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This is what your friend told you about the information I brought here “ If there's truth to that he's either in another state or deer are dropping dead and no one is reporting it to the DEC.” we know both to not be true, because shortly after, the DEC reported that 750 dead Were discovered. I just find it odd , that someone that manages the herd, for a living, became aware of what’s happening, from my post..

You have close ties , to a deer manager of our area, that apparently didn’t know About hundreds of dead being reported. thought maybe he’d know something by now? It’s been awhile.

Here’s the death process caught on camera in 3N. Five hours, of standing drinking, then bedding every two minutes before death. The Body found in these pictures was exactly Eight Days old. You can see, even in the cooler days of late September, as opposed to August. This deer has been reduced greatly, and is already, partly skeletonized.

I have reports, but was waiting for crappy’s deer manager friend, to tell us something about the herd. Also, if it were a buck skeleton you found, It had to be a deer from last year. The lack of deer you’re noticing while driving the roads, where for years, there used to be fields full and the lack of trail cam pics and sightings, has to do with acorns and The affects of the moon phase. Also, I hear, this year, deer are migrating north to the Adirondacks, to escape the effects of urban sprawl and the invasion of Biden/Harris voters, from the city.. strange year, it’s been.

How long you think this deer been dead?

Yes 5k easy now. could be as high as 10k by the time it’s done. Going to be interesting, to see the harvest report for 3m this year. 3n also, but I’m not sure how much the eastern half of 3n has been affected

I’ve been making them, off and on for awhile. Learned a lot doing it and tweaked it throughout the years. the big thing I’ve learned, is to get them established very early and put them in or around areas that deer like to scrape. Usually don’t need scent, because they start to hit it in the summer. I even cut the low hanging branches from quite a distance around, so that they’re more likely to use the one I create. Great way to get pictures of the deer in your area

One hunter and one day, can’t judge anything, but when you have groups of people over a large area, discovering mass body counts, it’s something. I can find ten dead deer no problem near my home, drive 15 miles away and find another half dozen. Hit a totally different area the next morning and find four...It’s as far north as catskill ny now. Over 500 reported to DEC. times that by as many as ten and you might be in the ball park. This is new to most of us, but not some. To the guys like trial153, and others that have experience with it, it’s not a question if the herd is going to be reduced, but how much. i know I’ve hunted in Ohio, and had tons of deer before it happened, then the next year it was extremely slow hunting, The herd out there, also has some level of resistance built into , since it rolls through every once in awhile. Here it seems like smallpox to the Indians.. in any case, there are, and will be survivors . I just saw a pretty decent, Healthy looking 8 point, off 84, right in a bad EHD area.

There’s still deer in there, just don’t know how bad it’s hit, but definitely significant portion is gone. The seven we found , plus I found 2 others. My friend lives on the north side and they found 10 in one wood lot. it’s not good, because as Cynthia said, the deer herd Is kept pretty low as it is, in there. Can’t imagine what it’ll be like after the season. I think the kill rate is 90% +, if deer gets infected. But not 90% of herd gets wiped out.. I think that probably depends a lot on the herd structure and how the land lays out, in different areas. Also, how long of a time EHD was in the area. some of the areas now, just getting hit, might be somewhat spared, if this rain helped at all and it gets cold soon. My 2020 hunting plan, is to avoid EHD affected areas, until a good frost, then try to find a good buck if possible, after it runs it’s course.. no does. The way I look at it, is no sense scouting deer, that might not be around in 2 weeks.

Think it kills all equally. The kill rate, must be 90% or greater. It’s just that With EHD we get to see how many big deer are actually out there, avoiding us. the woods are full of does and fawns in the areas that got hit.

I didn’t find that lot , so far I only found two bucks, that were a good size. Have them out in the car port. Sucks, because I had history with them from last year.

Yeah, I believe the midge is just the carrier/transporter from deer to deer. So a midge, must bite an infected deer first, then bring it to an uninfected individual. the virus dies within an hour of the deers death. Not legal, but probably best to put any sick deer Down on sight, because as long as it’s alive, it’s providing virus infused blood to the vector. Cwd, is a different monster, Where the transportation and handling of dead, can spread the disease.

Patterson, cold spring, Washingtonville and goshen/Chester. Bigs, that managed to outsmart us hunters, but can’t figure out the virus. what a shame

Look at this

Rock Tavern. Looks perfectly healthy

Buddy In Patterson, is finding EHD kills. That’s furthest east , I’ve heard

I been finding decent acorns (mostly reds) down low, near available water and have noticed some pins. I think there’s enough out there, especially with less than half the dang deer., in the places I hunt. ... smh

No hard feelings, can’t blame anyone for being a little skeptical these days.

Can’t confirm, but heard from a pretty reliable source today, that the DEC is evaluating Stewart forest , for whether or not to allow deer hunting this year. That would be a great help to the herd there!

“Technically” I think, supposed To get a possession tag from DEC. Not really sure if they’ll bother going out of their way, to get someone for a couple dead heads, but never know. My taxidermist almost had a finger amputated, by cutting a rack off a rotting deer. Bacteria went in, through an open cut. so if it stinks, best to wear gloves.

I wonder what effect, all the dead deer polluting the water ways, has on Wildlife? I imagine the bacteria levels must be off the charts in a lot of these swamps and streams. the day after we went to Stewart I found 7 in a small wood lot in beacon. Mostly fawns and yearlings, one pretty nice buck.

Im from rock tavern/Washingtonville. I haven’t heard anything out that way. The dec biologist hasn’t mentioned anything about Sullivan Either. Really, I haven’t heard about anything much west of goshen. I don’t know if there’s anything to it, but seems to me, it’s expanding north more than anything. Possibly Mountainous terrain slows it down, because deer populations are generally lower? i heard they found some dead in crum elbow creek in Hyde park. Which is up the line a ways.

Yes, from everything I’ve read, the midges breed in warm shallow stagnant water, With muddy banks being prime habitat. Orange County is full of shallow muddy ponds, probably why it’s so prevalent right now. but, couple areas found dead were mountains with little feeder streams, Or creeks with good running water, so I think really can happen just about anywhere, there’s a concentration of deer.