More than 2,000 deer reported dead in S.D. disease outbreak

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, a viral disease that killed more than 3,700 deer in 2012, has impacted the population this year, with more than 2,000 deer found dead in 23 counties, The Mitchell Daily Republic reported. The heaviest losses have been in Brule, Aurora and Beadle Counties. In Beadle County,

209 deer were found dead and in Brule County, 206 deer were found dead. Hughes and Sully Counties were not spared. A total of 140 deer were found dead in Hughes County, while 85 were found in Sully County, said Andy Lindbloom, senior big game biologist. “We definitely got closer to 2012 than we would have liked,” Lindbloom said. READ MORE