Hunting EHD infected deer - Hudson Valley New York Outbreak - The Cursed Hunts of 2020 - Ep1
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this episode, Andrew explains how good the 2020 hunting season was going to be and the reality of what it's like to see woods affected by an epizootic hemorrhagic disease outbreak.
This video series follows three archery hunters who get a first hand experience dealing with a devastating EHD outbreak in the Hudson Valley of New York. Andrew Elder - the local resident, his brother Nelson Elder and family friend Johnny Diamonds give the first week of bow season a try to get a complete grasp on how bad the herd loss really is. If an EHD outbreak wasn't enough, bad luck followed them around for every hunt. These are the cursed hunts of 2020.
#EHD #deerhunting #deer #hunting #archery #deerseason2020 #whitetail #newyork
I just found your video while researching EHD in the Hudson Valley because once again we are being hit with EHD. I thought last year was bad but I have to say this year is even worse! Hard to believe that I know. The smell of dead deer is EVERYWHERE and there is no frost in the near future to kill the midge causing this. It looks like this season is already over and nothing to do now except look for dead heads. I can't see us bouncing back from 2 years back to back for a few years! To think we still have deer season to go through!!!!
Yeah - This is crazy! I didn't think it'd come back again this year. I haven't noticed any dead deer though, just heard of it happening. I'm hoping there are enough deer making it through with antibodies. Seems like the areas on the outside rims of last year's affected areas are the ones getting hit hard. Which unit are you in? I'm in 3N... This year I'm mostly focusing on out-of-state hunts... Best of luck to you this year. Keep your head up. Deer can bounce back fairly quickly 🤞
That guy Aaron Culotta sure knows a thing or two about deer lemme tell ya
He's a cool dude.
looking forward to next episode. 2020 definitely sucked!!!!!!!
YEP! Big time! ... Eventually it worked out for me (as far as hunting goes) but it took a long way to get there. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!
Great job buddy!!!
Thanks Joe!
Will subscribe
Thanks
Outbreaks in humans and animals
Disease and pestilence all in the Bible
Tough year (understatement, I know)
@@HigherElevations u got it buddy
Cool video in a bummer sort of way.. eventually the population will rebound.I live in the Colombia river gorge in Washington and had a similar experience with my "personal" deer population crashing hard two -three years ago.. I finally got to the bottom of it but my problem was a family of lions , not EHD. Deer population is slowly coming back now.
Yeah - could take 4-5 years. We lost about 80% or more in the areas I hunt. Good thing I have other options.
@@HigherElevations are there many lions in the Adirondacks?
The Colombia river gorge (especially on the Washington side) has become overrun with them.You know it’s a problem when you go out scouting or hunting and see more cats than deer. We’ve been trying to take care of it but it’s hard to do without official helps Dogs at night in winter is the best but dogs are still illegal unless the officials use them going after a "problem" cat or bear.
@@guaporeturns9472 There might be less than a handful, if there are any at all. They're starting to make a comeback here in the northeast after being off the landscape for a few decades.
@@HigherElevations yeah they are cool in extremely small doses but you only need a few in an area to mess it up. They are death on deer and even elk herds. Thanks for the response.
My brother found a gigantic nine pointer in the Hudson valley dead from EHD back in November, it really sucks. Great video though!
Over 1,400 reported. Such a bummer... Thanks for watching!
That really sucks.I live in Pa.Hopefully it doesn't come here.
Hard to know when or where it could hit. Seems to be a little random around here. Droughts make it much much worse.
@@HigherElevations I think the sitting water is the culprit. I have a large stream that runs s through my property..
That's great - yeah, definitely warm stagnant water is breeding grounds for midges
Ehd is also getting worse because deer are being forced to live in more concentrated herds due to mans delineation of habitat
True. The outbreak here was bad because of high concentrations of deer for several reasons: Limited water sources to due to extreme drought, no acorns in woods and high population numbers.
@@HigherElevations the struggle is real brother
Tough break guys. I took for granted how good the deer hunting is in that area, until I moved to the desert. Used to be that you didn't have to scout because deer were everywhere.
Yeah - still pretty bummed about it. Hopefully the herd can bounce back fairly quickly.
What county do you hunt in? I hunt the Catskills near Mohonk. We’ve found over 20 dead deer already this year in 2021
I hunt Dutchess. EHD hit hard here last year. Ruined the season. Bummer that it's showing up again. I was hoping we wouldn't see it this year because of all this rain.
@@HigherElevations yeah I’m from beacon. I know it was bad there last year
Oh ok cool. I'm in beacon too.
@@HigherElevations what’s your name? Maybe we have some mutual friends there
Andrew Elder... maybe. Though, I don't know many people here.
How devastating, what an awful disease. Thanks for making this video though, good to educate folks. I can't imagine putting in all that work and having such a great outlook for the season and then dealing with that wildcard. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.
Thanks man - still hard to wrap my head around it... I have another more educational video about EHD in the works. Goes into more detail.