If you use a common factor of finding only 5 to 10 percent of the dead deer then that really puts it into a better perspective. Even if the 200 is an accurate number for the dead deer that means from 2000 to 4000 dead now and the EHD is still killing deer daily. I hate to be a doomsayer but this is what I was writing about 2 or 3 years ago when I was ranting about killing too many does and reducing the deer herd too much. If we loose 10,000 or 15,000 deer to this thing and we over harvest what is left of the herd what will we expect to see next year in terms of both harvest and seasons and will we be back to the state wide drawing lottery system with only one license per hunter for only a portion of those who apply? This could be the thing that finally takes Iowa off the deer hunting "bucket list" and removes the NR question!
