The busy hunting season is underway in Illinois and despite a very dry summer, a disease that can often run roughshod through the deer population is not showing up as much as anticipated this fall.

EHD is a disease that runs through deer populations when water levels dip severely low due to a lack of moisture. Department of Natural Resources Police Captain John Williamson says it's not showing up as much as in years past.

Capt. Williamson points out EHD will pop up yearly but it takes significant, widespread drought for it to become a big problem statewide. Narrow swaths of Illinois have been impacted by severe drought this summer.