quacksmoker Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 I rifle hunt in NE Nebraska, I looking for anyone with info on how the deer herd has faired to this point!!! From what I've heard up to 80% loss on the Whitetail herd!!!! Not good, does anyone know otherwise???!??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Welcome to the forums. That is a real bad hit, bad drought years typically see worse losses. Don't know about the problem in Nebraska, but we had pretty significant dieoffs here in Tennessee a few years back, was said to be in the 20-50% range depending on where you were. Was reportedly around 30% in the county we hunt, but our game warden said he thought it was far worse and possibly as bad as 50% here. You may want to call your state wildlife biologists and see if they could give you any insight specific to your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 It was bad in ok this yr on our property we lost 65 or so. Droughty conditions mkst i found was 11a in one week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriceRacing35 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 EHD in NE Nebraska Here in Missouri we have lost a lot of deer due to the drought. All over. We have not personally found any on our property but several others have. Also in north central Missouri the CWD, I believe, has been contained in a 3-4 county zone. Originating from a deer farm. From what I hear EHD should NOT spread anymore with a hard freeze or two. Hopefully it is not as bad as predicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBomb500 Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 We had the same thing hit our deer herd here in Montana 3 years ago. Wiped um out. Took are deer herd from bout 300+ to 35 (Hope for an early frost/freeze). Pretty nasty, but they have rebounded quickly. Just takes a few years. You guys had any signs of EHD this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 We had the same thing hit our deer herd here in Montana 3 years ago. Wiped um out. Took are deer herd from bout 300+ to 35 (Hope for an early frost/freeze). Pretty nasty, but they have rebounded quickly. Just takes a few years. You guys had any signs of EHD this year? Yep, Montana was REALLY bad 3 years ago!! Antelope too, but I think that was the hard winter snow in March. Natures way, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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