man, i totally feel for ya with the deer in the mower...we have problems with racoons and skunks...i distinctly remember helping my dad cut a large 'coon out of the reels of the swather with a puttie knife and a pocket knife...it sucks! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

P.S.-what kind of equipment do you use? we just do a small operation, with farmall tractors from the mid fifties, a new holland swather, side delivery rake, stack wagon and a massey ferguson baler. just curious...