Blue Tongue?

[NiteRunner]

I heard that in parts of Illinois theres somthing called Blue Tongue killing off the deer. Guys are finding them in cornfields. Anyone know Something about what's happening?

[TheNumber1Young1]

Blue tongue is somewhat common in certain parts of America, what happens is it is a disease that makes the tongue swell, and when deer try to drink they cant, because its swelled so much they cant get any water, and that is why you find them dead near creek or river beds, they normally die 24 hours after they get the disease.

[TreeWalker]

It is very common up here in western ND and eastern Montana......it's natures way of controlling the population......EHD (blue tongue) hits these parts every 3 or 4 years........usually when the populations are getting out of hand...........

The Realtree crews documented this on a front page article a couple years ago, on their favorite hunting grounds....the Milk River....

It's normally transferred via biting flies or gnats, and is a short lived disease........nothing to get to worried about......just mother nature at work.....

[wtnhunt]

Saw a pretty interesting hunting show last year or the year before, cannot remember which show it was, but they had some biologist talking about blue tongue. They had footage of some really nice bucks as they were expiring from this disease, it was pretty sad. It is a pretty devastating disease. They say that deer will usually be found near water, river beds and creeks. Seems there was a concern in Tennessee a few years back, I remember reading abotu it at the twra site. Have looked around the river here, but never found any dead deer.

[ILBIGBUCKS]

this is happening about 20miles from me...i hope it doesn't come where i am at.

[jbeck]

Out at our ranch in Montana we find alot of really big bucks that died of blue tounge. It is a paracite that is incubated in the mud of dried up water holes. usually occures in dry conditions. Had a case of it in pittsburg pa. couple of years ago. Not pretty.

[NiteRunner]

Never heard of it before, Thank for filling me in on it.

[dodge4x4]

I can't say I've even eever heard of that? What is it? And ILBIGBUCKS, where is Avon? I'm in Illinois too and I'm just curious.

[dodge4x4]

I just found where Avon is. I looked on MapQuest. 3/4 of our hunting land is due south of you, down near Beardstown and Mt. Sterling and Quincy. Kinda between all three of them. I sure hope it doesn't work its way down there and get all of our big bucks. We got a lot of 'em. lol.

[ILBIGBUCKS]

yep...not too far from ya...good luck this year and i hope it doesnt get our deer heards

[robk]

they had a big kill off of blue tongue in mmontana a year or so back and it will devistate a herd if not taken care of and it is a miserable death tot he deer
rob k

[adowns99]

i hunt in mason county illinois and i have heard some horror stories allready from the havana and oakford area. 180 inch buck laying almost dead by the side of the road. my buddy actually pet the deer before conservation got there and shot him. this sucks!

[NiteRunner]

I heard they found a 180" or 200" buck dead from it. Might be the same one your talking about adowns99.

[Tominator]

Had an outbreak in Ohio a few years back, Adams county I think it was.

Comes from a lack of water I think, thus congregating some bug that infect the deer. Don't really remember.

[imported_ne_archer]

Found a nice 5x5 dead last night in the field that my brother, dad, and me think died from blue tongue. It sucks because it was one of the deer I had my sites on shooting this year as he hung out alot in my hunting area only a mile away.