deer kill

part of this can be found on site mentioned above
and on 2007 press release #107-07 and # 111-07
  much more info on dr. trouts forum

Gents,
 
I live in East Finley Township, Washington County and yes the reports are true. In certain areas the stench of dead deer is overwhelming, honestly you can't drive with the car windows down.   
 
Take care
 
PT 

I think you mean can't.

Sorry to hear about this.  I know a few guys from down that way, and they aren't happy. 

"There are no known efficient methods of controlling biting midges"
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bitmidge.htm

I just talked to my Sister in Taylorstown....  None of the guys around there have seen anything YET...   the ones they have seen are healthy

Hope its not that bad i got 2a for the 1st time hope to get some luck this year didnt even shoot one last year.

I have a question how did this virus start and how did it only hit washington and greene co?????

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I have a question how did this virus start and how did it only hit washington and greene co?????

 
It is a rather common virus that hits deer in the south.  The bugs that carry this virus survive only in warm climates.  Occasionally in the summer they make thier way into the northern states. 
 
There have been scattered ourbreaks in many states this year in the north.
 
There has been speculation about the origin of the outbreak in Greene county since the same area was the origin in 2002.  Some believe the midges are being transported from the south to certain coal mines in the area on railcars and belts for the mine and it spreads from there. Hard to prove though.

So far the deer here in eastern Washington County seem to be fine, not a dead 1 in sight and i have not smelled any, with the exception of 1 while fishing at the 84 mine prep plant dam a couple of nights ago but it may have been hit by a car because there is a road close by, but i have been in many different woods around scouting for archery an my area seems clean so far, the Observer Reporter mentioned something a few weeks ago, i can't remember it to well but most of the dead deer in Greene County seem to be around Bailey Mine if i remember correctly, maybe the mines do have something to do with this, according to Dale Lolley in todays Observer Reporter, State Sen. Richard Kasinic of Uniontown has sent a letter to the game commision stating they should discontinue antlerless license sales because of this outbreak in WMU 2a, and is concerned about what will happen if we kill an extra 20-30 thousand deer will have on the deer population that has already been heavily impacted by EHD ( real name is = Epizooitic Hemmorrhagic Disease). Dale Lolley also states that WMU's 2b and 2c have also started to see affected deer and says to really think about using your extra tags. George Block says in his article while talking to PGC officer, confirmed that the disease has been spotted in Jefferson Hills and says that a good early frost could wipe out a significant amount of the disease. This is something serious that we all should think about now and in the future and the paper also says that it is affecting cattle in Ohio. I guess were just gonna have to hope for the best this season.

I'll hunt in West Greene anyway.  Hopefully, the doe I shoot will not be the last one alive in 2A.