[AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion

[charlie hill]

Maybe we could talk Mc Donalds into making a McVenison McMuffin.

Charlie

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From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 7:30 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion

> Rupert,
>
> We have never used any of the commercial repellants, but have tried every
> other remedy known to man, from pie pans around the field to scarecrows to
> pantyhose stuffed with human hair to bars of Ivory soap to mothballs.
> Everything will work for two or three nights to maybe as long as ten days.
> The deer always get used to the repellant and come back in.  I expect that
> would be true for the commercial stuff too.
>
> Al
>
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> From: "Rupert" <rwenig2 at xplornet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion
>
>> Have you tried any of the deer repellents such as shown at
>> <http://www.deer-departed.com/index.html>? I haven't tried them myself.
>> Also, hanging foil pie plates and such around the edge of the field so
>> they flutter in a breeze is supposed to work. Lots of deer around here
>> too but I only have my garden to protect. I have more problems with
>> rabbits that the coyotes and fox can't seem to catch.
>>
>> Rupert
>>
>> On 7/2/2010 9:24 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>>> 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
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>>> oflanduserelatedtofarming - was fuelproblems getexpensive-perspectives
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>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> From: "David Rotigel"<rotigel at me.com>
>>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>>>> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:14 PM
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>>>>
>>>>> 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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>> yvt
>>
>> Rupert Wenig
>> Camrose, Alberta, Canada.
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