Frigid conditions cannot arrive soon enough for the nation’s deer hunters.
Reports of epizootic hemorrhagic disease have risen to more than 2,000 cases in Michigan and wildlife officials are eliminating unsold deer hunting licenses in parts of South Dakota in response to an outbreak of the infectious, often fatal virus.
The disease has attacked deer herds throughout many portions of the Midwest after this summer’s brutal drought conditions. Midge flies, which carry EHD, typically bite deer while they congregate around stagnate pools of water. There is no known vaccine or cure for the disease, but previous outbreaks have ceased abruptly...