2025 EHD?

[Bigcountry40]

I would argue there are a lot of areas today we have MORE deer than we did during the time period you’re remembering.

You're not wrong, but growing up our area was not deer dense like the Eastern, Southern and SE Ohio was in 90's/early 00's. Our area's deer population has steadily increased. Remember our Teenage years ? Everybody left the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving to go to "Southern Ohio" to deer hunt because there was way more deer than we had an opportunity at in our area.

 

[giles]

Step back and think more simple...habitat beyond your birds and deer goes to insects.

What bug eats bugs? Dragonflies for example need a specific habitat and are very efficient at killing other bugs.

I come to this thinking as I think about marshes. This doesn't seem to be a huge problem in marsh area yet it is the exact example giving for what this bug needs to live.

So think about this and let's talk about it. Habitat