They are smarter then they seem eh?tomf wrote: When hunting season comes the bucks will get closer to houses and areas the hunters can not hunt in so I may see him again.
One rubbed a Currly Willow I transplanted last year and killed most of it, being a Willow it is coming up from the base.jmoore wrote:
Depending on where you live, they are probably still in velvet too. They should be coming out in the next month or so.
tomf wrote:One rubbed a Currly Willow I transplanted last year and killed most of it, being a Willow it is coming up from the base.
I do not burn but use a big brush hog on my tractor to grind up limbs and such. Well I came down a road and lowered the mower on to a pile of branches, this makes a lot of noise. A deer was not to far away at the time; wow they can jump high.
Here you go.tomf wrote:Please do post the pictures, love to see them.
Those are actually feeders for the deer. The one you can see with the downtubes is for protein pellets. The deer love it. It encourages antler growth. The legs in the foreground are for a corn feeder. That gives them some good carbs and energy. We feed pretty much year round on the ranch. It's a healthy bill every year but it keeps deer herd healthy and happy. Not to mention the racoons and wild pigs!tomf wrote:It looks like a cattle feeding station and the deer are helping them selfs?
Looks nice you have a wild life camera that trigers it self?
That may be some thing I may want to look in to.
My Wife's side of the family has deer feeders on every property they own, and have been setting up solar panels to their trail camers and have been watching the deer year round. You could easily spend a good $350 on a buck in a year(feeding it), and not necessarily get it during the season. Hunting ain't exactly cheap. Hogs frequest the feeders alot as well.tomf wrote:It looks like a cattle feeding station and the deer are helping them selfs?
Looks nice you have a wild life camera that trigers it self?
That may be some thing I may want to look in to.
You better pray you don't get them either. Once they are there, it's dang near impossible to get rid of them. We have a standing order on the ranch to shoot any and all hogs on sight. They will absolutely destroy crops. All it takes is a few hours and they can root up a few acres worth. The ranchers hate them. I can't say as I blame them either. At least they are good to eat, so it's worth taking them out to fill up the freezer.tomf wrote:I am glad we do not have hogs then. I came out of the house tonight and 4 deer were with in a few feet of the house, they just walked away. The bears are also pests and like to get into every thing including damaging fruit trees. We have Mt. lions around, I have never seen one but have seen the dropings.
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