[AT] OT Zombie Deer Disease

[Cecil Bearden]

I sowed my pastures and my wheat field with rye and wheat with my 
no-till drill.  I am trying to get my wheat field converted to pasture.  
It seems that the only grazing I have had for the past 3 years is off 
the no-till pasture.  The wheat field has been washed out 2 times with 
the rains we get just after sowing.  I am trying to get enough grass 
growing in the wheat field to hold the fertilizer and seed.  The pasture 
does great and we have a small herd (12 ) of deer that stay on the south 
20 acres.   It is somewhat secluded by some trees and it has hog wire on 
3 sides. The cows compete with the deer for the wheat and rye!!!

Cecil

On 2/17/2019 1:43 PM, James Peck wrote:
> There are deer being farmed in Michigan behind high mesh fencing. They look overcrowded to me. Deer may be on the route to being a semi-domesticated farm animal.
>
> I do not know if tractors are involved in the effort in any way except growing food for them. I am not sure what they are being fed.
>
> Where I grew up, deer increased when the farmland grew over with brush, Deer eat the brush they can reach. Tall woods leaves them with little to eat because they can't reach the small diameter edible branches.
>
> http://www.whatdodeereat.info/
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> The culling of deer in Ann Arbor Michigan is partially due to the deer munching on lawn shrubbery.
>
> [ Cecil Bearden] CWD showed up in a big herd of Elk that a guy brought in here and put on a 1/4 section.  It appears when the animals are overcrowded.  Maybe there are more deer than normal for them to exist..
>
> [Mark Johnson]  It's apparently been found here in Missouri, just recently - there  have been mandatory checks for CWD for several years now, but no cases  until the last few months that I can recall. I'm no hunter, but it's sad to see this affecting our wildlife.
>
> [Bradford] I've heard of CWD. Only in reading in Hunting magazines however. By  the map in your article, Wyoming looks to be in really sad shape. California is clear to this point. Our Black tail aren't very big by  comparison, but still good eating. Brad
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