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Post by ripleyshooter on Feb 23, 2008 17:45:06 GMT -5
Now that deer season has been over for quite awhile and you have heard everyones hunting stories how much of an effect did EHD have in your neck of the woods? I hunt property on the Jefferson and Ripley county line and I didn't see much change from last year in my hunting spots. There is a large population of deer here and I was fortunate in that I only found one dead deer and I am not sure what it died from. I did hear of some dying from possible EHD just a couple of miles away. I sure hope it doesn't hit my hunting spots next year. If my area bordered an outbreak what are the odds of it hitting my hunting properties next year?
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Post by hornharvester on Feb 23, 2008 18:35:03 GMT -5
EHD is not a problem in my area. h.h.
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Post by whiteoak on Feb 23, 2008 20:54:05 GMT -5
Now that deer season has been over for quite awhile and you have heard everyones hunting stories how much of an effect did EHD have in your neck of the woods? I hunt property on the Jefferson and Ripley county line and I didn't see much change from last year in my hunting spots. There is a large population of deer here and I was fortunate in that I only found one dead deer and I am not sure what it died from. I did hear of some dying from possible EHD just a couple of miles away. I sure hope it doesn't hit my hunting spots next year. If my area bordered an outbreak what are the odds of it hitting my hunting properties next year? It will depend if you have an outbreak of the midge flies that carry and transmit this disease to deer. The hot dry summer we had last year was perfect for the midge fly to reproduce and spread the disease. These flies are what cause this disease, so only Mother Nature knows the answer you are looking for. |
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Post by whiteoak on Feb 23, 2008 21:04:05 GMT -5
EHD is not a problem in my area. h.h. You are a very lucky man. My area was hit HARD. It will take a while for the quality of deer to rebound. We lost several nice bucks in my area. I seen one shooter buck last year and I didn't miss, but a few days of hunting the entire deer season. |
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 23, 2008 21:32:48 GMT -5
It did not affect my area either.
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Post by drs on Feb 24, 2008 7:56:43 GMT -5
EHD was not a problem in my area of the State.
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Post by huxbux on Feb 24, 2008 8:03:37 GMT -5
None found where I hunt either.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 24, 2008 8:14:12 GMT -5
My main Indiana hunting area is Northern Warrick county and I do believe that we got hit very hard by EHD.
What time I spent in the stand after coming back from Alberta was uneventful. I think I actually spotted one deer in 13 trips to the stand. That is HIGHLY unusual for my area.
For the first time in I don't know how long I went "deerless" in Indiana. Illinois hunting saved my deer hunting bacon this year.
What will happen this year is hard to tell. I'm sure that some deer will filter in from surrounding areas and replace some that we lost. How many? Time will tell.
I look for tough hunting, ala the late 70s, for the next few years..
But, that is why they call it hunting......
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Post by drs on Feb 24, 2008 8:30:04 GMT -5
My main Indiana hunting area is Northern Warrick county and I do believe that we got hit very hard by EHD. Woody, I read that Gibson, Pike, and Warrick counties were the hardest hit by EHD. I believe you're right inthat this outbreak will take Deer Hunting back to the early 1970's level of opportunitity for the next several years. I feel these Counties, hit the hardest, should allow Bucks only Hunting the next few seasons. |
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Post by hunter480 on Feb 24, 2008 10:09:45 GMT -5
My main Indiana hunting area is Northern Warrick county and I do believe that we got hit very hard by EHD. Woody, I read that Gibson, Pike, and Warrick counties were the hardest hit by EHD. I believe you're right inthat this outbreak will take Deer Hunting back to the early 1970's level of opportunitity for the next several years. I feel these Counties, hit the hardest, should allow Bucks only Hunting the next few seasons. Exactly. |
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Post by cambygsp on Feb 24, 2008 12:03:43 GMT -5
I primary hunt Northern Brown County (Gatesville Area), but I also hunted some in Lawrence and Washington Counties I didn't find any dead deer, other than the ones we shot.
I know it's not funny but I kind of chuckle......
As hard as we work to save the buck deer (OBR)........ Mother Nature will do as she wants!
