Quote Originally Posted by rickhise View Post
I would disagree with that, because of what we found over a period of months, this blue tongue was a long process in Cumberland county, so I say our deer were exposed to it from early hot summer up to late oct. b4 we had a hint of a frost.....
If I understood you correctly the bucks were only exposed during velvet, not what we saw, wasn't the disease transmitted by a type of a mite ??? and it took a heavy frost to kill the mite

You are right it is a small mite and it doesn't die until after a frost. The drought conditions and unseasonably warm temps are what made the ehd outbreak so bad last season.