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Post by steiny on May 31, 2011 19:46:18 GMT -5
Clover was getting out of control with all of this rain, so mowed a bunch tonight and accidently chunked up a baby deer. Very small, couldn't have been over a couple days old.
Have had this farm for 21 years, and this is the first time I am aware of that I have done this, so guess I have been lucky.
Kind of a dang shame to accidently kill the critters I am improving the habitat for.
Keep your eyes open.
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Post by hornharvester on May 31, 2011 20:27:08 GMT -5
I did the same thing a few years ago. I was bush hogging and hit something, on the next round there lay a fawn chopped up. Almost made me sick. h.h.
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Post by dadfsr on May 31, 2011 20:38:13 GMT -5
I've been trying to do some honey suckle reduction along the edges of my some of my woods. I've got an old bushhog (been welded on quite a few times  ) that I've using to clear stuff out. Hitting a fawn would not be something that I would like to have happen but in the interest of better habitat all the way around (I'll be sowing in these areas) is a chance that I'll take. |
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Post by windingwinds on Jun 1, 2011 7:54:15 GMT -5
Not to mention that those new turkeys will be hatching soon.........I read somewhere that if you wait til last week of June, first week of July to mow it's safer for the Turkeys,(I think Indiana DNR site) and I bet fawns. I've felt bad about hitting bunnies...... :-( but I'm sure auto collisions take more young deer than bush hawgs.......
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Post by throbak on Jun 1, 2011 8:57:06 GMT -5
There is a reason that crp and whip contracts prohibit mowing till a later date The only thing I mow now is a 5ft firebreak and I KEEP it short. japenese honey suckle can be pretty much a year round task so why mow now Glyphos with a MSO is what I use seems to work pretty good
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Post by dadfsr on Jun 1, 2011 9:21:28 GMT -5
There is a reason that crp and whip contracts prohibit mowing till a later date The only thing I mow now is a 5ft firebreak and I KEEP it short. japenese honey suckle can be pretty much a year round task so why mow now Glyphos with a MSO is what I use seems to work pretty good I know what you're saying about the timing and chemicals ( I do have a 3A/3B license) however for unfortunate reasons I seem to have the extra time right now and $$ issues may become a factor soon if a job doesn't open up. Using the equipment right now while the honeysuckle and weed trees are easy to take out is the cheapest way for me to do it plus, like I said, I'll be seeding these areas back in which wouldn't be an easy option for just using chemicals. |
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Post by tenring on Jun 1, 2011 16:41:34 GMT -5
Would "flush chains" be of any use in Indiana?
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Post by steiny on Jun 1, 2011 17:12:13 GMT -5
Problem is, if I don't keep up with my mowing, it gets out of hand.
Don't want that clover going to seed.
Sad deal, but in reality, the habitat improvements far outweigh the loss of a fawn.
Pretty common with farmers mowing hay, from what I hear.
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Post by hornharvester on Jun 1, 2011 17:30:17 GMT -5
I have mowing to do tomorrow and will try my best not to run over a fawn but if I do then so be it. Like the old saying says, "Sh_t Happens". h.h.
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Post by boonechaser on Jun 2, 2011 10:23:22 GMT -5
Best you can do is keep your eye's open and go slow. Saw 2 fawn's over weekend while bush hogging. I saw them and waiting for them to get up and move on. Does'nt always happen that way. the little one's are hard to see for sure.
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Post by 76chevy on Jun 2, 2011 13:38:45 GMT -5
good reminder
hitting one with a mower certainly would be awful
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Post by HighCotton on Jun 2, 2011 16:58:55 GMT -5
Sad deal, but in reality, the habitat improvements far outweigh the loss of a fawn. Pretty common with farmers mowing hay, from what I hear.  Back in the late 70's, I ran a fawn through out International Haybine and it about made me sick. It also shook the daylights out of the Super MTA I was pulling it with. Ironically, I carried my Ruger (.22 Hornet) on the tractor and busted woodchucks every chance I could! After ya restack a few wagon loads of hay becuse ya hit a hole...ya get ta hatin' them suckers real good! |
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) that I've using to clear stuff out. Hitting a fawn would not be something that I would like to have happen but in the interest of better habitat all the way around (I'll be sowing in these areas) is a chance that I'll take.
