Wildlife agency officials in South Dakota and Nebraska are considering taking measures to reduce the number of deer hunting licenses or permits issued this fall due to outbreaks of a viral disease in the state’s deer herds, according to The Associated Press.
Agencies in both states are blaming significant deer die-offs on epizootic hemorrhagic disease. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said EHD is believed to have killed more than 3,000 deer in the state over the past few months. John Kanta, a regional wildlife manager with the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, told a KEVN-TV in Rapid City that more than 1,100 cases in EHD have...