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.
Yeah billie the DNR says EHD can't be transmitted to humans, but you know how I feel about the DNR. :-X
Quote from: kamski1151 on October 05, 2012, 09:53:19 PM
Yeah billie the DNR says EHD can't be transmitted to humans, but you know how I feel about the DNR. :-X
Just to be on the safr side you get to tastes test all my backstraps.
Good I'm all out :happy0064:
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.
Found one floater while duck hunting this morning and could smell others along the St. Joe river in SW MI.
Quote from: Gobblez on October 06, 2012, 09:28:30 PM
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.
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
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.)...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here he is:
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Looks like the ones I have been finding.
Here's one of three I've found so far. I've smelled more but did not want to bust out a pond in a bedding area.
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