So says Jerry Feaser of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Jim Crum, deer biologist for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, and Dr. Anne Ballmann, veterinarian and wildlife disease specialist for the National Wildlife Health Center.
Deer survival. In fact, a 1984 Pennsylvania study found that deer could survive a least a month with no food at all. During winter, deer lose 20 percent or more of their body weight by burning fat reserves. They are well adapted to survive the many stresses that winter presents.
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Not all deer die immediately from acidosis. Its effects vary with the age and health of the individual. Some may simply slow down, get clumsy, and become easy prey to speeding traffic and hungry coyotes.
If you really want to help the local deer population, concentrate on habitat improvement. Plant mast-bearing trees and shrubs. Plant a stand of conifers to provide winter cover from wind and snow. And create forest openings to stimulate the growth of the woody browse that sustains deer herds all winter long.
This is the dumbest artical i have ever seen. Why would someone ever believe that corn kills deer? deer eat from corn my corn feeders every year actually the same deer a buck that has been coming around for 3 years now. oh yeah lets use our head on this one what about the millions of acres of corn fields in the united states that do not kill deer! All im saying is if corn killed deer than over time deer would learn to stay away from all types of corn!
wow, this is crazy. Ive watched my family my whole life feed deer corn. my grandfather FOR YEARS has put out corn,apples,salt blocks lettuce, etc etc just to watch them from his house. YEARSS people. and I do it myself now. and each year the same deer return to eat. I would agree that corn alone isnt a good idea, because the deer will over indulge himself on just corn. I would suggest putting out apples and veggies with it, I also wouldnt suggest feeding from feeders or pouring large amounts of corn on the ground, just a hand or two full tossed out is good enough for them as a treat. so they dont over eat.. is it possible that the deer he is getting on his necropsy table had just got through eating and was hit by a car??? or died from some other cause right after eating?
perhaps the idea is not that corn in itself kills the deer but feeding corn to deer who do not normally eat corn can kill the deer. It is the same with other animals, many birds cannot eat certain types of foods and if they do it will kill them. Fish and Game biologists here in Oregon have stated that the corn acts as a filler so the deer do not get enough of the other nutritious foods that they can properly digest. I am not against feeding the deer but I think you need to be careful what you feed. Most people locally who feed the deer, elk or whatever just break open a bale of hay or alfalfa.
My question is, Why feed corn? My money goes to professionally processed feed design for deer and their digestive systems. My focus is deer, not all the other animals who eat corn, therefor my feed is mostly consumed by deer! Feeding deer corn is like feeding a kid candy ! They like it but how much good does it do?
Yesterday, I helped a friend (and avid Deer & Deer Hunting reader) trail a buck he shot the previous evening. It was a big 10-pointer, he said, and it came past his stand on a straight line after hearing his faux grunts. My friend was about 18 feet up in a ladder stand, and the buck was about 25 yards away when he unleashed the arrow. The deer whirled and ran across a grassy field, heading toward a thick stand of red pines.
I hit a nice 140" or so buck a week ago in Minnesota. He was 20yds broadside, but I shot a few inches high, heard a crack, and the next thing I know he kicked out the arrow when he moved his leg, went about 20 yds behind some brush, and just stood there and looked around for about 10 minutes. Then he just walked away. When i inspected the arrow, I found that the broadhead and insert were still stuck in the deer, with the carbon shaft cracked at the end. I only got about 2 in. of penetration, and there was only blood where he had stood for 10 mins. I searched in vain for blood after that, but found nothing.
Bow hunt 2011. I was out with my brother who is new to bow hunting. At about 0730hrs he calls me on the phone and said he just shot his first buck a small 4 pointer. He said he shot at the deer broadside and hit him high in the shoulder. He said he watched the deer run through the open grass arera in front of him then into a stand of pines. he said he could see the arrow sticking out as the deer ran away. We gave the deer about 2hrs before starting the track. We searched for about 45min and 150yards before finding our first drop of blood. The next hour was spent on our hands and knees to find a single drop of blood about every 10 to 15ft for about the next 80yards. This is where we found his arrow. Just the first inch or so was split. after messuring it up to another arrow in his quiver this was the full length. We found it next to a tree so we think it broke off as he ran past. Not another drop of blood was found. Lesson learded "practice, practice practice and make sure you have good equipment". "NOT THE WALMART SPECIAL" broadheads and arrows. Leave thoes for the kids. The deer was never found and I can tell you after spending the rest of the day searching the property he was somwere in the next county with the rest of the that were on our property. I strongly believe this was not a faital hit and the deer is still running. Shoot straight and shoot smart. Good luck to all.
Be on the watch for deer with EHD in IndianaRecently, a white-tailed deer in Clarke County Indiana tested positive for Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), and potential EHD cases have been reported in 26 other Indiana counties. Here are a few things you should know about how EHD, how to spot it, and how to report it.
