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CWD Sample Drop-Off and Check Station Locations

Please Note: 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.

Dec. 9-10 Mandatory Check Station Locations

All deer harvested from Dec. 9-10, 2023, in Holmes, Jackson and Washington counties will be required to be checked at one of the following check stations prior to being transported to a hunter’s home, a meat processor or a taxidermist. The following locations will serve as check stations for the mandatory check station weekend only.

Big Bend Sporting Goods

  • Address: 18290 Main Street N. Blountstown, FL 32424

Westville Meat Market & Processing

  • Address: 2569 R M Ward Road Westville, FL 32464

Bonifay Foresty Office

  • Address: 2889 Forestry Drive Bonifay, FL 32425

Pinelog VFD

  • Address: 1652 FL-81 Westville, FL 32464

Esto Volunteer Fire Department

  • Address: 3312 2nd Avenue Bonifay, FL 32425

Choctawhatchee River WMA

  • Trail Head at Highway 2

Talbot's Meat Processing

  • Address: 2135 White Pond Church Rd Alford, FL 32420

Backwoods Wildlife Game Processing

  • Address: 2596 Obert Rd Cottondale, FL 32431

Jackson County Extension Office

  • Address: 2741 Penn Ave Marianna, FL 32446

Jackson Co. Fire Rescue - Marianna

  • Address: 3556 SR 71 Marianna, FL 32446

Apalachee WMA

  • Address: 2781 River Road Sneads, FL 32460

Chipola River WMA

  • HWY 162- Trail head at WMD sign

Malone Volunteer FD

  • Address: 5182 9TH AVE. Malone, FL 32445

Buckshot Processing

  • Address: 2777 Pontiac Loop Cottondale, FL 32431

Graceville Fire Department

  • Address: 986 6th Avenue Graceville, FL 32440

Campbellton Park

  • Address: 5147 US-231 Campbellton, FL 32426

Ecofina Carter Tract

  • Address: 2830 Chain Lake Road Chipley, FL 32428

Pine Log WMA

  • Address: Long Lead Rd Ebro, FL 32437

Vernon Fire Department

  • Address: 3550 Roche Ave Vernon, FL 32462

Orange Hill Storage

  • Address: 897 Orange Hill Road Chipley, FL
    32428

Participating Taxidermists and Meat Processors

The following taxidermists and meat processors will offer no-cost CWD testing throughout the 2023-2024 hunting season.

Rodney's Taxidermy

  • Address: 20724 SE 165th Ave Hawthorne, FL 32640

Bear Creek Taxidermy

  • Address: 10713 Iowa St. Youngstown, FL 32466

DOA Wild Game Processing

  • Address: 12427 Veal Rd. Panama City, FL 32404

Wildlife Art Creations

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

Wildlife Transitions Taxidermy

  • Address: 423 SE Julia Ter Lake City, FL 32024

JC Taxidermy

  • Address: 1915 Streetman Dr Lithia, FL 33547

Westville Meat Market & Processing

  • Address: 2569 R M Ward Road Westville, FL 32464

McKinley's Taxidermy

  • Address: 2243 Corinth Road Westville, FL 32464

Frank's Taxidermy

  • Address: 4675 US Highway 1 Vero Beach, FL 32967

Veteran's Processing

  • Address: 3296 Veteran Road Cottondale, FL 32431

Buckshot Processing

  • Address: 2777 Pontiac Loop Cottondale, FL 32431

Stump Creek Sausage

  • Address: 2385 7th Avenue Alford, FL 32420

Talbot's Meat Processing

  • Address: 2135 White Pond Church Road Alford, FL 32420

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

Bryan's Deer Processing

  • Address: 5308 Cotton Street Graceville, FL 32440

Outdoor Addiction Taxidermy

  • Address: 1643 Mill Rd Alford, FL 32420

All Things Wild Taxidermy

  • Address: 5783 Bayshore Rd, #114, North Fort Myers, FL 33917

R&R Taxidermy

  • Address: 6052 Flintlock Loop Tallahassee, FL 32311

Brady Deer Processing

  • Address: 13955 N US Highway 441 Citra, FL 32113

Animal Gallery

  • Address: 13989 SW 142nd St Miami, FL 33186

Reed's Processing

  • Address: 37610 Pineridge Rd Hilliard, FL 32046

Mike's Outdoors Taxidermy & Hydrographics

  • Address: 10452 CR-121 Bryceville, FL 32009

Red's Taxidermy

  • Address: 54051 Huckberry Ln Callahan, FL 32011

Ratso's Taxidermy

  • 3001 Seminole Rd Saint Cloud, FL 34772

Hank's Taxidermy

  • 2175 County Line Rd Fort Meade, FL 33841

Antler Fur and Feather Taxidermy

  • 3503 N Lockwood Ridge Rd Sarasota, FL 34234

Ray Watson's Meat Processing

  • Address: 52316 185th Road Live Oak, FL 32060

Watford’s Taxidermy

  • Address: 5437 Subdivision Road Ebro, FL 32437

Sample Dropbox Locations

The following locations will provide sample dropboxes for no-cost CWD testing throughout the 2023-2024 hunting season.

Joe Budd WMA

  • Address: 5300 High Brg Rd. Quincy, FL 32351

The Gadsden County Agricultural Center

  • Address: 2140 W Jefferson St. Quincy, FL 32351

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)

Apalachee Wildlife Management Area

  • Address: 7611 Butler Road Sneads, FL 32460

Campbellton Volunteer Fire Department

  • Address: 2236 State Highway 2 Campbellton, FL 32426

Malone Volunteer Fire Department

  • Address: 5182 9th Ave. Malone, FL 32445

NRCS Marianna

  • Address: 3631 Highway 90 Marianna, FL 32446

Jackson County Fire Rescue - Graceville

  • Address: 5244 Cliff Street Graceville, FL 32440

Jackson County Fire Rescue - Marianna

  • Address: 3556 SR 71 Marianna, FL 32446

ECP Outdoors

  • Address: 242 Pine Island Rd North Fort Myers, FL 33903

Woods N Water Magazine

  • Address: 3427 Puckett Rd Perry, FL 32348

North Walton

  • Address: 5239 FL-2 Westville, FL 32464
  • Across from Fuller's

UF/IFAS Extension Walton County

  • Address: 732 North 9th St Defuniak Springs, FL 32433

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.
Sample Submission Steps for CWD Monitoring. Remove the deer’s head, leaving about 4 inches of neck. Antlers can be removed and kept. Remove with the skullcap or at the base of the antlers. Place the head in the provided plastic bag and knot it shut. Complete all sections of the CWD Sample Tag, including your name and harvest confirmation number. Seal the CWD Sample Tag by removing the white paper backing and pressing the clear portion down. Attach tag to the bag with a zip-tie. Put in freezer.