In all honesty even considering prior years of die offs I’d dare say I’ve rarely seen a substantial decrease in a deer population around here. I know I’d heard Waterloo had a big die off back around 2006 due to EHD. I even hear that they never recovered. But every time I’m in those woods I see substantial sign and or deer. I helped with some prep site burns and saw deer and sign in those desolate places.

It’s why I mention hunter sightings are not the best form of data. It is full of biases


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