Wisconsin Bow Season

bowhunter · 09-28-2007, 05:56 PM

Started last week. Been to busy to go hunting but i cant wait.

jerry · 09-28-2007, 07:59 PM

Ours starts Monday in IL. I'll be at a factory teaching a class to maintenance people on a paint system. Yeah.

webs · 09-29-2007, 08:36 AM

Indiana's Bow Season starts monday and just like you guys I can hardly wait.I have found a couple dead deer in my area the past week and saw another laying at the creeks edge and it looked sick.We have had an outbreak of EHD(Blue Tongue)in my area the past 2 seasons.The deer contact this disease when they are bit by a midge(insect) and die 2 to 3 days after.The southern part of Indiana has had a wide spread outbreak this year and a total of 42 counties are affected state wide.

killer · 09-29-2007, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by webs

We have had an outbreak of EHD(Blue Tongue)in my area the past 2 seasons.The deer contact this disease when they are bit by a midge(insect) and die 2 to 3 days after.The southern part of Indiana has had a wide spread outbreak this year and a total of 42 counties are affected state wide.

Where did it come from?

Can you still eat the meat if you down one and determine it has the disease?

webs · 09-29-2007, 12:26 PM

I am not sure where EHD originated from but I do know it is common in the southern states.They say you can eat the meat and it will not harm you but I don't believe I would and especially if the deer was sick looking.The deer I saw the other day was laying at the waters edge and his head was held low.EHD gives the deer a high fever and that is why they go back to the water.Many times the deer are actually out in the water when death occurs.The creeks,rivers and waterways is where this midge is hatched.The deer can also survive the infection and actually become immune to future bites and infection.The survivers usually have loose hooves which is a sign of the animal having had the disease.

bowhunter · 09-29-2007, 08:30 PM

WOW that sound bad. We have had to deal with CWD. The DNR is making a huge mess trying to kill every deer in the area. They even brought in snipers.

webs · 09-30-2007, 07:47 AM

Hey Bowhunter,I didn't mean to get off subject on your thread and I apoligize.I have heard about the problem you guys are having with CWD in Wisconsin and it really is a bad situation up there.We can only hope the D.N.R. can get it resolved.I don't believe EHD(Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease)is as critIcal as C.W.D.Some southern states lose a lot of deer due to EHD every year.The disease has been around a long time but the outbreaks of it the past couple seasons in West Central and Southern Indiana are more wide spread and with higher fatality rates ever before recorded in this state.Perhaps it is natures way of thinning the over population of deer.Good luck with your bowhunting and the C.W.D.problem.

bowhunter · 10-02-2007, 10:01 AM

Thanks, We hunt outside of the eradication zones. The biggest problem with it is the diagnosis. The only way to tell if the animal has the disease is to send the head in. You’re supposed to quarter the deer and wait to see if it’s ok. Some people say its ok to eat and that other states have had CWD for years and don’t have much of a problem. Because of this outbreak we are losing hunters which is increasing the herd. If you own land in the eradication zones you can shoot as many deer as you want all year long. But nobody is doing that and most farmers aren’t letting the DNR clear the herd. So I don’t think what there doing is doing anything but screwing things up and bad. Good luck were you are at.

I hope you all get a B&C this year.

offroader1994 · 10-13-2007, 08:53 AM

We have i think 32 countys here in TN. that are having a high die off rate according to th TWRA from the EHD outbreak with that and a late spring freeze hitting and a drought nearly all year some people are saying that deer are going be harder to locate and pattern this year. I've been seeing alot of deer really close to residential areas that i have not seen in the past have heared of people finding deer on their decks drinking the water they have setting out for dogs and or cats, even drinking out of kiddie pools and large pools.

09-28-2007, 05:56 PM	#1
bowhunter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 7	Wisconsin Bow Season Started last week. Been to busy to go hunting but i cant wait.

09-28-2007, 07:59 PM	#2
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,881 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Ours starts Monday in IL. I'll be at a factory teaching a class to maintenance people on a paint system. Yeah. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

09-29-2007, 08:36 AM	#3
webs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 255 Images: 3	Indiana's Bow Season starts monday and just like you guys I can hardly wait.I have found a couple dead deer in my area the past week and saw another laying at the creeks edge and it looked sick.We have had an outbreak of EHD(Blue Tongue)in my area the past 2 seasons.The deer contact this disease when they are bit by a midge(insect) and die 2 to 3 days after.The southern part of Indiana has had a wide spread outbreak this year and a total of 42 counties are affected state wide.

09-29-2007, 12:26 PM	#5
webs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 255 Images: 3	I am not sure where EHD originated from but I do know it is common in the southern states.They say you can eat the meat and it will not harm you but I don't believe I would and especially if the deer was sick looking.The deer I saw the other day was laying at the waters edge and his head was held low.EHD gives the deer a high fever and that is why they go back to the water.Many times the deer are actually out in the water when death occurs.The creeks,rivers and waterways is where this midge is hatched.The deer can also survive the infection and actually become immune to future bites and infection.The survivers usually have loose hooves which is a sign of the animal having had the disease.

09-29-2007, 08:30 PM	#6
bowhunter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 7	WOW that sound bad. We have had to deal with CWD. The DNR is making a huge mess trying to kill every deer in the area. They even brought in snipers.

09-30-2007, 07:47 AM	#7
webs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 255 Images: 3	Hey Bowhunter,I didn't mean to get off subject on your thread and I apoligize.I have heard about the problem you guys are having with CWD in Wisconsin and it really is a bad situation up there.We can only hope the D.N.R. can get it resolved.I don't believe EHD(Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease)is as critIcal as C.W.D.Some southern states lose a lot of deer due to EHD every year.The disease has been around a long time but the outbreaks of it the past couple seasons in West Central and Southern Indiana are more wide spread and with higher fatality rates ever before recorded in this state.Perhaps it is natures way of thinning the over population of deer.Good luck with your bowhunting and the C.W.D.problem.

10-02-2007, 10:01 AM	#8
bowhunter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 7	Thanks, We hunt outside of the eradication zones. The biggest problem with it is the diagnosis. The only way to tell if the animal has the disease is to send the head in. You’re supposed to quarter the deer and wait to see if it’s ok. Some people say its ok to eat and that other states have had CWD for years and don’t have much of a problem. Because of this outbreak we are losing hunters which is increasing the herd. If you own land in the eradication zones you can shoot as many deer as you want all year long. But nobody is doing that and most farmers aren’t letting the DNR clear the herd. So I don’t think what there doing is doing anything but screwing things up and bad. Good luck were you are at. I hope you all get a B&C this year.

10-13-2007, 08:53 AM	#9
offroader1994 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: east Tn. Posts: 83	We have i think 32 countys here in TN. that are having a high die off rate according to th TWRA from the EHD outbreak with that and a late spring freeze hitting and a drought nearly all year some people are saying that deer are going be harder to locate and pattern this year. I've been seeing alot of deer really close to residential areas that i have not seen in the past have heared of people finding deer on their decks drinking the water they have setting out for dogs and or cats, even drinking out of kiddie pools and large pools.