Significant BC Deer Die Off

As far as the Grand Forks 'die off', all the bambi loving karens who disagree with any kind of cull on town deer should be made to watch those deer suffer and die.

When you remove hunting and predation and allow a population to grow like that what do you think is going to happen. The resident town white tail population there is incredible.
 
Interesting talk this am on the radio, local f&g club saying most of the dead have been found in town, foaming at the mouth shortly before collapsing. Samples are being delayed at the lab in Abbotsford due to geu strike.
No reports of dead deer out in the wilds so far, would think that with hunting season being on sightings may happen, before carcasses get scavenged
 
some sick in the head local out there poisoning the deer?
If i was the ministry of environment guy for that area i would be checking water sources pronto
 
Raton57 said:
Why would deer eat dead vegetation as green plants won't have Round Up on them. Like really uneducated reason.
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Ever been on a golf course or a farm never mind some green thumbs yard. Glyphosate is ubiquitous.

“Current Roundup Ready crops include soy, corn (maize), canola, sugar beets, cotton, and alfalfa,“

The plant has been genetically engineered to “drink” glyphosate and not die

Turkeys in southern Ontario have been found to have pesticides in em.

Uneducated/ignorant indeed
 
IronNoggin said:

Testing planned after 30 deer found dead in two weeks in Grand Forks, B.C.​

Samples have been collected to try and figure out what has killed at least 30 deer over the last two weeks in and around Grand Forks, B.C.

Jeff Gailey, president of the Grand Forks Wildlife Association, says he won't speculate on the cause, but the samples will be tested for bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease, which killed a large number of California bighorn sheep in the region in 2021.

Gailey says the animals all appear to be in good health when their bodies are found, though a young animal was recently discovered with some discharge.

He says the local veterinarian is not able to do the testing, so the samples will have to be taken nearly 200 kilometres north to Penticton for answers, hopefully by Wednesday.

Gailey says the uncertainty has people in the community on edge but that the deaths don't appear to be caused by chronic wasting disease, a different fatal illness that was discovered in B.C. for the first time last year.

The provincial government website describes EHD and bluetongue as similar hemorrhagic diseases where viruses cause sudden death.

"Hemorrhage and lack of oxygen in the blood result in a blue appearance of the oral mucosa, hence the name 'bluetongue'," the website says.

"Between eight and 36 hours following the onset of signs, animals usually go into shock, collapse and die," the website says.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Nelso...r-found-dead-in-two-weeks-in-Grand-Forks-B-C-
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That's so wild! I definitely have to follow this story.
 
I remember a few years ago, in my hunting spot, I found a dead mule deer doe. No bullet holes, no marks from a mountain lion. it was just odd. Went back a week later, the scavengers had eaten most of it.
 
45ACPKING said:
and not only that..... they acted in worse and inhumane ways by deploying a lengthy deer catch fence which resulted in many deer getting stuck in the fencing and suffering horrible injuries and prolonged deaths. Residents exposed it and some deer were able to be freed but many died in cruel inhumane fashion before the outcry from locals caught media attention. To make matters worse, the injured and deceased animals caught in the fence , from what i hear from a resident, were primarily the non target species of local deer. Same for the ones killed by helicopter hunting..... lots of the wrong species. The culling was for introduced Fallow deer not the resident Sitka Blacktail. Sadly, a great many Sitkas have been killed during this wantonly irresponsible and ill conceived plan.
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Thank you for exposing the truth
 
SilentKnight said:
"Professionals" is an interesting way to describe the guy's who killed a bunch of the wrong species in that cull lol...
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Maybe he was a professional...just that his profession is a "wrong specie specialist" LMAO

In all honesty tho, I sure hope they find out what the issue is !! Something that could be delivered to livestock..pets or even humans is a scary scenario for sure !!
 
"Significant" amount of deer... :rolleyes:

Obviously no one in this article goes out in the bush much. I'd be more concerned if the total gets into the thousands. 30 deer? Insignificant.

Mother nature has a way to self-cull over population. Deer are like rats with better PR. You could have a no bag hunting limit up there and it would barely make a dent.
Case in point, this year is definitely a big rabbit year. Seen crazy amounts around the Cariboo. They probably won't be next year as predation and/or disease knocks em back down.

BC backcountry is insanely large. Isolated die offs are common and most never reach human eyes.
 
Karnage said:
"Significant" amount of deer... :rolleyes:

Obviously no one in this article goes out in the bush much. I'd be more concerned if the total gets into the thousands. 30 deer? Insignificant.
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This is the way the hemorrhagic disease that damn near wiped out our Island Blacktails began.
It was only around 20 when first discovered.
Killed thousands.
So yes, despite your opinion - very much the potential to be significant.

Sheesh!
 
IronNoggin said:
This is the way the hemorrhagic disease that damn near wiped out our Island Blacktails began.
It was only around 20 when first discovered.
Killed thousands.
So yes, despite your opinion - very much the potential to be significant.

Sheesh!
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Did humans cause the hemorrhagic disease? No.

I guess you didn't understand my post. Sheesh.
 
Karnage said:
"Significant" amount of deer... :rolleyes:

Obviously no one in this article goes out in the bush much. I'd be more concerned if the total gets into the thousands. 30 deer? Insignificant.
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For a resident white tail population in the bush, 30 animals in one small area 'is' significant.

For town deer like in Grand Forks it is also significant due to the ability for it to spread rapidly through the population.

With something like CWD (which this is not) - ONE animal is significant.
 
Planning a couple of week hunting trip within about 30 miles of there in a few weeks time. Let's hope its isolated. I'll update the thread if I see any weird ####.
 
Lived in GF for 8 years previously and took 3 deer along the river (2 with compound bow and 1 with crossbow). They were good eating (best I've ever had actually) as they fed mainly on garden vegetables and fruit supplied inadverantly by the town folks. They are very tame and numerous in the townsite but instantly revert to wild status when they wander near the trees along the river.

Had a few arguments about hunting them along the Kettle river with some Karen but checked with city bylaws and CO and was given the go ahead so too bad Karen.
 
After an investigation Grand forks Wildlife Assoc has determined that the disease is Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD).

This is spread by bites from Midges (tiny biting insects) and then spread by deer touching rubbing etc.

Symptoms include discharge from nose and mouth, loss of appetite, lethargy and enlarged neck and head due to internal hemorrhaging.

I wouldn't be eating these deer.
 
That's good news only in the facts that they found out what it was.

Soooo, sad thing is that these biting "chiggers" could possibly affect a LOT of pockets of deer in different areas ..yes ??
 
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