I wanted to get a thread started to get an idea do what results farmers who invested in misting systems were seeing? There seems to be 2 companies selling automated misting systems, NAWPS and Deer Guardian. I've interacted with both companies and know that they both basically promise zero losses to EHD. Neither companies guarantee perfection but will lead you to believe that if you make the investment in their systems your EHD problems will be a thing of the past. I really want to know whether their concept holds water? The idea makes sense and would seem to work if implemented correctly.
Here is my own personal results: I used NAWPS to install my system and I had a lot of problems with the units working correctly from the start. I should note that NAWPS has since changed ownership and I have no experience with the new ownership but the old ownership was terrible. I had numerous problems with their work and spent most of last summer and this summer getting the kinks worked out. Anyway, I believe I know have a properly working system that has been spitting out hundreds of gallons of chemical daily all summer long. My original chemical formula came from NAWPS at install time and this spring I worked with Deer Guardian. Based on their advice I changed my chemical formula. My system ran for about 90 seconds at various times about 12 cycles per day. I had around 220 deer in my pens this spring and that number grew to 340 after fawning. We made it clear to September without any losses and were feeling invincible while farms around us here in Missouri lost entire herds. When the EHD hit it was unstoppable. My ranch manager and his staff spent hundreds of hours sitting on buckets in the pens searching for any of the early signs of EHD and when they had a suspect they treated very aggressively. My team worked their asses off day and night working to break fevers and save lives. To this day we are still losing animals and the latest count is 80 head lost. That's about 30% of our herd lost to EHD. We continued to run our misting systems and spray cedar oil daily.
My personal experience is that the misting system failed my farm. We spent nearly $30,000 having it installed and my weekly running costs for chemical are about $500/Week. I can't say for sure that the system saved one life. Since I have it I will continue to utilize it and hope its doing some good.
What results are others seeing?
Here is my own personal results: I used NAWPS to install my system and I had a lot of problems with the units working correctly from the start. I should note that NAWPS has since changed ownership and I have no experience with the new ownership but the old ownership was terrible. I had numerous problems with their work and spent most of last summer and this summer getting the kinks worked out. Anyway, I believe I know have a properly working system that has been spitting out hundreds of gallons of chemical daily all summer long. My original chemical formula came from NAWPS at install time and this spring I worked with Deer Guardian. Based on their advice I changed my chemical formula. My system ran for about 90 seconds at various times about 12 cycles per day. I had around 220 deer in my pens this spring and that number grew to 340 after fawning. We made it clear to September without any losses and were feeling invincible while farms around us here in Missouri lost entire herds. When the EHD hit it was unstoppable. My ranch manager and his staff spent hundreds of hours sitting on buckets in the pens searching for any of the early signs of EHD and when they had a suspect they treated very aggressively. My team worked their asses off day and night working to break fevers and save lives. To this day we are still losing animals and the latest count is 80 head lost. That's about 30% of our herd lost to EHD. We continued to run our misting systems and spray cedar oil daily.
My personal experience is that the misting system failed my farm. We spent nearly $30,000 having it installed and my weekly running costs for chemical are about $500/Week. I can't say for sure that the system saved one life. Since I have it I will continue to utilize it and hope its doing some good.
What results are others seeing?
