35 degrees in the hills near Athens this morning. I want to see that first frost so badly to know this junk is over for the year.
2025 EHD?
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Bighoun52
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Hunted (aka bird watched) Athens last week. Horrible at my place.....saw a spike in three days an heard a dwind hater (think it was a doe and fawn ive had on cam) on the neighbors. Not ideal conditions but seeing corn and food still there tells me the nightmare is real. Have noticed a localish outfitter azzhole is still running hunts claiming its regional, and so is the City of Athens. cant express my anger enough or online for such ignorance that rapes our resource.
The real hunt was meeting some out of area buddies at Crown City (and just got back). Same sad story. So little sign. I saw the only buck and think there were 5 does seen between the 4 of us from the stand. If you know the area, the intersection with the beaver swamps wouldve gagged a maggot on Saturday due to the smell of death.
EHD- little to no research, smashing herds everywhere and made the worst example yet in seOH.
The real hunt was meeting some out of area buddies at Crown City (and just got back). Same sad story. So little sign. I saw the only buck and think there were 5 does seen between the 4 of us from the stand. If you know the area, the intersection with the beaver swamps wouldve gagged a maggot on Saturday due to the smell of death.
EHD- little to no research, smashing herds everywhere and made the worst example yet in seOH.
We got a decent frost just outside Athens this morning.
EHD might be coming to an end for this season but the death toll will continue to grow. These 2 fawns have been orphaned for a little while and no mature does have been around to show them how to put on weight for winter. If I was a betting man I'd say they both die this winter. They were skinny and eating dead leaves. Mike and I stood there watching these 2 for about 20-30 minutes about 15 yards away. They don't see humans as a threat because they were never taught by their mother or other adult deer.
EHD killed deer for months now and will have other side effects for this winter.
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Mickey Merrie
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My dad dropped his deer (his first archery deer, 8-pointer) off at a processor in the Athens/Washington county area. He was told by the owner they hadn't even hit 100 deer processed so far this year.
Saw this one yesterday, he kept saying it’s off by a huge amount. Kept referencing 120 deer per square mile. Has me questioning that number to begin with. Not saying the numbers are significantly down, but 120 deer in a square mile seems awfully high for a normal count.