deer found dead
10-09-2007, 06:39 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: jefferson county--- eastern OHIO
Posts: 379
deer found dead
if any of u guys have heard about this tick that is killing deer we had 1 found on our farm this morning i saw a young buck that couldn't walk. So icalled the warden n he said some tick that is killing deer all over P.A n OHIO this isn't good anybody else have this happening were they live
10-10-2007, 08:48 PM
#5
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Salem Missouri
Posts: 1,455
RE: deer found dead
From what Ive read, and heard, its EHD(blue tongue) I think its caused by gnats and flies carrying the virus, and it spreads badly in drought conditions, because of large numbers of deer watering in close quarters. Very litte water, and lots of deer are drinking at the same small water hole, and it can spread quickly. They say that rainy and colder weather should clear it up. I went to scout a new farm yesterday, and the farmer said he has found 5 dead bucks on his place, and all in or near water, he's pretty fearful for his cattle.
10-10-2007, 09:01 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3,236
RE: deer found dead
It's caused by a biting Midge. A harmless little bug, except to cervids that is. They live around stagnant water and get the animals when they come to browse and drink at the waters edge. They are not a tick and frost kills them.
10-22-2007, 06:40 PM
#7
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 298
RE: deer found dead
I was at a state park in the SE Ohio this weekend. When were setting up camp a ranger came by and said that we should hunt somewhere else because there are no dear here any more, we thought he was crazy. The next morning when we are comming out of the woods, we run into a group of police offers doing some training, and they asked how we did. We told them that we didn't see anything, and they asked if we had done any scouting, which we also said we didn't, but last year at the same time we saw 50 deer in a weekend so we thought we would come back. One guy then said that he had scouted the area pretty well and haven't seen any deer (we started to believe the ranger.) Another cop chimed in that he thinks the ODNR is covering up how bad the EHD actually is, and that in his mind it wiped out the herd in that area. He also said that he hear rumors that ODNR was thinking about cancelling gun season. I ran into the ranger later that day and asked if the DNR is talking about cancelling gun season and he confirmed that they are talking about it.
All I know is that this year we saw two in the woods and two eating grass on the side of the road, and in the same time period last year we saw 50 deer and had a couple shot opportunities.
Any one else heard anything like this?
All I know is that this year we saw two in the woods and two eating grass on the side of the road, and in the same time period last year we saw 50 deer and had a couple shot opportunities.
Any one else heard anything like this?
