Mowing Rabbits

[N80]

I've heard that there's a way to hang chain in front of the tractor to drag on the ground, and when the chain hits the fawn it will make the fawn jump. Don't know if it works or not.

In his case this is a hay mower that sticks off to the side of the tractor like a sickle mower. There is a vinyl cover on the front but it is not enough.

I have been lucky with my little 6 foot rotary cover. I have run up on fawns two or three times in the last ten year and have seen them each time. One of them the mower must have just missed him and I did not see him until the next pass.

I've seen plenty of rats and mice in my little fields but never rabbit nests.

 

[Tjdux]

Ive got rabbits with the string trimmer. Sure i felt terrible but jist helping darwins plan along. The rabbits that make their nests in the safest places will always continue on.

Plus here where i live there are more rabbits than food come winter time. Same with deer. That's why hunting here in Nebraska is actually important.

More than once ive seen sick deer freezing to death in the winter. It will really change your mind on the humanity of killing fast with a gun.

 

[ovrszd]

Ive got rabbits with the string trimmer. Sure i felt terrible but jist helping darwins plan along. The rabbits that make their nests in the safest places will always continue on.

Plus here where i live there are more rabbits than food come winter time. Same with deer. That's why hunting here in Nebraska is actually important.

More than once ive seen sick deer freezing to death in the winter. It will really change your mind on the humanity of killing fast with a gun.

Or a hammer.

 

[N80]

Or a hammer.

You like the hammer.

 

[ovrszd]

You like the hammer.

It's the most effective tool in the toolbox. Quick. Decisive. Ends the misery.

 

[Tjdux]

Or a hammer.

Yeah game wardons round here really don't care much for deer killing out of season. Hefty fine actually. Now they may look the other way if its sick and dying and for sure accidents with a mower and the like but smashing a deers skull with a hammer isn't something we tend to do round here...

Not trying to offend you but that's probably not common anywhere... We have a 22 pistol in the swather to put unfortunate animals out of their misery here. Seems less brutal.

 

[Rustyiron]

 

[SteveM70]

Yeah game wardons round here really don't care much for deer killing out of season. Hefty fine actually. Now they may look the other way if its sick and dying and for sure accidents with a mower and the like but smashing a deers skull with a hammer isn't something we tend to do round here...

Not trying to offend you but that's probably not common anywhere... We have a 22 pistol in the swather to put unfortunate animals out of their misery here. Seems less brutal.

A hammer is considered a humane way to dispatch an animal. I have read that trappers sometimes use hammers instead of putting a hole in the fur.

Hammer, knife, gun, rock. Doesn't matter as long as it's quick and painless as possible.

 

[Tjdux]

A hammer is considered a humane way to dispatch an animal. I have read that trappers sometimes use hammers instead of putting a hole in the fur.

Hammer, knife, gun, rock. Doesn't matter as long as it's quick and painless as possible.

I dont disagree just seems extreme. Trapping is already pretty harsh on animals in general but that's a different story.

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah game wardons round here really don't care much for deer killing out of season. Hefty fine actually. Now they may look the other way if its sick and dying and for sure accidents with a mower and the like but smashing a deers skull with a hammer isn't something we tend to do round here...

Not trying to offend you but that's probably not common anywhere... We have a 22 pistol in the swather to put unfortunate animals out of their misery here. Seems less brutal.

No offense taken.

I don't carry a gun on my tractor. Would you rather I repeatedly run over the mortally wounded animal until it dies?

I am a very compassionate person that doesn't stand by while animals of any kind suffer.

My hammer comments are intended to make tractor olerators think about their responsibility to end the suffering of animals that are unintentionally mortally injured while we do our work. It's our duty to do so.