Worming Deer

[Ogz]

I know in Africa that chemicals are used to help keep down ticks on the animals. When the animal walks into a water hole, it trips a pressure sensor on the ground and gets sprayed with the chemical. You would think that this would drive the game away, but they get used to it and eventually don't pay any attention to it. Pretty remarkable.

[JNRBRONC]

After my "mineral lick" post, I wondered about the hazards of concentrating deer at one site. We had a EHD (epizotic hemmoraghic disease) outbreak in south east Iowa a few years back due to deer concentrating near water holes during a dry spell. There were midges that transmitted the virus from deer to deer in such a situation. Maybe we are better off not concentrating the deer in high numbers?