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Post by drs on Feb 24, 2008 13:29:58 GMT -5
I primary hunt Northern Brown County (Gatesville Area), but I also hunted some in Lawrence and Washington Counties I didn't find any dead deer, other than the ones we shot. I know it's not funny but I kind of chuckle...... As hard as we work to save the buck deer (OBR)........ Mother Nature will do as she wants! The only dead Deer I found on my property are the two I Harvested this fall. The Deer are in good health in my area, IMHO. |
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Post by whiteoak on Feb 24, 2008 16:29:05 GMT -5
My main Indiana hunting area is Northern Warrick county and I do believe that we got hit very hard by EHD. Woody, I read that Gibson, Pike, and Warrick counties were the hardest hit by EHD. I believe you're right inthat this outbreak will take Deer Hunting back to the early 1970's level of opportunitity for the next several years. I feel these Counties, hit the hardest, should allow Bucks only Hunting the next few seasons. I live in Pike County and would support buck only for a few years, but I don't ever see that happening. The majority of people do not realize the amount of damage that has been done to our deer population in Pike and surrounding counties. If we do not have another outbreak of EHD, I myself think it will take at least 5 years for our herd to rebound to what it was prior to last year. The harvest report for Sugar ridge F&W was below half for last years harvest to the previous year. |
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Post by whiteoak on Feb 24, 2008 16:49:17 GMT -5
I primary hunt Northern Brown County (Gatesville Area), but I also hunted some in Lawrence and Washington Counties I didn't find any dead deer, other than the ones we shot. I know it's not funny but I kind of chuckle...... As hard as we work to save the buck deer (OBR)........ Mother Nature will do as she wants! Camby, you had better hope that you do not have an outbreak of EHD in your area, Mother Nature or not, it's nothing to chuckle about. I can count on my fingers the number of deer I have seen since season has ended. I live in my hunting area and seeing deer every day was common, prior to the EHD outbreak. It's not common anymore. Last years season sucked. I spent countless hours hunting, never seeing deer. Prior to the outbreak, I seen deer on almost every hunt. I do see the irony of what you are saying about the OBR. |
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Post by freedomhunter on Feb 24, 2008 17:51:50 GMT -5
No ehd in my neck of the woods of Owen County. Did find two dead bucks, one 3yr old 130 class that I passed in early archery and a another similar buck that might have been dead from the season before. Usually find one or two nice bucks a year from poachers, trespassers, or adjoiners that shoot them and don't find them.
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Post by sr71 on Feb 25, 2008 11:41:16 GMT -5
Both of my farms in Martin County were hit hard! We stopped looking for deer after the count reached 23. Daviess County especially around the Glendale Fish and Wildlife area was hit pretty hard as well. What's odd is that parts of both my farms border NSWC Crane and in my conversations with Mr. Andrews, not one deer with EHD was found on Center. Go figure! Seems like EHD is hit and miss.  |
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 27, 2008 0:11:45 GMT -5
We did not see any sign of EHD on our place in Switzerland Co. I did here that some other areas of the county were hit hard.
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Post by mbogo on Mar 7, 2008 13:06:46 GMT -5
Woody, I read that Gibson, Pike, and Warrick counties were the hardest hit by EHD. I believe you're right inthat this outbreak will take Deer Hunting back to the early 1970's level of opportunitity for the next several years. I feel these Counties, hit the hardest, should allow Bucks only Hunting the next few seasons. Exactly. Exactly wrong! EHD performed the deer management we wouldn't or couldn't. To intentionally promote a rapid population increase only increases the likelihood of the next outbreak being just as severe. Kneejerk reactions like these do nothing positive for deer management. |
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Post by mbogo on Mar 7, 2008 13:08:39 GMT -5
Both of my farms in Martin County were hit hard! We stopped looking for deer after the count reached 23. Daviess County especially around the Glendale Fish and Wildlife area was hit pretty hard as well. What's odd is that parts of both my farms border NSWC Crane and in my conversations with Mr. Andrews, not one deer with EHD was found on Center. Go figure! Seems like EHD is hit and miss. In my part of Martin county we only found a handful of dead deer and only one in the area where I hunt the most. |
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Post by huxbux on Mar 7, 2008 16:20:38 GMT -5
Exactly wrong! EHD performed the deer management we wouldn't or couldn't. To intentionally promote a rapid population increase only increases the likelihood of the next outbreak being just as severe. Kneejerk reactions like these do nothing positive for deer management. Correct, as proven by the 2007 deer harvest report pg. 11. Counties hardest hit by EHD in 2006, had 2007 harvest levels close to 2005 numbers. |
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