EHD Missouri
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Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
There are a lot of vultures around here as well in general. We have had good moisture all Summer long so we shouldn't really have much midge "habitat". I think I could eat a lot of things before a vulture.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Not really it is intentionally labeled that way. He says a lot of things that cannot be scientifically proven, but that doesn't stop him nonetheless. I heard him on a podcast saying if you fed your deer his supplements, they would be far healthier and thus more resistant to EHD.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Who is that for my knowledge?
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I know Lakowsky mentioned using something in one of his videos. I'm sure there are only going to be more.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Don Higgins. Any of the Real World Wildlife products are his and the man is a genius he has "invented" so many things. LOL
Bill
Administrator
We just need more chem trails to add more rain
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I'm not sure if any of our neighbors have been reporting them, but pretty much everyone around us has been finding dead deer.
Many that are finding them share the same creek that has a bunch of stagnant pools. Those that have ponds that have any kind of depth to them have not found as many or any at all...yet.
At this point we are begging for a hard freeze. We have almost no fall plots above lip high and at this point we need to catch a break.
Many that are finding them share the same creek that has a bunch of stagnant pools. Those that have ponds that have any kind of depth to them have not found as many or any at all...yet.
At this point we are begging for a hard freeze. We have almost no fall plots above lip high and at this point we need to catch a break.
356
5 year old buck +
Bill, do you have a relationship with your private lands conservationist or local game agent? I find texting works best, but I only experienced a failure to call back one time back in 2018, and he apologized profusely for his failure.
I did note that the WildlifeHeath@mdc.mo.gov email that was set up for the 2023 EHD breakout is no longer active.
My experience with the MDC has been very positive (especially compared to my experience back in the 90s in Minnesota). However, everything rides and falls on the individual agent, for sure.
Bill
Administrator
I have a pretty good relationship with Jason Isabelle in Jeff City. He ran the 5 year Turkey study from 2015 to 2020 and the did a bit of cannon netting and radio collaring turkeys on my place. The local warden transfered and we're now covered by the warden in the county next door. I always had good relationships with the wardens.
Good to know about that email address, that's the one I used but it never bounced back. Maybe I'll text Jason.
swat1018
5 year old buck +
He's a tool.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Most pages I have read from state agencies state some version of a hard frost is what it takes, with no details on actual temperature or duration.
Indiana actually says that it is two weeks after the hard frost when the threat of EHD is gone: https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wil...in-indiana/epizootic-hemorrhagic-disease-ehd/
At least with our farms, most of the water sources are in low areas, which should get a little cooler fortunately.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
You got colder than over in our neck of the woods. It only got down to 28. We are hopeful that because the water sources are nearly all in the ravines, that it got at least that cold around these areas.
There has been a steady trickle of photos being passed around by neighbors for all of the deer they have found. We have been trying to encourage them to report the numbers of deer found, but many are reluctant to share for whatever reason. As of right now, I would guess there has been something along the lines of 10-15 found so far that we know of. I fully expect to find several more when we go scouting after the season closes.
There has been a steady trickle of photos being passed around by neighbors for all of the deer they have found. We have been trying to encourage them to report the numbers of deer found, but many are reluctant to share for whatever reason. As of right now, I would guess there has been something along the lines of 10-15 found so far that we know of. I fully expect to find several more when we go scouting after the season closes.
Bill
Administrator
Me too. One neighbor has found over 20. I haven't plowed through the timber yet but will this winter. My trail camera pictures have stabilized, low numbers but not declining any longer.
