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="" />
At least my mower conditioner spits the carcus out. I think I'd barf if I had to cut one out. I hate dealing with needless blood, but strangely can handle slaughtering out a cow with no problems.
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...
My mower is a Heston 1345 mower conditioner. It's tough enough to mow off T-posts. I also put a 4" osage orange fence post through it once and it didn't need any repairs. I'm not sure it could handle a much larger one as there is a limit as to how far the conditioning rollers will seperate. T-posts only require blade changes. My tractors are 4WD John Deeres. I need them with the hills, or I really should say ridge lines. My farm is draped over two ridge lines.
As for my operation, I'm a breed stock and cow to feedlot operation in that we feed out all the calves that don't make the grade for breeding purposes. Over the years we've breed Black Angus for carcus quality* and feed lot performance.
* For non farmers carcus quality relates to, meat tenderness, marbling, carcus weight to live weight, etc..
-- Bryan
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
