[AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion of landuserelatedtofarming - was fuel problems getexpensive-perspectives andreactions

[john hall]

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