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JEB:
We 11 confirmed cases and 3 more suspect cases here in Michigan.  This is a bad disease that there is no cure for.

PEARL DRUMS:
It will be in all herds before we blink. We had an EHD break out go through the lower portion of our state 7-8 years ago. Some areas lost 70-80% of the local herd. It was stinky and nasty.

BowEd:
I'll keep a look out in the washs and draws here that's for sure.I constantly kill honey locust volunteer saplings here every year.At the moment though in the evenings here there as many or more deer here as ever.I watch my own little herd here pretty close.Robin and me will go shed hunting soon so we'll check it out locally here.
I'll learn exactly to what extent this is all about at the meeting the 15th of march.Report back after that about it then.

PEARL DRUMS:
I wish the best for you and your state, Ed. Hope they can contain it.

bjrogg:
Our deer numbers in my area are very high now. I'm very concerned about a disease like this spreading through the herd. I'm really surprised it hasn't spread faster through our State. That gives me a very small bit of hope. I do believe Mother Nature will come up with something to thin the herd around here. I thought maybe it was going to be a hard winter but they seem to have survived it quite well. Like Pearl said about seven years ago or so we had that very dry summer and EHD followed by a very cold winter with lots of deep snow. The numbers were way down the next year I didn't see a deer all gun season. I can't believe how fast their numbers have grown since then. Only thing I can say is many more farmers around here plant Rye, radishes and clover cover crops. I'm sure these have really helped deer winter over.
Bjrogg

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