Thanks for the link....I found it extremely interesting that one county has had 30+ cases this year and it still isn't a death wish to the area like many would want to paint it to be.

“We’ve got really high deer densities around here,” Lacefield said. “In excess of 100 deer per square mile.”

^^^Think on that for a minute. 100 per square mile is far far less than many people desire for Indiana to have and hold. Some want to see 20-30 a day on stand....just let that soak in for a second.

EHD is a terrible thing and not good for a herd when it is an outbreak...however fingers crossed I think as a whole most of us have dodged it atleast this year.

Well in hard hit areas, such as SE Parke County for example, after several outbreaks over last few years it is important for hunters to know about it to assess their areas and adjust harvest accordingly.

Is awareness a bad thing?

EHD and bluetongue are spread in cattle, deer and other ruminants by several species of a tiny flying insect in the genus Culicoides. Call it a gnat, a midge, a no-see-um, or any other local name, this is the tiny fly with the big bite. Three species are the primary vectors, or transmitters, of HD viruses, but one of them is considered the most significant vector and the one we know the most about: Culicoides sonorensis.


“If I wanted to find the larvae of this insect, I’d look in a cattle pond,” said Ed. “Captive deer create the same kind of situation, it isn’t just cattle.”

Can We Prevent EHD?...
www.qdma.com/articles/can-we-prevent-ehd

Very true Gary, and awareness is a great thing, never a bad thing.

Some though freak out (not saying you do) about it...and others call 2 deer on 100 acres decimation while another calls it no biggy...and the truth could lie at either or in the middle.

Our one neighbor found a dead deer one year and you could have swore the whole herd was decimated...we went to see and they'd neglected to notice the side impact markings and bones shattered you could feel on the back hind quarters....thing had obviously been plastered by a car and most likely paralyzed it's rear end and only made it maybe 10 or 12 feet before sliding down the embankment to a creek.

Just a single example is all I was going for with the above.

Good read Brew! h.h.

Good post Brew.....