025-2026 hunting season.

Alachua

Gainesville Wildlife Research Lab

Address: 1105 SW Williston Rd. Gainesville, FL 32601

Bay

Tyndall Air Force Base

Address: 4027 Sabre Dr. Panama City, FL 32403
Only accessible on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays

Calhoun

Big Bend Outdoors

Address: 18290 Main Street N. Blountstown, FL 32424

Gadsden

Joe Budd WMA

Address: 5300 High Brg Rd. Quincy, FL 32351

The Gadsden County Agricultural Center

Address: 2140 W Jefferson St. Quincy, FL 32351

Holmes

Bonifay Forestry Office

Address: 28889 Forestry Drive Bonifay, FL 32425
Samples can be dropped off 24/7 at the brown barn building with the white door (take the entrance on the west side of the property)

Esto Volunteer Fire Department