Deer die from EHD every year. There’s no such thing as a year without it. It just runs in cycles and breakouts can be really localized.

 

Yes. One of my co-workers found 6 dead deer along the creek on his farm last Saturday. Southeast Ohio.

 

Curious which county?

 

I heard Athens and Washington County.

 

Same as Excalman.

 

A few years ago, it hit my place hard. Dead deer everywhere. We are just now starting to recover a little. 5 miles down the road it's like nothing happened.

 

My BIL hunts a farm in Washington CO., and it got hit really hard the last drought they had down there. There's bottom land with a little creek running through it with ridges on either side. That year he hunted the first day and a half from his best stand and didn't see a single deer. He has a wall full of nice mounts from that stand so he stopped at the store where he will buy another doe tag after he fills the one he had and asked the guy what was going on. The guy told him about there being reports of EHD all over the county. That afternoon he went to where the creek entered the upper end of the farm and walked its course. The whole thing had dried up to a few miserable little mud puddles, and that is when the midges that carry the disease hatch. He said there were placed where the stench of rotting carcasses was so foul it almost knocked him to his knees. Said it took 4-5 years for the area to recover.

 

Athens and the county's surrounding it are getting hit hard this year...stench is all over...i even hear the people who are leasing hunting rights this year are actually trying to sublease it out this year so be careful....lots of deer laying all over the creekbeds

 

 

 

Dropping like flies...a shame

 

Sad…..

 

We're headed down to my buddies property in Washington Cty this weekend. Heard from neighbors it's bad. We're scaling back feeders etc. Putting cameras up just to see.

 

We have a camp in Jefferson County. Theres cases just north if us. Hoping for rain and cold weather. We got hit hard in 2017. Devastated our herd. Things bounced back in s couple years.

 

 

That’s not looking good. My township is on there.

 

And there's a big red blob where my BIL's hunting cabin is.

 

This is so sad. I wish science could find a way to reduce the risk or intensity.

 

It’s getting very concerning here. Buddy down the road found 6 on Saturday. I’m seeing less deer on cameras and at the feeder behind the house. Need to walk my creek.

 

What county BobK?

 

Wow, that's not good.

 

My buddy went down to his property in Logan cty and had 1 buck dead and a doe that was dieing...only has 40 acres...he said the stench of death is all around....he's near caldwell...

 

Logan County is Northwest of Columbus. Caldwell is Southeast of Columbus. They are several hours away from one another.

 

Sorry its Noble county...

 

I was at my place last weekend in Noble. Didn’t see/ smell anything but didn’t really explore. Cut grass and check feeder batteries. I’ll have to do a recon hike this weekend. Just recovered from an outbreak a few years ago. 🤮

 

Updated yesterday. Quite a change in a week.

 

That sucks.

 

Spreading like wildfire. Has me worried.