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Old 11-12-2007 | 06:10 AM
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Well Saturday eveining I was in a 1man ladderstand by a pond..Well I was watching this doe..she went out into the pond.She stayed out there for a while.She had her head down in the water most of the time.Well guy I know from here..he films for Kiskys.He was on Whitetail Freaks.He has found 65 dead deer so far...well could that doe have Blue Tongue???

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Old 11-12-2007 | 08:08 AM
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mighta been wounded, i've seen 'em do that when hurt
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Old 11-12-2007 | 09:01 AM
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Blue tongue is bad in parts of VA. A dairy farmer friend of mine has found more than 50 deer on his property dead with blue tongue.
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Old 11-12-2007 | 07:06 PM
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how can you tell if a deer has blue tongue?
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Old 11-13-2007 | 08:28 AM
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Genrally, it's dead and has a blue tongue...

From what I've heard, it takes about three days from the time the fly bites the deer to the time it dies.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:41 AM
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sounds like blue tongue. talked with a wildlife biologist who said when they experienced it there would be dead deer everywhere around ponds.
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