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I have a couple friends with small farms in east Tn (Sullivan County) and they have both found multiple dead deer on their property with no visible injury. One gentlemen found 3 does in various places on his property. My other friend found two does, one in a creek and the other on the bank of the creek. From what I have read this sounds like it could be EHD but I was wondering if others are finding the same thing?
 
Have yall had a drought this summer in your area. EHD is normally brought on by drought as I have been told. We have had plenty of rain in my area of E TN.
 
One of the Dakota states I believe it is, is giving refunds on deer licenses and just not selling any more this year in several units because EHD has been so bad. I havent heard of any around me though.
 
I read an article where it was brought up at a meeting in Bath County VA, 10 deer have been found dead around Lake Moomaw. That is near where I normally hunt public land with my family. I hadn't heard of EHD before that article but it sounds like it is fairly common in some areas. Thanks for the replies
 
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Hemorrhagic Disease (HD) occurs in TN every year, just in low numbers. It is somewhat endemic to the area (although not as endemic as it is in the Deep South).

Thankfully, TN is not experiencing the massive die-offs the drought-stricken Midwest and Plains states are. MO, NE, the Dakotas, IL, IN, and Lower MI are experiencing severe EHD die-offs.
 
Are there any visible signs to identify EHD after a deer has died? My dad found one dead in a pond that was half eaten by buzzards and there were no obvious signs of the deer being shot. It was in East TN.
 
Hit&Miss84 said:
So is there a difference between HD and EHD?
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Hemorrhagic Disease (HD) includes several types of hemorrhaigc diseases (cause internal bleeding). HD is generally divided into two main groups, those in the family of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and those included in the family of Blue Tongue (BT). All of these diseases display similar symptoms, but are caused by different variations (genetically) in virus type.
 
tnbucs1 said:
Are there any visible signs to identify EHD after a deer has died? My dad found one dead in a pond that was half eaten by buzzards and there were no obvious signs of the deer being shot. It was in East TN.
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To test for HD requires a deer very near death or just hours after death. But sores on the roof of the mouth and the tongue, swollen faces, droopy posture, standing in water for long periods of time, stumbling and staggering while displaying no appearent fear of Man, and dying in or near water are all common symptoms.
 
BSK said:
Hit&Miss84 said:
So is there a difference between HD and EHD?
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Hemorrhagic Disease (HD) includes several types of hemorrhaigc diseases (cause internal bleeding). HD is generally divided into two main groups, those in the family of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and those included in the family of Blue Tongue (BT). All of these diseases display similar symptoms, but are caused by different variations (genetically) in virus type.
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10-4, Thank you for the info
 
I have been vacant from here for most of the Summer, but we have seen a bunch of dead deer while Smallmouth fishing different rivers in SW Virginia. Last Sunday we saw 11 different deer mid river which all had been dead for a week at least. This has been going on for the better part of a month, and IMO there is no doubt that upper East TN/SW VA has experienced some form of outbreak. How widespread is hard to say, but certainly there has been some attrition.
 
I was hunting my friends property in sullivan county Saturday and found another deer carcass in an old logging road about 75 yards from a creek. That makes three on his 50 acres.
 

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