Newton County Deer Deaths
May 10, 2021 12:44:37 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on May 10, 2021 12:44:37 GMT -5
Hi all,
I just realized this was a localized news release that was sent out a few weeks ago to constituents in and surrounding Newton Co., so I thought I would share in case you were interested (see below). To note, there were likely a few contributing factors to these deer dying. There were lungworms found in several of the necropsied deer, these are not uncommon in deer and cattle and don’t normally kill deer. However, we had a long cold snap and heavy snowfall just before these deer were discovered. It’s likely that these deer would have not died from the lungworms or the cold snap, but both of those factors together likely thinned the herd of weaker individuals. It’s also worth noting that these deer did not die at the same time. There were several consecutive weeks when the temperature was sub-freezing or only above freezing for a few hours a day. So, these deer could have died over a month or two, but were not discovered until the end of February when things melted.
The good news is that we tested every deer we could for CWD and it was not detected in any of them. Let me know if you have any follow up questions!
-Moriah
Moriah Boggess
Deer Biologist
Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife
5596 East State Road 46
Bloomington, IN 47401
Office Phone Number - 812-822-3308
mboggess@dnr.IN.gov
I just realized this was a localized news release that was sent out a few weeks ago to constituents in and surrounding Newton Co., so I thought I would share in case you were interested (see below). To note, there were likely a few contributing factors to these deer dying. There were lungworms found in several of the necropsied deer, these are not uncommon in deer and cattle and don’t normally kill deer. However, we had a long cold snap and heavy snowfall just before these deer were discovered. It’s likely that these deer would have not died from the lungworms or the cold snap, but both of those factors together likely thinned the herd of weaker individuals. It’s also worth noting that these deer did not die at the same time. There were several consecutive weeks when the temperature was sub-freezing or only above freezing for a few hours a day. So, these deer could have died over a month or two, but were not discovered until the end of February when things melted.
The good news is that we tested every deer we could for CWD and it was not detected in any of them. Let me know if you have any follow up questions!
-Moriah
Moriah Boggess
Deer Biologist
Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife
5596 East State Road 46
Bloomington, IN 47401
Office Phone Number - 812-822-3308
mboggess@dnr.IN.gov