Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Silver lining with lower deer numbers is that you may have better luck getting perennial plots and fruit trees established.
EHD Missouri
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Hoytvectrix
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I wonder if deer know to avoid a carcass in an area. It is a horrible smell to us, surely they can smell it as well. Maybe they are avoiding the area if they are healthy? It would be interesting to see if you start seeing more once temps cool off and these carcasses begin to break down.
Bill
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Time will tell. They certainly do stink
Bill
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I've found 7. The neighbor found 3. The other neighbor is hunting in Colorado. Friend of mine south of me has a friend that's found 11 but that's hearsay and inadmissible.
I can see Iowa and guys are sayin S Iowa has an outbreak there also.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Through the grapevine heard of a couple in western ky.
356
5 year old buck +
So far no dead deer in the creeks based my on personal observation and none were reported by our coop members Monday night. We had a drier July here, which may have actually helped. It seemed every storm went north of us in July. From what I’ve read, a wet July followed by a dry August and normal or above normal average temps is a strong predictor of EHD outbreaks.
As the crow flies, we are about 90 miles south of Bill’s location.
As the crow flies, we are about 90 miles south of Bill’s location.
Bill
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Funny you mention buzzards. I see "almost" 100's of them. But they're flying and circling but not landing. Do they not eat EHD deer or are they full?
Mortenson
5 year old buck +
Good question. They eat rotting skunks. How could they not eat an ehd deer? Hope they're not full though!
Bill
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Maybe they have deep fryers. I've always said deep fried skunk might be good..
hillrunner
5 year old buck +
We were hit hard by EHD last year and have had a few EHD dead for several years in a row now. I never saw buzzards on a carcass but I did see them in the air and in the trees. The coyotes do not eat the EHD kills, the only thing I saw eating them were the maggots.
Bill
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That's interesting. One in a pond had maggots falling into the water and the sun fish were there scooping them up..
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
Look like vultures ... something is dead?
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
“Epizootic hemorrhagic disease spikes in Illinois with 43 counties reporting suspected cases by midday Tuesday, according to Chris Jacques, wildlife disease, large carnivore and invasive species program manager for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Last year only 18 counties had confirmed EHD, a deadly viral disease spread by biting insects”
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Get ready to start seeing a bunch of "bugs in a jug" types of products marketed towards whitetail habitat managers.
I went briefly digging down the rabbit hole to see if there are any known controls of the midges. Looks like there are very few options available. It is a shame, because there are numerous BT subspecies out there that are labeled for various midges of other species. I could see something developed at some point, but that is a looooong ways away.
I went briefly digging down the rabbit hole to see if there are any known controls of the midges. Looks like there are very few options available. It is a shame, because there are numerous BT subspecies out there that are labeled for various midges of other species. I could see something developed at some point, but that is a looooong ways away.
