EHD...

[crappyice]

Never have lost a one to EHD after all these years. Very lucky seeing though it was happening roughly 10 miles away. 

Is it lucky(serious question) or are there particular features if your place that they other doesn't have?

My buddy's property showed no sign (or smell) of it but neighbors (within ten miles) reported losses. That land had more swampy woods and his is mostly hay fields, and some wooded areas (cedar pines and some oaks)


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[Four Seasons]

22 minutes ago, crappyice said:

Is it lucky(serious question) or are there particular features if your place that they other doesn't have?

My buddy's property showed no sign (or smell) of it but neighbors (within ten miles) reported losses. That land had more swampy woods and his is mostly hay fields, and some wooded areas (cedar pines and some oaks)


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Possible. We have a creek that runs thru the property that never goes dry but it’s about 800 acres between that and the pen’s. We are all fields with no woods where the deer pens are. There was word once if truckers hauling cattle bringing the midges across state lines along with them. 

[Shoots100]

What water ?

All of my watering holes and small streams are dry and have been for weeks.

Seen plenty of doe and fawn early in the fields getting water off the grass, but no smells or deer carcasses found in and around my area east of Delhi.

[BizCT]

From today's NY DEC Newsletter. Another 165 dead, so likely more. gotta be pushing 2,000+ by now since 2020.

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Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in New York State

Deer populations in New York are being affected by isolated outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) for the third consecutive year in 2022. EHD was first confirmed in eastern Dutchess County in early August, followed by western Rensselaer and Suffolk Counties at the end of August. So far this summer/fall, DEC has received 165 reports of deer suspected to have/had EHD, and is currently working to sample additional deer to better understand the full extent of these outbreaks. This year’s outbreaks are more localized than those that affected New York in 2020 and 2021. For comparison, over 1500 deer suspected to have/had EHD were reported to DEC by the public in both 2020 and 2021.

Deer populations in the EHD-affected counties are very productive, and should recover over a period of years. DEC has reduced the number of deer management permits available to hunters in certain wildlife management units to account for these repeat EHD outbreaks and will continue to do so as necessary based on best available information to help the deer population recover. EHD outbreaks typically end with the first hard frost which kills off the Culicoides midges that spread the disease. To help DEC make deer management decisions using the best information, we encourage everyone to submit reports of EHD-suspected deer through DEC’s online EHD reporting form, and hunters to participate in the bowhunter sighting log and to report all deer harvested.

[Four Seasons]

On 10/12/2022 at 12:12 PM, BizCT said:

From today's NY DEC Newsletter. Another 165 dead, so likely more. gotta be pushing 2,000+ by now since 2020.

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Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in New York State

Deer populations in New York are being affected by isolated outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) for the third consecutive year in 2022. EHD was first confirmed in eastern Dutchess County in early August, followed by western Rensselaer and Suffolk Counties at the end of August. So far this summer/fall, DEC has received 165 reports of deer suspected to have/had EHD, and is currently working to sample additional deer to better understand the full extent of these outbreaks. This year’s outbreaks are more localized than those that affected New York in 2020 and 2021. For comparison, over 1500 deer suspected to have/had EHD were reported to DEC by the public in both 2020 and 2021.

Deer populations in the EHD-affected counties are very productive, and should recover over a period of years. DEC has reduced the number of deer management permits available to hunters in certain wildlife management units to account for these repeat EHD outbreaks and will continue to do so as necessary based on best available information to help the deer population recover. EHD outbreaks typically end with the first hard frost which kills off the Culicoides midges that spread the disease. To help DEC make deer management decisions using the best information, we encourage everyone to submit reports of EHD-suspected deer through DEC’s online EHD reporting form, and hunters to participate in the bowhunter sighting log and to report all deer harvested.

And yet you never see them dumping millions of dollars yearly to try and figure out a fix for this real deer killer. CWD has not killed that many deer in the whole country in 10 years. 

[Kmartinson]

I kill more deer than either of those diseases. lol , still havent seen either near me.