What are you hunting/fishing?
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A little off the topic, but related. This weekend I was doing chores outside all day and a yearling was hanging out and acting odd, I couldn’t shoo it out of the pond edge. It would just stand there. Mouth was bloody. It was there all day before succumbing to a coyote after dark.
I spoke with KDWP and it is likely to have been EHD or “blue tongue” as it’s often referred to. This is the 4th one the warden has been made aware of within a 10 mile radius. They think there is an outbreak. EHD is transmitted by a midge that has to bite the deer. Breeding grounds for the midge are often related to livestock feeding and CAFO’s. Our regions livestock auction sale barn is right smack dab in the middle of where the infected deer have been reported.
RafterW we had a huge EHD outbreak up here. They offered full refunds in 22 of our units!
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ND Mike We are having a bit of a problem here due to the long dry summer. The deer ticks and mites along with the low water levels contributed to the problems. The biologists are saying we should have lower problems after we have our snowpack started and first good hard freeze.
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A little off the topic, but related. This weekend I was doing chores outside all day and a yearling was hanging out and acting odd, I couldn’t shoo it out of the pond edge. It would just stand there. Mouth was bloody. It was there all day before succumbing to a coyote after dark.
I spoke with KDWP and it is likely to have been EHD or “blue tongue” as it’s often referred to. This is the 4th one the warden has been made aware of within a 10 mile radius. They think there is an outbreak. EHD is transmitted by a midge that has to bite the deer. Breeding grounds for the midge are often related to livestock feeding and CAFO’s. Our regions livestock auction sale barn is right smack dab in the middle of where the infected deer have been reported.
RafterW that is a sad sight. It is interesting that the auction is centrally located to that outbreak. Im sure there is a correlation.
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RON PARRISH good job. Where did you take her at?
GWG8541 I got her down in georgetown Ohio at my farm
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calldoctoday
First time out and visions of summer sausage dance in my head!RON PARRISH congrats to you sir. Enjoy that venison.
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GWG8541 I got her down in georgetown Ohio at my farm
RON PARRISH
I hunted this buck the whole muzzle loader season. I passed on numerous smaller bucks hoping this buck would show up in the daylight. 
Nothing like waiting till the last 15 minutes of the last day. But it paid off. 
Got my skinning crew all hooked up. It just amazed me how good my kids have gotten at this. They are now 11 and 12 years old. They’ve been doing this since they were 5. 
back straps and tender loins are coming out. 
2hrs and 20min. from the time of the shot til the meat is on ice to bleed out for 3 or 4 days. 
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RON PARRISH
I hunted this buck the whole muzzle loader season. I passed on numerous smaller bucks hoping this buck would show up in the daylight. Nothing like waiting till the last 15 minutes of the last day. But it paid off. Got my skinning crew all hooked up. It just amazed me how good my kids have gotten at this. They are now 11 and 12 years old. They’ve been doing this since they were 5. back straps and tender loins are coming out. 2hrs and 20min. from the time of the shot til the meat is on ice to bleed out for 3 or 4 days. cdavis Nice! And pretty darn good crew also.
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wdaly thanks. They make me proud.
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cdavis Wonderful that they do that! I try to get my grand kids to help but they only show up when its time to eat it!LOL . Thats a nice buck. Congrats!!
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cdavis Wonderful that they do that! I try to get my grand kids to help but they only show up when its time to eat it!LOL . Thats a nice buck. Congrats!!
RON PARRISH mine like that time also.
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calldoctoday
First time out and visions of summer sausage dance in my head!RON PARRISH My starts Saturday, hopefully the deer we have seen on cameras will come visit.
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RON PARRISH My starts Saturday, hopefully the deer we have seen on cameras will come visit.
bocephus Good luck. Hope you get one!
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ND Mike We are having a bit of a problem here due to the long dry summer. The deer ticks and mites along with the low water levels contributed to the problems. The biologists are saying we should have lower problems after we have our snowpack started and first good hard freeze.
johnsbrewhouse sounds like our summer. We have had a couple of hard freezes already. We were in the teens for lows last night. I’m now worried about a hard winter on the already decimated population in some areas. I’ve seen 1 deer in 2 months around Bismack!
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johnsbrewhouse sounds like our summer. We have had a couple of hard freezes already. We were in the teens for lows last night. I’m now worried about a hard winter on the already decimated population in some areas. I’ve seen 1 deer in 2 months around Bismack!
ND Mike man that is a shame. Sorry to hear about that.
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cdavis yeah it is a bit strange to not see deer. Back home in my hunting unit it is good but it will take a few years for a lot of units to come back. I think the best thing that the game and fish could do is shut down the harvest in some units.
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cdavis yeah it is a bit strange to not see deer. Back home in my hunting unit it is good but it will take a few years for a lot of units to come back. I think the best thing that the game and fish could do is shut down the harvest in some units.
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johnsbrewhouse sounds like our summer. We have had a couple of hard freezes already. We were in the teens for lows last night. I’m now worried about a hard winter on the already decimated population in some areas. I’ve seen 1 deer in 2 months around Bismack!
ND Mike We have had two hard freezes as well but our coldest was 28 degrees, being close to the coast our temps are a bit more moderate. Our place in the mid mountains sits at 1700 ft and gets colder, but we have had lots of deer. We have a creek that flows year round off the mountains, it got really low, but still had flow, so the animals had fresh water. Lots of cow elk and does which need a permit, only one is given for the hunting unit each year and I haven’t ever been lucky enough to get one. Most of the blue tongue is east of the mountains where is was hot and drier and a lot more fires this year.
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johnsbrewhouse sounds like our summer. We have had a couple of hard freezes already. We were in the teens for lows last night. I’m now worried about a hard winter on the already decimated population in some areas. I’ve seen 1 deer in 2 months around Bismack!
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ND Mike Need reduction around me. I just saw an 8 pointer and 3 doe out my back door. The highways are riddled with deer accidents. Want some?
zbigjeff that’s how it used to be around!
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johnsbrewhouse that is correct. The transmitting insects will die after a hard freeze.
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