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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3386073" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Some EHD deaths occur every year. EHD is endemic in the Southeast. However, what worries me is the big EHD outbreaks, which we usually see every 6-7 years. In those big EHD outbreaks, I see only minor die-offs on properties without stagnant water, while I see massive die-offs on properties with lots of stagnant water.</p><p></p><p>My property has no stagnant water (just tumbling, rock stair-step spring-fed creeks). In both the 2001 and 2007 EHD outbreaks in my area, I didn't lose over 15% of my local population. Yet in neighboring areas with lots of swampy ground, they lost a massive number of deer, especially in the 2007 outbreak (over 50%). In the 2007 outbreak, clients with properties like mine (just tumbling creeks) found very few dead deer, while neighboring properties with lots of small ponds found entire herds of deer floating dead in the ponds.</p><p></p><p>Until proven otherwise, I do not recommend clients create ponds. They are not needed. Deer get the vast majority of their water needs from the plants they eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3386073, member: 17"] Some EHD deaths occur every year. EHD is endemic in the Southeast. However, what worries me is the big EHD outbreaks, which we usually see every 6-7 years. In those big EHD outbreaks, I see only minor die-offs on properties without stagnant water, while I see massive die-offs on properties with lots of stagnant water. My property has no stagnant water (just tumbling, rock stair-step spring-fed creeks). In both the 2001 and 2007 EHD outbreaks in my area, I didn't lose over 15% of my local population. Yet in neighboring areas with lots of swampy ground, they lost a massive number of deer, especially in the 2007 outbreak (over 50%). In the 2007 outbreak, clients with properties like mine (just tumbling creeks) found very few dead deer, while neighboring properties with lots of small ponds found entire herds of deer floating dead in the ponds. Until proven otherwise, I do not recommend clients create ponds. They are not needed. Deer get the vast majority of their water needs from the plants they eat. [/QUOTE]
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