Originally Posted by
snapper1982
they dont die moving to a better water source they die from blue tongue(EHD) the reason they are most often found in close prox to water is because the disease gives them a fever and they seek water to cool down.
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So far where I hunt in Central Illinois I think we are still in pretty good shape. Hopefully most of us got a freeze last night in the Midwest. That will end it almost immediately.
I'll be hunting down near Marion/Harrisburg this fall too. I really hoping that it didn't hit that area too bad.
I have heard that some farms got hit really hard losing a good amount of deer but a two miles away deer herds are almost untouched.