2025 EHD?
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Talked to my processor tonight and he agreed with my estimate that if they do 50% of the deer they did last year (600 for this season), he'd be surprised. He has a good network in Meigs and said the big cattle farm he used to work at, as the epicenter going in a 3 mile radius, has found 200 deer so far. Truly devastating.
I saw ehd in muskingum, in early 2000. Those areas bounced back to a higher deer density than my own county in nw Ohio in no time. A dozen years ago it hit the same areas and some spots on the Michigan/indiana line with extremely high deer densities. three to four years Michigan/Indiana line bounced back to respectable numbers. It hit the same spot last year and trickled down st line. Drilling counties just north of me and in surrounding counties in Indiana. We found 2 in the pond behind my house and another less than a mile away. First ehd positives i've ever heard of here. I still think what we want as a deer density mother nature disagrees. We have the most deer I've ever seen and thought the same last year. I'm just waiting until nature say thats enough. Most all creatures have kill offs of some kind. Just think it's for balance. I doubt the state would step in if they found out baiting enhances it......
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