Heartland Outdoors :: Versatile Hunter :: NWTF Peoria and EHD Deer 2013 Saga Continues!? Don't think it is anything remotely similiar to last year, however looks like a couple are still contracting it.
What a shame. Hate to see them go down like this. Found a nice 10 pointer yesterday dead here in Southern Indiana due to EHD (I assume so anyways)
Wow, I wasn't expecting to see the deer still alive. Said he died the next day, makes me wonder why the photographer didn't call DNR. Hope it wasn't in fear of them taking the rack, that would be a selfish move if so. Just wondering if DNR could have possibly got some blood samples or some other tissue from a live animal that contracted something. Could have been some valuable information obtained?
How do you know he didn't call them? I doubt the DNR would have done anything, not much they can do. That's a dream buck right there
I made the assumption from the article stating the buck died the next day. I figured the DNR would probably have dispatched the deer had they been called that day. I've never seen the DNR hesitant to put a sickly deer down and doubt they would have left this one for nature to takes its course. I could be wrong, but nothing in the article alludes to him calling or not calling.
Great buck and it sucks to see that spread to any deer herd. Im sure DNR has collected enough blood/tissue samples over the years. Really nothing else they can do. We try not to interfere with nature and the course it takes, this is no different.
I guess I could have posed my assumption with a little different wording. Wondering whether he did instead of why he didn't. Figured with the concerns of CWD, EHD and blue tongue(have heard EHD and blue tongue are not one and the same) they would have put him down on the spot. Either way, still a shame to see occurring again. With the record flooding earlier in the ear going I'm sure the black fly's and gnats were numerous and now no rain in sight. I'm sure the flooding also impacted the turkey numbers from earlier in the article.
FEB, is spot on. Not only can the deer that is infected survive, the genetics can be passed on to the fawns.
Yeah I mean I found a doe about a month ago now (a little early for the EHD) here on the Indiana side of the Indiana Illinois state line, the doe had already been cleaned up by the Yotes and was likely drug from the creek that was about 50 yards away if EHD was to blame. Anyway, I called DNR to report this - obviously nothing they could do as it was too late. But they would have come out otherwise to at least test the deer for EHD to attempt to determine a cause of death... Always safe/smart to call DNR and let them know about what is going on in the area.
Not many of the deer around me last year survived, in southern pike county where I see 10-20 deer a sit, last year from Nov 1-15, I seen two fawns and that was it.... It didn't kill them all but it killed a lot.. If they found a couple there are a lot more out there not being found and as for calling the DNR about it, I did that last year several times and they never responded back....
have some friends that found three does dead. another friend found a dead fawn. We've had more rain round my place but i'm scared since the nice 8 point has stopped showing up since the 9th
I don't hear talk of a drought, but looking at the creek and then taking a glance at the 10 day forecast has me scratching my head a little.
Yeah, we're not officially in drought, but we're definitely dry. Backyard has some pretty wide cracks already. Here I'm Springfield we are 5 1/2 inches below normal since the beginning of June, but overall we're just over 5 1/2 inches above normal. Compared to last year we are over 14" ahead. It will take us a but to get classified as drought although we have local drought conditions
