17 December 2020

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What Was Up With All Those ā€˜Velvet’ Mule Deer  Bucks This Year? The Reason May Be Due  To A Widespread EHD Outbreak Last Summer

What Was Up With All Those ā€˜Velvet’ Mule Deer Bucks This Year? The Reason May Be Due To A Widespread EHD Outbreak Last Summer


Hunters across northcentral and northeast Montana reported seeing a large number of mule deer bucks in velvet this general hunting season. The reason may lie in the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease outbreak that affected deer in several areas across the region this fall. Although EHD is often fatal in whitetailed deer, mule deer can still acquire the disease and, according to some studies, it may

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