Montana Dead deer

[Dl1969]

First morning out in Montana and 3 dead does with bloody noses??

 

[PablitoPescador]

WT or Mule deer?

 

[Huntin' Fool]

5 years ago or so while hunting whitetails had a doe walk out of the bush staggering and died 10 yards from me - bloody nose.

 

[dexnrex]

EHD. Very prevalent in eastern MT this fall.

 

[Dl1969]

WT or Mule deer?

Mule deer

 

[SaskHunter]

Report them to F&G if you haven't done so, my dude!

 

[Huntmt28]

South or North??

 

[Hammsolo]

Damn… in mule deer… sucks.

 

[NDMuley]

I don't think it would be EHD. The frost takes care of that. I also thought it didn't affect mule deer.

 

[TheJason]

I don't think it would be EHD. The frost takes care of that. I also thought it didn't affect mule deer.

It does affect mule deer, and sometimes it takes a pretty hard frost to completely abate it for the year.

 

[Hammsolo]

My slight understanding is that mule deer contract it less due to their preferred environment, more arid. I believe EHD is more commonly passed in areas holding still water during drought by midges that proliferate in slow moving/still waters. This makes whitetails highly susceptible due to their preferred environment, river beds and such.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Mule deer get EHD, and will die from it. But the population as a whole generally fares better than whitetails. More individuals will survive infection. But for whatever reason we won’t normally see quite the drastic population level crash in mule deer that we often see in whitetails during EHD outbreaks. I am not sure of the exact mechanism for that.

 

[TheTone]

We have some mule deer already shedding antlers not too far from me. It’s believed to possibly be from EHD exposure

 

[MThuntr]

there is a very high amount of nutless bucks in velvet shot this year too

 

[Dl1969]

South or North??

Se

 

[ZMT588]

there is a very high amount of nutless bucks in velvet shot this year too

Is there a relation of nutless bucks and EHD?

 

[MThuntr]

Is there a relation of nutless bucks and EHD?

Disease blamed for velvet-antlered bucks shot during hunting season

Hunters across north-central and northeast Montana reported seeing a large number of mule deer bucks in velvet this hunting season, according to Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

billingsgazette.com

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Wildlife-Health/Hemorrhagic_Disease.pdf

 

[ZMT588]

Disease blamed for velvet-antlered bucks shot during hunting season

Hunters across north-central and northeast Montana reported seeing a large number of mule deer bucks in velvet this hunting season, according to Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

billingsgazette.com

https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Wildlife-Health/Hemorrhagic_Disease.pdf

I get the velvet but there’s nothing about buck nuts lol. I was under the impression no nuts was a hormonal/growth problem with them not dropping.

 

[Hem]

In lieu of what appears to be a horrid year for deer in our state the big question is what are the powers to be going to do about it? Probably jack $%&@ .

 

[MThuntr]

I get the velvet but there’s nothing about buck nuts lol. I was under the impression no nuts was a hormonal/growth problem with them not dropping.

I've been told that's why velvet sticks...no testosterone from no testicles.