When do EHD outbreaks occur?EHD and BTV outbreaks often occur in late summer and early fall (August-September), especially in years with drought-like conditions. Drought causes water sources to shrink, which creates warm, shallow, and stagnant pockets of water creating ideal breeding habitat for the midges that transmit EHD. Deer also congregate in these areas to find water, which helps the midges pass the disease between infected and healthy deer. EHD outbreaks can last until a frost that kills the midges.
What are the signs of a deer with EHD?Deer with EHD often appear weak, lethargic, and disoriented. Other signs of EHD in deer are ulcers in the mouth or on the tongue, swollen face, neck, or eyelids, and a bluish color to the tongue. Deer with EHD often search for water to combat the fever caused by the disease. EHD can be confirmed by testing blood and tissue (i.e., spleen) samples, but samples must be collected shortly after death.
Where am I likely to find a deer with EHD?Because deer with EHD often seek out water to combat the resulting fever, deer killed by EHD are commonly found around water. If you have a stream, creek, river, or other source of water on your property, looking in the vicinity of those areas can help you locate deer that have succumb to EHD.
What do I do if I find a deer I think has EHD?If you come across a sick or dead deer that you think has EHD you can report it through an online reporting system run by the Indiana DNR. Here is a link to the reporting system: Report a Dead or Sick Deer.
Can deer survive an EHD outbreak?Yes, some deer will survive EHD. While up to 90% of deer that contract EHD may die from the disease, the deer that survive build up antibodies to EHD, which may make them immune to future outbreaks. Additionally, does may pass the antibodies and immunity to their offspring.
How can I tell if a deer I killed during hunting season has survived EHD?If you kill a deer during the hunting season this year, pay attention to the hooves. Deer that survive an EHD outbreak often have indentions or cracks on their hooves (see picture).
When a mountain lion feeds on a deer carcass, many of the largest bones in the body will be crunched and partially or entirely consumed, including vertebrae, femurs, pelvises, skulls and scapulae. When a collection of smaller scavengers such as foxes, fishers, skunks, bobcats, eagles and vultures feed on a deer carcass the majority of the bones and skeleton will remain intact, picked clean of meat. With just this basic knowledge in mind, examine the photos below of a deer carcass in northwestern Oregon, taken by Paul Glasser, and try to determine what has been feeding on it.
Hiding refers to the overall placement of the carcass on the landscape, which mountain lions are quite particular about. If the carcass is small enough for them to move (anything deer-sized or smaller) than they will almost always drag it to a sheltered place to feed. Mountain lions generally like to feed under some sort of cover if available, which can be a rock overhang, a willow thicket, or a stand of dense young firs. This behavior serves at least 3 purposes: 1) reduces the visible detectability of the carcass, 2) provides shade which minimizes spoilage of the meat and thereby reduces the olfactory detectability of the carcass, and 3) provides the mountain lion with shelter from the elements as it feeds. How far a mountain lion will drag a kill depends on the terrain, how near the closest suitable cover is, and how large the kill is. For adult deer kills in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest somewhere between 40 and 150 yards seems normal, although I have seen instances where lions carried prey much farther. Lions tend to drag their kills downhill, and it is common for them to end up in the bottom of a drainage or right next to a creek.
When mountain lions feed on mesocarnivores and other small prey such as rabbits or small domestic animals, the feeding sign can be quite different from large ungulate kills, but several of the rules outlined above remain true. Mountain lions still pluck at least some of the hair from small kills, though the smaller the prey item the less hair is plucked. Very small animals such as chipmunks, mice, warblers, voles and woodrats may be eaten in their entirety, making interpretation of the sign and confirmation of predation difficult or impossible. For medium-sized critters however, such as foxes, raccoons, fishers and house cats there is a typical appearance to the sign left by feeding mountain lions, where the tail, digestive organs, and fragments of the skull remain. Mountain lions are generally not keen on eating tails, which promise a mouthful of hair and bone and not much meat, so these are typically found almost completely intact, and it is unusual for a lion to consume any more than the proximal 1/3 of the tail which has more meat. And just as is the case with larger prey such as deer, the bonier parts of the skull including the supraoccipital plate and the palate with rows of molars are ignored. However, when feeding on deer kills mountain lions often feed on the nose, crunching off the distal ends of the nasal, premaxillae and turbinate bones, but these parts are ignored on mesocarnivores. In fact, on mesocarnivores killed by mountain lions it is common to find the entire snout and nose left perfectly intact, with the skull crunched and eaten from the orbits backwards. Bobcats however are typically either incapable or uninclined to actually crush the brain case of even small mesocarnivore prey such as mink, and instead with their kills you tend to find intact skulls with canine puncture marks in the brain case. It is very unusual to find intact mesocarnivore skulls at mountain lion kill-sites, and this can be a helpful way to differentiate their kills from those of smaller carnivores. Both mountain lions and bobcats leave the digestive organs of mesocarnivore prey intact in a neat pile, but other carnivores such as coyotes, wolves and domestic dogs may or may not eat these organs. 2ff7e9595c
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