#2390298 - 05/11/11 10:03 AM
60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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Camp David
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http://m.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/may/10/many-animals-have-nowhere-to-run-in-flood/
But for now -- and perhaps the foreseeable future -- the island's massive whitetail deer and wild turkey population has fallen victim to the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
"The deer and turkey are all just gone from the island," said Andy Tweed, a conservation officer for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency who patrols the river regularly. "So many of them have drowned, and the rest of them have fled to wherever they could find a little patch of higher ground.
"I honestly believe 60 percent of the deer herd will be lost."
Though deer are capable swimmers, many have been no match for the swift currents of the Mississippi. During the past week, Tweed has been forced to kill at least a dozen deer that he found tangled in barbed-wire fences or the tops of trees that are now surrounded by 40 feet of water.
Even some that managed to escape to other areas haven't survived.
"A lot of the deer from the island jumped right out onto (Interstate) 55 and just got instantly splattered by cars," said Ty Inmon, a TWRA conservation officer who rode the river with Tweed on Tuesday.
Wild turkeys may have been hit even harder by the flood because it occurred during the height of their mating season -- and because they aren't nearly as capable when it comes to swimming.
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#2390301 - 05/11/11 10:09 AM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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what a shame
but those things happen, just like EHD
Mother Nature's doing, so be it
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#2390305 - 05/11/11 10:12 AM
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Allen Sullivan
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WOW!
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#2390311 - 05/11/11 10:19 AM
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Anbody seen the video where a buck is laying on a roof?
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#2390313 - 05/11/11 10:21 AM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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catman529
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Dang that sucks. You would think the turkeys would fly off though and not drown. Too bad the eggs can't fly too.
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#2390316 - 05/11/11 10:29 AM
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A.Hall
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Very sad indeed
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#2390317 - 05/11/11 10:29 AM
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bowtch huntr209
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sucks
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#2390328 - 05/11/11 10:39 AM
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BigAl
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Wow! Wonder if the hunt this year will be canceled?
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#2390392 - 05/11/11 12:16 PM
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SUCKS I should get drawn within the next few years
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