epizootic hemorrhagic disease

[Double D]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120109/NEWS01/201090302/Deer-killing-disease-strikes-Eastern-Montana

I'll bet this is why I never saw a deer all deer season.

[Anduril]

yup, really bad stuff.
maybe if the landowners would let more hunters on to thin out the deer herds some, this disease wouldn't be so widespread.
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[Double D]

yup, really bad stuff.
maybe if the landowners would let more hunters on to thin out the deer herds some, this disease wouldn't be so widespread.
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I think this disease would have been bad no matter what the size of the deer herds.

[osokusmc]

Getting rid of the "Open Fields Doctrine" in SD would probably open up tens of thousands of acres to hunters.  Many landowners don't allow hunting due to a lack of respect of private property by the government.