Originally posted by GaryWalters:
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.
Originally posted by GaryWalters:
Is awareness a bad thing?
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.
