Done it again ....

[Southernspeed]

Yep, sliced up another fawn with the sicklebar. Again, didn't kill it outright so had to dispatch it with a shot. Tiny little thing, such a shame but I watch the ground like a hawk as I mow but they are so well camouflaged. I've been racking my brains to figure out some way of spooking them to move before they get mowed but I've got nothing. Mom tells them to stay put, and that's what they do! Anyone found a way around this?

 

[oldnslo]

An old fashioned hand scythe but your production will be a little less per day

 

[Tinhack]

That's a shame. I haven't cut this year yet. It was so dry nothing was growing but now that we've had a couple of inches of rain (more like 10) the last two months, its been too wet to mow. What I usually do when cutting in the spring is make a few big circles without the mower running or lowered. This gives me a chance to scout the fields and let the critters find an escape. It it's not deer, it's flocks of quail (multiple coveys). Sometimes it's Kit Foxes. They all come back and hide under the mesquite trees. The White Egrets will usually follow me around when I'm mowing. I've had to stop for them many times while they go after the bugs.