You are missing the point completely.
No, I don't think I am. Personally I think you're over reacting.
Like I said it happens every few years somewhere. Realistically what do you want the state to do, call everyone who bought a hunting license and talk to them about EHD and tell the don't buy any tags if you're going to be hunting in county abc or xyz. Should they fly over the affected counties and drop pamphlets down on hunters every Saturday and Sunday giving them explicit instructions on what to do since you're hunting in a known EHD affected hunting zone.
Odds are the EHD probably barely made the evening news.
If half the deer are dead and hunters aren't seeing anything I would almost bet most hunters are going to either look for more promising places to hunt or just call an early end to the season them selves. News travels pretty fast these days and almost everyone in affected areas will be well aware of what's going on.
A few years back we had a pretty good fish kill on one of our local lakes. There were thousands of dead crappies everywhere. Should the state have changed the regulations because of the fish kill. Should they offer everyone who bought a license who fishes the lake a refund or maybe they should just refund the crappie fisherman.
At what point does all this become an impossible undertaking.
Before someone says look at Lake Erie, that's the result of Mother Nature,
In your own words here is where the problem started and here is where it will get fixed.
I'm sure we all remember Chicken Little..."the sky id falling, the sky is falling"
Just sayin