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Bleeding purple 
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| Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/9/12 at 11:07 pm)
Problem is no one knows what killed it. This is the third dead Buck they have found on this ranch this season. All found in water with no signs of trauma. Its a friend of a friend thing so I don't know anymore than that. 
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FalseProphet 
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/9/12 at 11:13 pm to Bleeding purple)
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BayouBandit24 
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/9/12 at 11:50 pm to Bleeding purple)
Damn shame no one can claim that beautiful buck
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Crawdaddy
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 12:03 am to BayouBandit24)
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BayouBandit24
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 12:19 am to Crawdaddy)
That thing makes me 
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StringMusic16
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:38 am to Bleeding purple)
Sounds like EHD. It's a deadly disease that has been affecting deer all over the country this year worse than usual. Deer that die of EHD are usually found in/near some kind of big water source. One of the side effects makes them incredibly thirsty. Lots of big deer have been dropping from it in the Midwest and Northeast all summer/early fall. Haven't heard of any major reports from LA or the deep South.
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StringMusic16
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:41 am to StringMusic16)
Here's what EHD is from Wikipedia:
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) is an orbivirus that infects White-tailed Deer in the northeastern and midwestern United States. The virus is transmitted by the Culicoides biting midge. The EHD virus is closely related to the Bluetongue virus and crossreacts with it on many blood tests. The virus has an incubation period of approximately one week, during which the animal may transmit the virus to biting midges. After the development of symptoms (which include internal hemorrhage, weakness, high fever, bruising, and dyspnea) the animal dies within 8 to 36 hours."
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Bleeding purple
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 4:09 am to StringMusic16)
Thanks for the info I will pass it on.
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FelicianaTigerfan
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 4:37 am to Bleeding purple)
That's the same thing the killed 2/3 of the herd along Milk River in Montana
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KingRanch
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 4:38 am to Bleeding purple)
Where was this BP?
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lazcreek
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 5:31 am to Bleeding purple)
LINK
La deer herd hit hard by ehd. Our lease in EBR is seeing a few dead deer and lots of malnourished deer.
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BarDTiger81
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 5:34 am to Bleeding purple)
Blue Tongue!
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BarDTiger81
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 5:35 am to Bleeding purple)
WHere Was this at BP????
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greasemonkey 
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 9:25 am to BarDTiger81)
I would also like to know where this is
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BFIV
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| re: Buck killed in South Texas. (Posted on 11/10/12 at 11:52 am to StringMusic16)
quote:
The virus has an incubation period of approximately one week, during which the animal may transmit the virus to biting midges. After the development of symptoms (which include internal hemorrhage, weakness, high fever, bruising, and dyspnea) the animal dies within 8 to 36 hours."
We've had a few episodes of this here in Virginia, also. If memory serves me right, EHD has a correlation with drought conditions. Water levels drop and these midges reproduce in the exposed mud and infect the deer when they come to drink.
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