EHD has taken a major toll on the herd in parts of Iowa, Illinois and Kansas.
My trail cam pics were down by 90% from 2011on our farm in SE Iowa. My neighbor in Iowa found many, many dead deer this summer and fall. He has 950 acres with a river that flows (used to flow) thru a large portion of his place. He said in his 44 years the river had not stopped flowing until this past summer. The two year drought created a lot of stagnant water where the midge flies that spread the disease breed and hatch.
Epizootic Hemorrghagic Disease, or EHD, has been widely reported in eastern and southern Iowa as well as parts of Illinois and Kansas. In dry years it can be worse as deer are more concentrated around water, and since the disease is spread by a biting midge, more deer can become infected.
EHD causes high fever in infected deer and also causes the cell walls in their heart, lungs and diaphragm to weaken and burst. The deer are attracted to water to combat the fever and dehydration due to the hemorrhaging. Most deer die in 1-4 days after being infected with EHD.
Here is a thread from Iowa Whitetails (a forum much like TBH) discussing the damage done to the Iowa deer herd by EHD.
and here is a thread from hunters here on TBH.com
I have 5 preference points for Iowa and was going to put in for the Iowa draw for 2014. I have decided to wait on using my points in Iowa. I bought a guided Elk Hunting yesterday at the Dallas Safari Club instead.
The EHD situation in the Midwest is real and its bad.
My trail cam pics were down by 90% from 2011on our farm in SE Iowa. My neighbor in Iowa found many, many dead deer this summer and fall. He has 950 acres with a river that flows (used to flow) thru a large portion of his place. He said in his 44 years the river had not stopped flowing until this past summer. The two year drought created a lot of stagnant water where the midge flies that spread the disease breed and hatch.
Epizootic Hemorrghagic Disease, or EHD, has been widely reported in eastern and southern Iowa as well as parts of Illinois and Kansas. In dry years it can be worse as deer are more concentrated around water, and since the disease is spread by a biting midge, more deer can become infected.
EHD causes high fever in infected deer and also causes the cell walls in their heart, lungs and diaphragm to weaken and burst. The deer are attracted to water to combat the fever and dehydration due to the hemorrhaging. Most deer die in 1-4 days after being infected with EHD.
Here is a thread from Iowa Whitetails (a forum much like TBH) discussing the damage done to the Iowa deer herd by EHD.
and here is a thread from hunters here on TBH.com
I have 5 preference points for Iowa and was going to put in for the Iowa draw for 2014. I have decided to wait on using my points in Iowa. I bought a guided Elk Hunting yesterday at the Dallas Safari Club instead.
The EHD situation in the Midwest is real and its bad.
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