Thats so you can tell who the game wardens are. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />



On my farm the deer get shot, and the Bambis get mowed. The buggers will bed down near the edges of our hay fields. Come first cutting hay in the spring you are cruising along at 6 to 8 MPH with the mower and they just don't get up and run till it's to late. Unfortunately it is the survival instinct to hunker down and not run that is getting them. It's a real pain as the fleshy bits don't do well in the silage bag. You have to remove the fleshy bits out of the windrow before you chop it for silage. On the other hand the raptors love it as they get an easy tenderized meal. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> The mower conditioner doesn't just cut them up, it also squeezes them through a pair of ribbed rollers that are there to break up the grass stems so they dry faster. At least it kills them outright which is better than before.

-- Bryan