Raking hay, what do you do?

rustyplow · Jun 4, 2022

Stroby · Jun 4, 2022

DOC advises to move them out of the way, the mother will return for them....if she still alive.

cjunrau · Jun 4, 2022

I don't rake

But that little guy would probably come home with me and be spoiled by my children. Of course would have to keep it quit as the LAW don't think it's right to have wild life but look at what we do have. To me an animal is an animal, weather cow, horse, dog, cat etc it's all the same.

showcrop · Jun 4, 2022

First, you state agency will advise you to not touch them, because even though they may appear to be orphaned they are not, the mother will be along. Second, their instinct is to stay still right up to when you come within five feet of them. If it doesn't jump up and run, what is the problem with just swinging out around it?

544hydro · Jun 4, 2022

I would go around it, Mom will most likely come back for it.

mrslesq · Jun 4, 2022

I had a set of twins one time when cutting hay that I moved 3 times out of the standing hay. Mom kept moving them back! Or watching from afar. Two days later they came out of a small woods when I was raking the hay with the same tractor 2 times. I think they thought the tractor was Dad.

rustyplow · Jun 4, 2022

Quess I should have said what did do. First, I went back to get the camera. Then when I went to go out around, he jumped up and off he went. Thought it was odd it was out in the open. Mom usually leaves them in the tall grass. Which was just 30 or so yards away.

rustyplow · Jun 4, 2022

If old Jake was still around, he would have went out and brought it to the house. he was a better mother than a lot of mothers.

37 chief · Jun 4, 2022

We don't have a lot of deer where I live, but I have come up on ducks nesting. They will wait until I am almost on top of them while mowing, then take off. I back up, they usually return. Stan

Loosehandle · Jun 4, 2022

Had one stuck in the rollers of Mo Co I think it might have already been dead

tractorguy2 · Jun 4, 2022

I had a fawn in the back yard one morning several years a go. It stayed hidden in some tall grass for most of the day. Then toward evening it got up and went into the wheat field. Don't know if the mother ever found it or not. That night I had a bobcat on the trail cam in the back yard.

redforlife · Jun 4, 2022

Just be glad you didn't find it when you were swathing or mowing, and didn't see it until after it was all cut up.
Them little things, you just can not see until it's to late, when they are laying down in knee high or taller hay. And they usually won't move until you hit into them. Instinct is to sit tight until momma shows back up.

The thing to do, is just go around it and leave it be. It's mom will be back, unless she got hit by a car.

If these fawns get scared and run off, I think deer are better about finding them, then say cattle are. If a calf gets up, and goes through a fence, a cow can't get to them. Deer also have better senses to. They have keener sight, smell, and hearing. It sure seems that way anyways, but could just be the wildlife coming out in them.

I've never heard of a happy ending for anybody that has tried to make a pet out of one of these things. Something bad always seems to happen. And if not, the game warden usually finds out and takes it away. About the best ending I ever heard of, was one deer that was taken away, ended up in a zoo. The people were still heart broke when they were not allowed to remain keeping it.

flying belgian · Jun 4, 2022

I have raked thousands of acres of hay in my life. We have lots of them here in MN. But I have never come across one. Just lucky I guess.

Northvale PA · Jun 4, 2022

Ive managed to not hit any, but see the bed down areas all the time, so drive alittle slower. So seems to work.

caterpillar guy · Jun 4, 2022

I never bother with them just keep going they will get out of the way and unfortunately mom finds them with 50 to the field every night it is not to hard, to not be sympathetic to them. For what it costs to feed them from the field daily. Just rats with antlers. I don't go out of my way for them. I know it sounds cold but I can't leave half a field for them every day.

HuskerLyn · Jun 4, 2022

Was unfortunate enough (fawn and myself) to run one through a brush hog. Did not see it, Terrible mess

jddrawbar · Jun 4, 2022

I agree, sounds cold!

GordoSD · Jun 4, 2022

where is that?

Davidj · Jun 5, 2022

Lots around here. I keep an eye out for them. They usually jump out of the way and keep going into the tall grass. After the field is cut, they're hiding in plain sight. Looks funny. Ma deer comes back just before sundown and gets them a new spot.

MARK ROBKE · Jun 5, 2022

I agree 1000%. I have mowed 2 in 1 pass around the same field-they won't move and you can't see them. Bigger ones will move though. They just grow up ruin crops and jump in front of your vehicle anyway. They were nearly eradicated and should be again. Mark.

root · Jun 5, 2022

Came up on one mowing yesterday. Damn lucky I was paying attention as it was hidden good. I went around and on the pass back it was gone.

caterpillar guy · Jun 6, 2022

MI: Thick as thieves around here. Neighbor tells me she sees 50 at a time in my bean or corn field at night. Not much for sympathy for them with what they ruin in a field.

Raking hay, what do you do?

Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Similar threads