Wiley E Coyote
Active Member
I've been in my area in highland county the last two days and haven't found or smelled any dead. Decent activity on my cameras. Acorns are dropping and the deer are hitting them hard the last few days
2025 EHD?
- Thread starter Smawgunner2
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Found a 10pt and a doe at my place in Morgan county, both were very decomposed... so I'm thinking several weeks old. Went for a motorcycle ride today and smelled quite a few dead ones. Every few miles, usually by a stream or some type of water. No doe shooting for me this year. The herd will come back, however its going to take a few years.
matthew
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Aaron97
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Didn't see anyone mentioning attending the webinar on the 9th, so here is a summary with timestamps of whatever I thought was noteworthy. Please note that I am summarizing what they say, not necessarily agreeing or disagreeing with them. I will note my opinions with parentheses.
Watch here
1:50 Biologist starts presentation, talks about his credentials
4:50 presentation actually starts
6:27 EHD explanation and history
7:00 Southern herds more immune, northern herds not as much leading to severe outbreaks
8:00 EHD slowly spreading north over last several decades per a 2015 study due to environmental factors. Goes into symptoms for a while after. 9:55 Typically 2 days to kill after onset of symptoms
10:28 History of EHD in Ohio
11:28 Endemic to Ohio now
13:00 2022 47/88 counties had confirmed cases. Calls it "mile wide and an inch deep" due to expansive confirmation of presence lack of mortality reports
13:59 2024 record year of reports
14:28 2025 so far. Says it is the most significant outbreak to date.
16:05 Dives into factors of outbreak severity (if you listen to any of this, listen to this)
17:45 Soon-to-be published study on EHD factors: warmer than average spring, higher than average precipitation in July, and drought conditions in August. (I think I remember someone previously in this thread mentioning "perfect storm" conditions- this seems to confirm that)
20:00 Analysis of weather data in SE Ohio 2025 YTD. Matches every one of the 3 primary factors
22:10 States nothing can be done to prevent EHD occurrence, but can reduce impact
24:20 Explanation of changing bag limits in severly effected counties to jumpstart herd recovery. Jefferson county 2017 used as case study (notably, the population metric they use is the buck harvest) with a 3-4 year recovery to pre-outbreak levels
26:17 EHD does not present long term threat to population (their words not mine) but has short term severe threats. Mentions herd resistance will grow over time.
29:20 Goes into CWD (I fast-forwarded this because we've all heard this before)
1:00:10 End CWD segment, goes into Q&A
1:01:00 question about using aerial surveillance for determining deer mortality (they are going to use an IR system for surveying this upcoming winter)
1:04:30 Closing remarks
Oddly, they only answered the one question in the presentation but state they're going to publish some sort of FAQ soon. Their speech implies that they had people actively answering questions in the livestream chat, but the archive I am watching doesn't have the chat.
I thought the EHD segment was informative. I think it was good to see them acknowledge they will have to change some of the bag limits around. I think they need better time management so more questions can actually get answered, however. They also need some better ideas on management beyond just shrugging their shoulders and saying "too bad", IMO.
Watch here
1:50 Biologist starts presentation, talks about his credentials
4:50 presentation actually starts
6:27 EHD explanation and history
7:00 Southern herds more immune, northern herds not as much leading to severe outbreaks
8:00 EHD slowly spreading north over last several decades per a 2015 study due to environmental factors. Goes into symptoms for a while after. 9:55 Typically 2 days to kill after onset of symptoms
10:28 History of EHD in Ohio
11:28 Endemic to Ohio now
13:00 2022 47/88 counties had confirmed cases. Calls it "mile wide and an inch deep" due to expansive confirmation of presence lack of mortality reports
13:59 2024 record year of reports
14:28 2025 so far. Says it is the most significant outbreak to date.
16:05 Dives into factors of outbreak severity (if you listen to any of this, listen to this)
17:45 Soon-to-be published study on EHD factors: warmer than average spring, higher than average precipitation in July, and drought conditions in August. (I think I remember someone previously in this thread mentioning "perfect storm" conditions- this seems to confirm that)
20:00 Analysis of weather data in SE Ohio 2025 YTD. Matches every one of the 3 primary factors
22:10 States nothing can be done to prevent EHD occurrence, but can reduce impact
24:20 Explanation of changing bag limits in severly effected counties to jumpstart herd recovery. Jefferson county 2017 used as case study (notably, the population metric they use is the buck harvest) with a 3-4 year recovery to pre-outbreak levels
26:17 EHD does not present long term threat to population (their words not mine) but has short term severe threats. Mentions herd resistance will grow over time.
29:20 Goes into CWD (I fast-forwarded this because we've all heard this before)
1:00:10 End CWD segment, goes into Q&A
1:01:00 question about using aerial surveillance for determining deer mortality (they are going to use an IR system for surveying this upcoming winter)
1:04:30 Closing remarks
Oddly, they only answered the one question in the presentation but state they're going to publish some sort of FAQ soon. Their speech implies that they had people actively answering questions in the livestream chat, but the archive I am watching doesn't have the chat.
I thought the EHD segment was informative. I think it was good to see them acknowledge they will have to change some of the bag limits around. I think they need better time management so more questions can actually get answered, however. They also need some better ideas on management beyond just shrugging their shoulders and saying "too bad", IMO.
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