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

[Al Jones]

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

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From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:53 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion 
oflanduserelatedtofarming - was fuelproblems	getexpensive-perspectives 
andreactions

> Yep, shoot all the deer you want as long as they are causing
> damage--providing you are the farmer, landowner, or your name is on the
> farmers depradation permit---at least that was the rule 3-4 years ago. I
> just left a field 45 minutes ago that had 20 deer grazing and couldn't 
> take
> a "safe" shot with a rifle---houses and horse pastures. Too far away to 
> use
> a shotgun. Last night it was 11 and the night before 23 or 24. To put this
> in perspective, my family has been farming our farm since 1942. Until 10
> years ago it was a rarity to even see a deer in a field and damage to a
> field was NEVER heard of. Hunters had to actually use their heads to find
> the deer. Due to more housing, the deer have been forced into smaller 
> areas
> and have now become pests. It's nothing to see them within 10 feet of a
> house--trying to have garden and fruit trees is no picnic either. Hunting
> with dogs was outlawed in our county about 5-6 years ago--then the
> population REALLY exploded.
>
> To keep this tractor list related, when the deer wipe out an entire crop,
> your profits stay low so you keep running the same old equipment until it
> becomes antique!
>
> Speaking of which, I need to take the Super A tomorrow and bed up a couple
> more rows of garden. We've had enough rain to keep planting garden in
> staggered amounts--trying to have fresh veggies all season. Must have 
> given
> away 10 grocery sack fulls this week.
>
> John Hall
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Rotigel" <rotigel at me.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion of
> landuserelatedtofarming - was fuel problems getexpensive-perspectives
> andreactions
>
>
>> Can you, as a farmer in NC, not simply shoot the damn things? Here in
>> PA farmers can have someone else in to shoot them.
>> Dave
>
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