[AT] Real farmers problems - a discussionoflanduserelatedtofarming - was fuelproblems getexpensive-perspectives andreactions

[Ralph Goff]

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From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:24 PM
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discussionoflanduserelatedtofarming - was fuelproblems 
getexpensive-perspectives andreactions


> Also, you can't stay up all night killing deer and then try to work the 
> next
> day. When I made this comment to a  NC wildlife officer, he actually had 
> the
> gall to tell me "he would be willing to do whatever he had to do, to save
> HIS crop."  Idiot.
>
> We have had good luck with several out of town hunters that are serious
> about filling their freezer.  That has helped more than anything.   Hasn't
> solved the problem completely though.  We drill all our beans and use 
> about
> double the recommended seeding rate, and still have significant deer 
> damage
> at the backs of the fields.
>
> Al

And then theres the damage from driving over discarded antlers. I've been 
really lucky so far having missed them with the tractor tires but my Uncle 
had several tires punctured on the tractor by running over antlers. Hard to 
see them laying in the stubble.

Ralph in Sask.