Well I'm out mowing my pasture today of about three acres. I mow the rough edges first and get it down to where I have a nice 2 1/2 acre square to mow. I make my first pass around the square, come back around for pass #2 and notice the first fawn cut to shreds. I stop, feel it to see it was alive to start with and it's nice and warm. Man did I feel bad. I mean it would probably have gotten hit on the interstate in a year or two anyway, but... So I get back on, make about 1 1/2 more passes and on the completely opposite side of the pasture I run over another one. Are these so young right now that they can't walk and get up out the way or what? I would think the noise would kick them up? I came in for a beer.:sad:

Moms not there. At this stage all they know to do is stay in cover.
Sad thing, but it does happen sometimes.
That would be some tender meat right there though!:)

That really sucks John, strange they didn't move or something:(

Tough, but it's not your fault.

When they are that little they lay still unless mom tells them too.

Well I'm out mowing my pasture today of about three acres. I mow the rough edges first and get it down to where I have a nice 2 1/2 acre square to mow. I make my first pass around the square, come back around for pass #2 and notice the first fawn cut to shreds. I stop, feel it to see it was alive to start with and it's nice and warm. Man did I feel bad. I mean it would probably have gotten hit on the interstate in a year or two anyway, but... So I get back on, make about 1 1/2 more passes and on the completely opposite side of the pasture I run over another one. Are these so young right now that they can't walk and get up out the way or what? I would think the noise would kick them up? I came in for a beer. :sad:


Drinking and driving????

Drinking and driving????

That's not nice, .....the poor guy feels bad enough already.

.............but still kinda funny somehow.

X2 on the tender meat!!! I know you feel bad but it was kinda unavoidable. Bad timing on the birth. Another two or three days and they would have been very mobile.

When they are that little they lay still unless mom tells them too.

True,my son ran 2 of them through our Gehl mower-conditioner (haybine) one day,what a mess.You can't see 'em laying in the tall grass till to late.

Didn't ya' see any red "prop wash" after the first pass? :confused:

Didn't ya' see any red "prop wash" after the first pass? :confused:

Try reading my original post instead of just quoting it. First, the beer was drank (1) after I ran over the deer. Second, The second deer was on the opposite side of the pasture.

I just got home from Chevell-Abration, and I would bet between Goodlettsville TN, and Prairie Village Kansas, we saw no less than 50 dead deer on the side of the roads.



Rocky

I did the same thing w/ some Box Turtles. I saved them from the hwy and released them way back in the back over at the old house and mowed them to pieces the next year in our tall back yard grass in the 1st mowing!

I felt sick. Didn't bring any more home after that, but I would stop and put them on the other side of the road!

pdq67

a few years ago a deer jumped in front of my car. I stood on the breaks, the back of the car swung around and i took the deer out with the quarter panel. I got out to survey the damage and saw a fawn just off the road looking at me while its mother lay dead right there. Man i felt bad. Theres not much you can do. If it wasn't you with the mower it just as easily could have been a predator of some type with the same outcome.

While I was on deployment in Egypt some of our missions were to drive through the Sinai...

You wouldnt believe the amount of camels that lay dead on the side of the roads...

Every mile there was one...They dont even bury them either. They just let them fall and move on...

Guys, I think JohnR. was kidding. Stuff dies all the time. Dont fret over it. Ohter than thats some damn good veal ya done destroyed.

The only good dear is a dead deer. They are getting so think around here that it's almost a daily occuranceto have one run in front of your car. Just this morning there is a nice 2 door BMW sitting on Highway 77 just South of Lincoln that is about 2 feet shorter thanks to a deer. So I would not feel too bad about eliminating 2 baby ones, just think of it this way, you may have saved 2 drivers from hitting them with their cars.

After running over the first one I would have removed the bag from the mower and replaced it with sausage casing-- then backed up.

:p

Sorry, I had to.


Moms not there. At this stage all they know to do is stay in cover.
Sad thing, but it does happen sometimes.

Correct answer right there. When left alone they "duck and cover" no matter what is going on around them.

The only good dear is a dead deer. They are getting so think around here that it's almost a daily occuranceto have one run in front of your car. Just this morning there is a nice 2 door BMW sitting on Highway 77 just South of Lincoln that is about 2 feet shorter thanks to a deer. So I would not feel too bad about eliminating 2 baby ones, just think of it this way, you may have saved 2 drivers from hitting them with their cars.

I have to agree,giant rats with antlers.Very costly and exasperating when your in the field trying to get hay baled before the next rain,and you poke a piece of antler through a $500. tractor tire and start spraying calcium chloride everywhere.Not even gonna get started on crop damage.Friggin black vermin in a bambi suit.:mad:

Ex brother-in-law in southern IL. said inbreeding is taking it's toll down there.
Bow season he took an eight pointer. All he could see was the head and he hit it in the neck!
To his surprise it was standing on a rise behind a low clump of briars. The damn deer was only about 4 feet tall!!!l:)

Just did $4,700 damage to my truck this spring, Way too many around here. I know it sucks but better than someone hitting them with a car.

LK

The only good dear is a dead deer. They are getting so think around here that it's almost a daily occuranceto have one run in front of your car. Just this morning there is a nice 2 door BMW sitting on Highway 77 just South of Lincoln that is about 2 feet shorter thanks to a deer. So I would not feel too bad about eliminating 2 baby ones, just think of it this way, you may have saved 2 drivers from hitting them with their cars.
Wah! I really feel bad for the guy in the Beemer.:noway: Lets just kill all wildlife so they don't bother us and scratch up our expensive cars. Its not they are getting 'thick' its that we are forever encroaching on their environment and they have no where else to go.

Wah! I really feel bad for the guy in the Beemer.:noway: Lets just kill all wildlife so they don't bother us and scratch up our expensive cars. Its not they are getting 'thick' its that we are forever encroaching on their environment and they have no where else to go.

Well, The road I was on at the time is over 100 years old and they are getting "thick" around here - Bring your car up and take a little ride at sundown, Guarenteed you will need a tow truck to get home. :D

LK

Well, The road I was on at the time is over 100 years old and they are getting "thick" around here - Bring your car up and take a little ride at sundown, Guarenteed you will need a tow truck to get home. :D

LK
sometimes i have 12 or 14 at a time in my yard. but they were here first.

Dang near tagged one yesterday, glad the Tahoe has good brakes!

Its not they are getting 'thick' its that we are forever encroaching on their environment and they have no where else to go.

IMO They are getting thick because of the decline of their natural predators.

IMO They are getting thick because of the decline of their natural predators.
Do they have a natural predator?

Do they have a natural predator?

Wolves, mtn lions, buicks

Availability of food is the other problem.

Do they have a natural predator?

Me!!! :D

Yea, I hate to see them killed early on, I like them to get a little bigger before they meet their demise! More meat for the freezer. Wonder if they were from same doe?

wolves, mtn lions, buicks.

rotflmao

Well, look at it this way, you did not intend to harm them and were remorseful when you found out you did, that rules you out as a sociopath.

Sounds like a Quintin Tarantino remake of Bambi.

I will be glad to come to any of the "breadbasket" states and help with your overpopulation.
I will be the predator. Let me know before the season opens.
I like a nice buck as good as the next guy but will gladly thin the does out.....and bring home to my freezer.

They have 4 million acres of undisturbed wilderness to wander around in. Why they feel a need to jump out in front of vehicles on the itty bitty little strip of land we use for highway is beyond me.

What pisses me off is the jackass in front of me who stops and waits for them to cross! Honk at that stupid deer and get it moving!