Been finding them since late August in Southeast Dickson county and very few in Williamson County. I had very strong suspicious my main target deer in dickson county got it, he vanished in August and i started finding deer around that time.Today I confirmed that suspicion. Boy I hate this disease, I've lost so many big deer I've watched over the years from it. I suspect we lost another 2 to 4 good bucks from it in Dickson.
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EHD strikes again
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JCDEERMAN
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I hate it for you man. I'm sure we lost a couple. It was WICKED dry west of Nashville this year up until the hurricane
He probably figured out who was hunting him and committed suicide.
DoubleRidge
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Thats frustrating...I hate EHD.
I'm in Northern ish TN but I've seen it too. I smelled a lot of dead deer in creeks this summer. Barely any on trail cams. My buck I shot last week (see profile picture) is the biggest I've seen all year which is unusual.
It's a shame. I hate EHD.
It's a shame. I hate EHD.
No sign in norther Dickson
I think we are going to find several more when we shed hunt late this winter. So far I've found 4 bucks and 4 does on this place. Definitely takes its toll this farm which is fairly new to me had lots of potential coming up but like you we aren't getting squat on camera. I did pass up a big 3 year old on Monday but also found where someone poached a deer in that area yesterday as well. I tracked them as far as I could but unfortunately it was done before the rain and it washed a lot the evidence away.
BSK
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Problem is, it's a very complicated disease in the way it strikes one area but not another close by. Because it's not contagious, it follows very weird infection patterns. But in the MidSouth, assume it will hit about every 4-7 years. Basically, that's how long it takes for all the local deer who have survived it and have immunity to die of old age and be replaced by younger generations without immunity.
The biggest question I haven't seen fully answered is immunity/resistance to the disease. How heritable is that? In essence, is any part of genetic resistance heritable to the offspring of those with resistance? How much of resistance is purely genetic and how much from antibodies created during infection? Can these antibodies by transferred to offspring?
