EHD AKA Bluetongue.

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Was getting ready to leave the truck for an evening hunt went a fella pulled up and asked if I had seen the dead  deer in the farms pond . We talked quite a bit about the EHD in our area. A farm north of where I hunt reportedly buried 500 dead deer that were found on the farm dead from EHD. I checked out the floater in the pond then took a walk and found another at the swamp edge.Most of the afternoon and evening was filled with the stench of rotting deer.I imagine there are a bunch more to be found.Just to clarify things EHD and Bluetongue are not the same virus/ disease but they are very similar .Do any of you fellas know if it is safe to eat deer that "might" be infected. I seen 5 or 6 nice does this evening that looked healthy.

[kamski1151]

Yeah billie the DNR says EHD can't be transmitted to humans, but you know how I feel about the DNR.

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Yeah billie the DNR says EHD can't be transmitted to humans, but you know how I feel about the DNR.

Just to be on the safr side you get to tastes test all my backstraps.

[kamski1151]

 Good I'm all out

[FANMAN]

We've got it in Illinois also...where it is there is heavy loss..luckly where I hunt I haven't found any deer or heard any stories.

[Spring Creek Calls]

Found one floater while duck hunting this morning and could smell others along the St. Joe river in SW MI.

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Found one floater while duck hunting this morning and could smell others along the St. Joe river in SW MI.

I heard you folks to the west were getting hit real hard.

[flintlock]

We got HAMMERED 3-4 years ago in Ky but they have rebounded.   The drought and no-see-ums brought it on from what I heard.

Wess

[sixbird]

EHD has shown up in Gloucester County N.J. this year...Farmer told me the other day that between his farm and a farm next door he estimated they found about 30 dead deer, mostly near water. One was a HUGE 14 point (I saw that one and a smallish 8 pt.)...

[Kylongspur88]

We had it bad a few years ago. I have heard the meat was safe. Some deer will survive it and be immune next time. I heard that cracked hooves are an indicator that a deer had survived an outbreak. Cooler temps and some rain should put an end to it.

[strutnva]

On years with an outbreak in your areas, have you guys curbed your doe harvest or continued to kill the same ammount of deer as normal?  I am having this debate with a buddy now who thinks our herd in Va is off 50%.  I don't think so myself that it is anywhere near 50% kill.

[Neill_Prater]

My brother-in-law told me the other day he has found dead deer on his farm here in SW MO, but he didn't indicate how many.

[Spellnj3]

I found a huge 10 pt next to the river near my house, how do I know if he was sick or not, couldnt find any holes like he had been shot, no broken bones like he was hit by a car?   He was rotted out, no guts, so he might have been gut shot but I doubt it. No one hunts where I found him.

[Spellnj3]

Here he is:

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Looks like the ones I have been finding.