found this while checking cameras

[tph]

the bobcats had tried to cover her up with brush and leaves.. wonder what killed her?
http://iowawhitetail.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=285&pictureid=11795

 

[tph]

I alos quickly put up a camera by her to see whats going to come eat her!!

 

[SCOFFIN]

I alos quickly put up a camera by her to see whats going to come eat her!!

I wanted to do that last year, but never got around to it. Keep us updated on the pictures you get.. Really keeping my fingers crossed for a Big Foot or something like that..

 

[tph]

still wonder why its dead? it looked healthy

 

[6x6]

EHD more than likely, sometimes they look like they could just jump up and run away.

 

[tph]

ya i thought of that but wasnt sure if they looked thin or anything with ehd??

 

[Sligh1]

ya i thought of that but wasnt sure if they looked thin or anything with ehd??

I found one last night too, same thing. EHD
EHD will kill them very fast so they are not going to look all thin & strung out for months. Healthy deer can get infected and die fast. You most likely have EHD there.

 

[tph]

great, now how bad do you think it will get? and what is ehd ??

 

[haldermand]

We had EHD here in Northern Indiana. There were 20 deer all found dead by a pond one morning. Apparently the deer get very thirsty when they have EHD. It's a bad deal. But we got a good frost yesterday morning, so that is supposed to take care of it.