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2025 EHD?

Wiley E Coyote said:
I would like to see a two deer limit state wide. One buck one doe. Season ends January 1st
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I disagree. There ARE areas with plenty of deer. We got hit hard a few years ago. I was seeing 1/3 to maybe 1/2 (on the high end) of the deer I had previously seen on stand. It has taken a few years but I'm seeing solid numbers again. What ever happened to the smaller areas they were going to go with? Breaking counties into zones and such. I think this could be beneficial. Scratch that. It "could" be beneficial IF they had a way to accurately count deer all across the state. Consistent counts covering the bulk of each county. "IF" they could (and would) do this it would be beneficial.
 
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hickslawns said:
I disagree. There ARE areas with plenty of deer. We got hit hard a few years ago. I was seeing 1/3 to maybe 1/2 (on the high end) of the deer I had previously seen on stand. It has taken a few years but I'm seeing solid numbers again. What ever happened to the smaller areas they were going to go with? Breaking counties into zones and such. I think this could be beneficial. Scratch that. It "could" be beneficial IF they had a way to accurately count deer all across the state. Consistent counts covering the bulk of each county. "IF" they could (and would) do this it would be beneficial.
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My area's are getting hit every year.
 
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Wiley E Coyote said:
That's how the herd grew so fast in the 80s. The Western side of Ohio had no deer in the early 70s. I grew up in Greene county and our first deer season was 1977 or 78 I believe. In the 80s I could only buy one deer tag and it was buck only and by the early 90s the state was covered with deer. Around the mid 90s we were offered a second tag for a antlerless deer.
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I hear ya loud and clear. ODNR did their job and brought back an awesome herd/resource. I grew up in Erie county, all I knew was 1 deer/year until college in Athens. We are blessed today beyond what anyone in the 70's-80's could imagine.
 
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J said:
Have a moratorium on baiting for 2 seasons and you’ll probably have the herd we had back in the late 90’s thru the early 2000’s
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I would argue there are a lot of areas today we have MORE deer than we did during the time period you’re remembering.
 
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brock ratcliff said:
My answer is simple; act like you give at least a little bit of a crap about the resource. In 22, Athens county had a massive outbreak. Mrex alone reported 90 dead deer presumably from EHD. What did the Dow do to mitigate? Absolutely nothing. Bag limits and season dates were completely unchanged. It would sure be nice to feel like the DoW at least held a finger on the pulse of wildlife. At least put forth enough effort to make us naive sportsman FEEL like we get our monies worth from the division by doing something aside from releasing rainbow trout into soon to be warm waters or releasing all male pheasants into wildlife areas. Put and take is not management. At least not when there are serious concerns that are overlooked or intentionally ignored.
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I’m fairly certain that each year we’ve had a devastating/noticeable impact by EHD, the following year has shown a reduction in bag limit in affected counties… at least, when it’s been necessary. To say that the DNR doesn’t care or doesn’t do anything in response, is simply false. And if you don’t see more being done with your dollars than implementing trout and pheasant releases, you absolutely have your head in the sand. I don’t mean any offense, Brock. But you’re glossing over and ignoring a LOT of positive things we have going for us as sportsmen in Ohio.
 
I have one farm in highland that has high numbers for now and I'm blessed! You look at that DNR ehd map and that small orange area in highland it gets hit just about every year since 2017. It's a shame! For some reason it lives there. Only mother nature can fix this imo.
 
5Cent said:
Does this mean we shouldn't hunt at Strouds? Come on fellas, you're only hurting yourselves thinking you're helping the greater good. Let the ODNR do their job, if there's tags available and you need or want venison, why not go hunt?
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If the area is decimated by EHD killing does isn't going to help get the population back up.
 
Wiley E Coyote said:
That's how the herd grew so fast in the 80s. The Western side of Ohio had no deer in the early 70s. I grew up in Greene county and our first deer season was 1977 or 78 I believe. In the 80s I could only buy one deer tag and it was buck only and by the early 90s the state was covered with deer. Around the mid 90s we were offered a second tag for a antlerless deer.
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My experience in Tuscarawas County in 78-80 buck only and there were like 90,000 WTD in Ohio after every deer in Ohio was finally killed off in 1904.
 
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Newest map. My place is right in the firing line. Neighbor found another one today
 
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I walked our property last night here near Athens. I haven't smelled anything around the property, but I have noticed my pics over the mineral site have decreased a bit. I did find one dead doe, and she appeared to have been dead for a while. Reported the find to ODNR.

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