hunting partner killed a nice 5 pt in jackson county this morning. it was a great cull, should have been a bigger rack on it. thats 2 for him. at least i was there this morning to help drag this one, what work i can do anymore anyway.
a dnr agent thats friends with the folks is dropping off a doe he killed to give to us, he helps manage some private properties killing off does and culls. thats a nice gift, i'll butcher that tomorrow.
we talked to the guys at the check station for a bit. they said the numbers of deer killed are down, and it looks like the numbers of hunters is down too, but the tags sold were the same. they said the EHD is very bad, and some farms are reporting finding huge numbers of dead deer in water sources. they're checking all of them for signs of the disease, including degenerative damage to the hooves.
please take in your deer to be looked at, this is a huge deal.