That's the thing that sucks. I looked over a quite a few small 3x3 bucks on public land. Each time I thought to myself, "That deer is gonna get shot this year unfortunately".
“The EHD infection apparently caused lesions on their testicles, which then affected testosterone levels and ultimately antler growth.” From your article you referenced.
https://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/health_program/EHD/Epizootic_QASheet.pdf Question number 2 on this page.
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