How average hunters can fix the deer decline

[giles]

I think we are saying the same thing in different ways. The recipe is here for much of the country right now. (Not that I want this conversation to stop though, lots of good information being said.)

I’d also think that deer down your way have built up a better immune system to it.

 

[triple_duece]

I think we are saying the same thing in different ways. The recipe is here for much of the country right now. (Not that I want this conversation to stop though, lots of good information being said.)

I’d also think that deer down your way have built up a better immune system to it.

Your are correct, our deer has been infected for years and have some immunity. With our climate, without the immunity we wouldn’t have anything. Just like when they transported deer from the Midwest years ago (locals called them blue deer cause of color and size). They quickly died off cause they couldn’t survive in our climate and infestation of bugs that wreaked havoc on anything without some type of immunity for down here. They dna tested deer here and none trace back to the blue deer.

Inline with this thread it all revolves around balance. Man upsets the balance and nature does its thing to bring it back in balance. I truly believe this. Shit without balance in my life I’m a train wreck.

 

[Sgt Fury]

Why don’t you two get a room?!

 

[triple_duece]

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[giles]

Between humans, coyotes and bobcats...we don’t need the help of disease to manage our herd...we need our fellow hunters to be aware of what’s going on.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Wetter is better as the diversity of water eliminates congregating around a single (or a limited) supply of water. It may create habitat for the midges right now, but if we stay in a wet cycle through the summer, drought and dehydration are a nonissue, thereby lowering the risk of EHD. At least that's my armchair assessment. The deciding factor based on my interpretation of the science is extremely limited water supplies that lie stagnant. Lots of water pooling up that's constantly refreshed is not "stagnant"; they're called vernal pools. It's when we enter a drought that the vernal, or ephemeral pools become stagnant and that's when we're in trouble.

 

[OO2]

Speaking of standing water...does anyone dig drainage “canals” away from their mineral sight so it doesn’t turn into a wallow?

 

[triple_duece]

We are in a elnino weather pattern, which means copious amounts of rain. Notice how much rain everyone is getting. This shouldn’t be a big outbreak of ehd.

 

[giles]

Wetter is better as the diversity of water eliminates congregating around a single (or a limited) supply of water. It may create habitat for the midges right now, but if we stay in a wet cycle through the summer, drought and dehydration are a nonissue, thereby lowering the risk of EHD. At least that's my armchair assessment. The deciding factor based on my interpretation of the science is extremely limited water supplies that lie stagnant. Lots of water pooling up that's constantly refreshed is not "stagnant"; they're called vernal pools. It's when we enter a drought that the vernal, or ephemeral pools become stagnant and that's when we're in trouble.

Agreed, and my armchair future weather forecast degree thinks it’s gonna get hot and dry out. Gotta stop raining at some point...right?

 

[bowhunter1023]

Speaking of standing water...does anyone dig drainage “canals” away from their mineral sight so it doesn’t turn into a wallow?

Yes. I've had to do that to both of mine this year.

 

[triple_duece]

I usually don’t have much water at my sites. I put them on some high ground to keep water from getting in. This water will leach your minerals out. I usually have them under some big tree to keep it moist. What rain water falls in usually keeps the soil moist so deer will use it more readily. Mine are usually a mud hole.